Cadac Organice and Bamboo Solutions deliver Microsoft SharePoint-based CAD drawing management solution for Social Security Administration

HEERLEN, THE NETHERLANDS, November 07, 2010

Cadac Organice Americas the leader in Engineering Solutions on Microsoft SharePoint and Bamboo Solutions, the leading provider of technologies that enhance SharePoint, announced today the readiness of a Microsoft SharePoint-based CAD drawing management solution for the United States Social Security Administration (SSA). The combined Microsoft, Bamboo Solutions, and Cadac Organice solution provides a robust, self-serve environment which empowers SSA employees to track and audit building changes for ongoing modification, renovation, and construction of their facilities across the United States.

The agency's responsibilities include assigning Social Security numbers to U.S. citizens, maintaining earnings records for workers under their Social Security numbers, and administering the Supplemental Security Income program for the aged, blind, and disabled. Tasked with the mission to deliver these services while keeping in step with the changing needs of the public, the nationwide SSA facilities require regular modifications and renovations.

The self-serve portal application allows SSA employees, facility engineers, and CAD designers to efficiently and securely communicate information regarding the as-built condition of their facilities across the country. Utilizing Bamboo and Cadac Organice products, the SSA is able to utilize Microsoft SharePoint 2007 to better serve the very specialized requirements of their engineering drawing management application. Bamboo's Bulk Import and DWG Parser Solution Accelerator components make it easy to import large volumes of legacy files and drawings while automatically extracting and populating drawing title block information as SharePoint list data. Engineers who need to edit stored drawing files to reflect the as-built conditions can easily do so using Cadac Organice Explorer. Once a drawing file has reached an as-built state, it is published using Cadac Organice Publish into PDF and DWF formats. This ensures secure, read-only access to users who simply need to view and/or print files. Facility engineers, space/building managers, and others can browse the As-Built Drawing Repository using Bamboo's Tree View Web Part, or search for specific files using the Bamboo List Search Web Part. The solution optimizes team collaboration and provides secure drawing access to a wide variety of SSA personnel.

"Bamboo has been delivering products and services to the U.S. Government for many years. Partnering with companies like Cadac Organice has enabled us to support highly specialized applications, such as CAD Drawing Management, in SharePoint," says Julie Auletta, Director, Solutions Center, Bamboo Solutions.

"We have over 200 customers worldwide managing engineering projects and drawings within our SharePoint-based document management solution. Along with Microsoft and Bamboo, we are proud to also serve the U.S. Government with this solution and are grateful for the opportunity to contribute to an efficient workspace," says Edwin Elmendorp, President, Cadac Organice Americas.

The solution will go live in the fall of 2010 with plans currently underway to migrate to SharePoint 2010 in the near future.

For more information please contact:

Mr. Guus Weitzel
International Marketing Manager
+31 45 400 1010
gweitzel@organice.com

About SSA
The Social Security Administration delivers Social Security services that meet the changing needs of the public. These services are delivered through a nationwide network of over 1,400 offices in the U.S. that include regional offices, field offices, card centers, teleservice centers, processing centers, hearing offices, the Appeals Council, and their State and territorial partners, the Disability Determination Services. The SSA also has a presence in U.S. embassies around the globe. For the public, they are the "face of the government." The rich diversity of their employees mirrors the public the SSA serve. For more information, please visit http://www.ssa.gov.

About Bamboo Solutions
Bamboo Solutions, a Microsoft Gold-Certified partner, is a leading provider of software that helps organizations achieve business value through the use of Microsoft SharePoint. Bamboo offers its extensive library of web parts and accelerators for SharePoint, and provides SharePoint-based applications for use on-premise, or as on-demand applications. Over 4,500 organizations worldwide have chosen to implement solutions using products and applications from Bamboo. Bamboo Solutions is headquartered in Reston, Virginia, USA with offices in San Mateo California, Amsterdam, Netherlands, and Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Bamboo Solutions is an approved vendor on GSA. For more information about Bamboo's Government Solutions or to browse Bamboo's interactive catalog of SharePoint technologies, please visit http://www.bamboosolutions.com.

About Cadac Organice
Cadac Organice is a software suite for engineering document management and document control, and is fully based on Microsoft SharePoint. Cadac Organice helps project driven organizations to manage their (project) documents and to control their document distribution and tracking. Cadac Organice is easy to use, is instantly accepted by all users and immediately improves the business process and results of project driven organizations. For more information, please visit http://www.organice.com.

Cadac Group is specialized in offering IT solutions to create, manage and share digital design information. Next to offering IT solutions, Cadac Group is an Independent Software Vendor developing Microsoft SharePoint based applications. The Cadac Organice Product Suite is worldwide successfully implemented at project driven organizations. Cadac Group actively focuses on opportunities that support our customers in improving their design process and project communication. Cadac Group is an Autodesk Gold Partner, a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner and an Oracle Certified Partner. For more information, please visit http://www.cadac.com.