Cireson Unveils Latest Portal 5.0 Version as First Major Release of 2016

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Mar 02, 2016, 07:00 ET

SAN DIEGO, March 2, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Cireson has released its Portal v5 for Microsoft System Center Service Manager. This release contains a wide range of new features and updates that were made based on user and community feedback. As usual, great attention was paid to key improvements to many functionalities and general software stability.

Within the latest Portal version, users will find:

Advanced Request Offerings built into the console
Completely redesigned New Service Catalog / Home Page option
New dashboards and a number of asset management improvements have also been made in this version
Redesigned knowledge base and view knowledge article user interfaces
Comments can also now be rated and added directly to knowledge base articles

Commenting on this exciting release, James Kleinschnitz, Cireson's Development Manager, explains, "We are excited to release v5 of the Cireson Portal and bring to market features directly influenced by customer demand. The Advanced Request Offering Feature has been widely anticipated and requested by many customers. The new Service Catalog layout was also a result of countless customer suggestions and many iterations with our design team."

The Cireson Portal combines the very best of self-service and analyst portal capabilities in one streamlined experience that can be delivered either on-premise or via Microsoft Azure. The Portal is highly customizable and boasts a number of much-loved features, including the market leading Cireson Asset Management solution that helps companies to ensure compliance, reduce costs, and automate lifecycle management of hardware and software assets.

On the analyst side, the Cireson portal allows users to integrate seamlessly with Microsoft Service Manager for management of day-to-day activities on any browser, device, or OS. Built on cutting edge HTML 5, the Analyst Portal boasts fast, responsive, and highly functional capabilities. Items such as incidents, service requests, change requests, CMDB and reporting are all easily and quickly accessed and managed – with or without a desktop in sight.

The self-service capabilities of the Portal are also considered some of the best in the industry. As a complete replacement of the Microsoft Self-Service Portal for Service Manager, end users are empowered to perform everyday self-service tasks with an easy to use, personalized experience when reporting issues, searching the knowledge base, and requesting services from the service catalog.

About Cireson

Born in 2012, Cireson was founded on a simple, powerful idea: to be the forward thinkers on all things Microsoft Cloud and System Center. Today, our values from the beginning remain the same; keep it genuine, do the right thing, and listen to customers.

As a world leader in Microsoft Cloud and System Center, our mission is to make your working life ridiculously more productive by bringing service and asset management together - that's the Cireson Platform.

Taking pride in our expertise, we proudly boast some of the brightest and most fanatical IT professionals in the industry. From the Cireson Platform to Consulting Services and community engagements – everything we do is designed to push technical brilliance forward.

Our headquarters are located in sunny San Diego with offices throughout North America, Australia, and the United Kingdom.

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