News | February 2, 2005

Ascentis Announces General Release Of HROffice 6.0

Introduces platform for the future

Bellevue, WA - Ascentis announces general release of HROffice 6.0 and introduces Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Desktop Engine (MSDE) as the HROffice platform for the future. HROffice 6.0 and all future product releases will utilize MSDE and replace Microsoft Access as the backend database.

Mike Hayes, vice president of sales and marketing at Ascentis says, "We continually build on the latest technologies from Microsoft and ensure that our products easily and securely integrate with the tools our customers use every day. With HROffice now based on a MSDE framework, we're pleased to extend further improved database security, integrity, fault tolerance, and performance to all of our customers."

New features and functionality of HROffice 6.0:

  • HROffice Carrier Connect can be used with HROffice 6.0 to electronically transmit employee benefits enrollment data from HROffice directly to insurance carriers.
  • New Report Wizard features have been added such as new EEO-4 and beneficiary reports. A new remittance report has been added to help support consolidated billing.
  • HROffice Payroll Connect has a new user interface and through web services can remotely connect with payroll solutions over the Internet.
  • Employees can be filtered within various wizards by hire date, termination date, next review date, benefit plans, pay period, and by self-service status.
  • COBRA module improvements make it easier to mix Active and COBRA Active Coverage (i.e. a divorce situation).
  • The HROffice Help System has been revamped and expanded to provide more detailed information.
  • The HROffice Quickstart Import Utility can now import Review History information.
  • Additional professional services are available to HROffice 6.0 users.

Current HROffice 6.0 customer George Dorsey, with Dorsey & Associates remarks, "In the past I've worked with a lot of HRMS systems and have found them all to be costly, resource intensive, and cumbersome to use. I've finally found a solution that is the opposite of all this. HROffice is cost and time effective, user-friendly, and provides unlimited features and functionality. Now that HROffice is managing my company's HR and employee information, I've moved on to strategic planning for my employees and company."

About Ascentis Corporation
Founded in 1994 and based in Bellevue, Wash., Ascentis Corporation is a pioneer in state-of-the-art human resources management systems (HRMS). The company's flagship product, HROffice, eliminates the paper process and builds on the latest technologies from Microsoft for easy integration with those tools HR departments use on a day-to-day basis. Connect, communicate, and control all aspects of HR with HROffice. HROffice provides comprehensive benefits management, online benefits enrollment, and seamless connectivity to payroll providers and insurance carriers for small to mid-sized organizations.

As a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, Ascentis Corporation was named to the Deloitte & Touche prestigious Fast 50 Program for the second year in a row – named one of the fastest growing technology companies in Washington State. Additionally, Washington CEO Magazine included Ascentis in its "Hightech 100" list, Workforce Management Magazine named HROffice to its hot list of the "Top 15 HRMS Systems" in its March 2004 issue, Software Magazine included Ascentis in its "2004 Software 500 list," and Forbes.com named Ascentis to its "Best of the Web Pick" in the human resources category. For more information on Ascentis Corporation and the HROffice product line, visit www.ascentis.com or call 800.229.2713.

Source: Ascentis Corporation