Welcome to the fine dining experience that is Microsoft Office. Established in 1989 and claiming the patronage of roughly 80% of all enterprises, its fare is familiar—almost omnipresent—to all who have ever used a personal or business computer. This year, its newest manifestation, Office 2010, offers an improved bill of fare, sure to satisfy even the most discerning of palates. Please indulge yourself. The Chef recommends trying everything on the delicious carte du jour.

Incorporating workflow automation into business-specific processes can help businesses maximize efficiency, practice proactive management and respond quickly to changing conditions. In an organization, inefficiency in processes most often is not in the execution by the employee, but rather in the time between steps in the sequence.

There is a new reality show airing called Undercover Boss. You may have watched it right after the Super Bowl. It puts CEOs right on the front lines with the regular folks who don’t know their newest co-worker actually runs their company. While working alongside their employees, CEO’s will see the effects their decisions have on others, where the problems lie within their organization and get an up-close look at both the good and the bad while discovering the unsung heroes who make their company run.

Business success depends on insight. From ad hoc queries into customer records to a detailed analysis of performance, people need faster, easier access to information in ways that make sense for their particular jobs. Microsoft Dynamics® GP 2010 delivers insight that fuels a new way to do business—with information that’s personalized, simple to access, and extended across the organization. Whether people are drilling down to specific data sources from KPIs, accessing real-time reports through a Web browser, or performing sophisticated analyses with new options for Microsoft® Office Excel®, everyone can contribute more to the decisions that fuel business performance.