FedEx to Help Business Customers to Connect With Its Shipping Services in E-mail Program

FedEx Corp. said it will provide users of Microsoft Office’s Outlook e-mail the ability to connect to its shipping services, another step in the company’s plan to let customers build software directly into their own infrastructure.

“We are providing FedEx customers with another convenient option to choose how they access and connect to FedEx services,” said David Zanca, FedEx Services’ senior vice president of e-commerce technology.

FedEx made its announcement during the 2008 Microsoft Office System Developer Conference in San Jose, Calif.
With the FedEx add-in in-stalled, Microsoft Office Outlook users will be able to generate labels, track packages, check rates, schedule pickups and find FedEx drop-off locations.

In late 2007, FedEx introduced the FedEx Developer Resource Center to help developers integrate applications with FedEx technologies through FedEx Web services.

The FedEx DRC provides developers online
interactive documentation, downloads, technical FAQs, testing resources and processes to customers.