Category: News

Ross is boss

CDC Software division Ross Systems today announced that BioConvergence LLC, a contract service provider for the life sciences industries, has deployed Ross’ ERP solution as its operational system of record. Ross was also happy to state that the implementation came through on time and – believe it or not – 15 percent under budget. Ross […]

A new Applied family

Chasing up their recent announcement of half-completion of their new international CRM system, Applied Biosystems today announced the launch of a new software development community, with a mission statement dedicated to “encouraging innovation in life science research software applications.” As part of the initiative, Applied Biosystems will provide life scientists and ISVs open access to […]

Bravo, Riazzi!

At least one new major hire kicked off the week this week: ReachForce, Inc., a worldwide provider of OnDemand marketing automation products and services, announced the naming of Bob Riazzi to the position of chief operating officer. Most recently Riazzi was the vice president / general manager of worldwide services at 3Com. As COO, Riazzi […]

IDC charts trends in Oceania

IDC Research has recently undertaken and released a pair of reports that are worth the while of those in the biz in Oceania. The report intriguingly (if long-windedly) titled “New Zealand Enterprise Applications 2006-2010 Forecast and Analysis: Change, the Only Constant“ details the analyst firm’s five-year forecast for the New Zealand enterprise applications market, including […]

Sign here, Mitek

Mitek Systems, Inc., a provider of image analytics and character recognition software, today announced that it has signed an agreement with CRM solutions provider StayinFront, Inc. to integrate Mitek’s SignProject signature validation software into StayinFront’s sample compliance solutions for the pharmaceutical industry. StayinFront will implement SignProtect into StayinFront Signature Compliance, a system compatible with StayinFront […]

Servoy truffle

Servoy BV, a supplier of development and deployment tools for business software, has announced its reaching an agreement for venture capital. Lead by European investment firm Private Plus Fund, the funding links several private investors who had previously provided financial support to Servoy. Servoy CEO Jan Aleman immediately promised to “accelerate the execution of our […]

Three new phones

The birth of three new phones for two companies was announced yesterday. Philips representatives today announced models called the VOIP321 and VOIP433, names that, unlike other vapid brand names, make it quite clear what this technology is all about. The models, said none other than Philips managing director Matthew Moran, “are a response to the […]

M3 expands with Seco

Lawson Software, Inc. representatives today announced their firm’s new contract with Sweden-based Seco Tools for licenses and support for the Lawson M3 software solution. Under terms of the contract, Lawson M3 will become the standard for Seco Tools and its companies worldwide, representing 2,000 users in 22 countries. Lawson will also be responsible for maintenance […]

Sprint’s new plan: You can hear them now

Sprint representatives today released another solution guaranteed to help keep that cellular phone handcuffed to your wrist. The "Sprint Advanced Wireless Solutions" program seeks to provide business customers with mobility solution delivery capability. The program promises to offer businesses a one-stop shop, single contract and centralized bill, with hardware, application software, mobile voice and data […]

Putting the Q in InsynQ

InsynQ, Inc. (harmonious name there) closed out its business week with the announcement of the completion of QuickBooks integration for its CRM application, Always-ON CRM. The new product developed by RPS Technologies is called the “Q Connector” and now allows Always-ON CRM to scan QuickBooks and import new data. The Q Connector promises to automatically […]