Financial Accounting Software

San Diego, CA (PRWEB) January 29, 2008 — SmartDraw.com today announced that Middle Bucks Institute of Technology-the regional leader in providing career development, advanced technical training, and pre-professional programs located in Jamison, Pennsylvania–has selected SmartDraw software over AutoCAD for technical diagrams and charts. SmartDraw is installed on more than 50 computers primarily within the manufacturing department to assist students with projects in engineering, welding and precision machining.

“We were looking for an easier, more flexible program than AutoCAD,” said Patrick Rich, Computer Support Specialist, Middle Bucks Institute of Technology. “SmartDraw delivers ease of use and offers a vast assortment of choices.”

According to Rich, SmartDraw has been used to create various technical diagrams such as workflows, Gantt charts, organizational charts, engineering charts, bar graphs, pie charts, flow charts, and more.

“As staff members become aware of what SmartDraw can offer, they show an interest in wanting to try the software themselves,” said Rich.

SmartDraw, the world’s most popular business graphics software, is the first program that automates the process of creating business graphics such as flowcharts, engineering diagrams, organizational charts and more. Unlike other graphics programs that provide you with a blank screen and expect you to draw, such as AutoCAD, with SmartDraw you start with a template that is specifically designed to create the type of illustration you need. You enter the information and SmartDraw does the rest: building the graphic automatically using built-in rules and professional design themes to guarantee polished, presentation-quality results in just a few minutes. It draws for you! And, in the rare case that users need extra help, SmartDraw offers free customer support to all users.

SmartDraw offers a variety of licensing options and programs, including educational pricing. A free trial is available at www.smartdraw.com and includes both online and telephone technical support.

Menlo Park, CA (PRWEB) January 29, 2008 — Call for Papers now open for the Web3D 2008 Symposium, to be held August 9th and 10th, 2008 at SIGGRAPH 2008 in Los Angeles, CA. Thirteenth in the series, the Web3D 2008 International Symposium will address a wide range of topics covering 3D graphics and related media on the Web. The annual Web3D Symposium is a major event, which unites researchers, developers, experimenters, and content creators in a dynamic learning environment. Attendees share and explore methods of using, enhancing, or creating new 3D Web and Multimedia technologies, such as (but not limited to) X3D, VRML, COLLADA, Croquet, MPEG4, MPEG7, Java3D, and Canvas3D. The symposium will also focus on recent trends such as interactive 3D graphics and applications on mobile devices.

Ecosystems of tools & techniques are evolving for standards-driven technologies. Web 3D technologies leverage the latest informatics tools such as XML-based solutions, web services applications, and graphics hardware innovations to deliver solutions across many domains. Topics include languages, tools, rendering techniques, human-computer interaction, networked and mobile devices and innovative applications.

Authors are invited to submit their work (short or full papers) for review by the international Program Committee. Both research and applications papers are of interest to Web3D 2008. The papers must be innovative and contribute to the advancement of 3D Multimedia technologies on the Web. Topics of interest include but are not limited to:

Interactive 3D graphics and immersive systems for servers, desktop and thin clients,
High-performance 3D graphics for Virtual Worlds, MMOs, Augmented Reality, and interactive on-line gaming
Animated humanoids and complex reactive characters (e.g. avatars)
Integration and interoperation with 3D Documents and Web/Multimedia technologies, including the Semantic Web
Methods for modeling and rendering complex geometry, structure and behaviors
User-interface paradigms and interaction methods for real-time 3D graphics and virtual environments
Innovative 3D graphics applications for Web/Multimedia in industry, science, medicine, and education
Authors are invited to submit full papers of up to 9 pages (including figures and references) or short papers of up to 4 pages (including figures and references) in PDF format via the Symposium Submission Site, http://www.web3d.org/conferences/web3d2008/call/. Accepted papers will appear in the Symposium Proceedings, published by ACM Press.

Important dates to note:

Papers:
April 7: Web3D Papers Submission deadline
May 21: Accept/Reject notifications go out to authors
June 4: Camera ready submissions to ACM for publication

Registration:
SIGGRAPH Registration System to open in Feb/March.

Paris, France (PRWEB) January 29, 2008 — OW2 Consortium launches a new Initiative in the Business Intelligence (BI) domain at the OW2 Conference, held at the Solutions Linux Paris trade show.

The BI Initiative will create dedicated implementations addressing specific needs of vertical markets. An OW2 Initiative is a market-driven collaborative activity undertaken to facilitate integration between OW2 projects and help build business synergies between members and non-members.

The main projects from the OW2 code base currently are: SpagoBI, the Business Intelligence free platform provided by OW2 co-founder and Strategic Member Engineering Ingegneria Informatica who is leading the Initiative, and Talend Open Studio, the ETL tool, provided by OW2 co-founder Talend, the leader in open source data integration tools.

In addition, the first participants in the Initiative include Altic, a French open source integrator, Luxembourg-based Artemis Information Management, an established leader in statistical and economic analysis, and Italian laboratories active in the datawarehouse and BI domains from the Universities of Bologna, Milan and Trento.

“This group, made up of developers, integrators, SMEs, users, and researchers, is already a good example of the network we want to develop, it will allow us to meet our goals in the different areas we are addressing”. says Gabriele Ruffatti, OW2 Board member and Initiative Team Leader.

“The first of its kind in OW2 to take-off, the BI Initiative takes the Consortium up to a new level in its development.” says Cedric Thomas, OW2 Consortium CEO. he adds.

St. Louis, MO (PRWEB) January 29, 2008 — Netelligent Corporation’s Interact software has achieved certification from The AppExchange, Salesforce.com’s on-demand marketplace of approved 3rd party solutions. Companies who use Salesforce.com can now seamlessly connect their customer interactions and data (accounts, contacts and activities), with the entire customer communication infrastructure.

“This is a huge business opportunity for Salesforce.com users,” says Rick Chapman, Vice President of Product Development for Netelligent. “Salesforce.com leads the market for on-demand customer relationship management. With Interact, companies can take this powerful tool and go even further to strengthen their connection with the customer.”

Interact is a unique product and has no parallel competitors. Interact is solution that connects to disparate databases in real-time. A simple, robust user interface sits on the desktop and enables the user to search all databases at once, and then act. Additionally, with inbound telephone calls, Interact automatically searches all databases, identifies the caller, pops open the customer record in Salesforce.com, and even inserts an activity record.

For companies that need call recording, Interact records telephone calls, chat sessions, video and desktop activity, and automatically inserts those captures into Salesforce.com. Interact has many out-of-the-box integrations, including: Salesforce.com, Active Directory, MS Outlook and SQL.

In addition to their software offering, Netelligent partners with IP telephony market leader Cisco to deliver business and operational value with a wide range of solutions and services, including IP telephony, IP video conferencing, unified messaging, call center solutions and voice over IP. The Netelligent Solutions Team consists of experienced telephony engineers, architects and developers that work with companies to build robust multi-service wireless networks and custom application solutions.

Markham, ON (PRWEB) February 4, 2008 — Constellation HomeBuilder Systems, the largest provider of homebuilding software, is pleased to announce that Constellation OnLocation-Schedule has won the Constructech Top Products 2008 award.

Constructech selected Constellation OnLocation-Schedule for its ease of use and extremely powerful field scheduling functionality. Designed for both superintendents and construction managers, OnLocation-Schedule ensures that everyone is up-to-date and that building progress is closely monitored.

“We congratulate Constellation HomeBuilder Systems for winning a Constructech Top Products award,” said Mike Carrozzo, editor, Constructech magazine. “Customers using this product have had great success managing construction schedules and payment processes from the field.” This is yet another benefit that Constellation provides to its customers. With an unsurpassed dedication to the homebuilding industry and continued investment in new technologies, Constellation is positioned to lead the industry for many years to come.

As part of the OnLocation suite of mobile device applications, OnLocation-Schedule is one piece of the big picture. Coupled with NEWSTAR Enterprise and Constellation Focus, OnLocation is the basis for a powerful system of schedule management, supplier and trade performance measurement, and timely report generation and distribution. Many builders have used this system to achieve better supplier and trade relationships, while increasing customer satisfaction with fewer mistakes and improved cycle times. Using OnLocation-Schedule’s “Complete with Exceptions” feature has allowed builders to withhold payments for work that was done incorrectly, while allowing the building schedule to proceed in many cases. In addition, the use of Constellation Focus allows suppliers to be given a statement that identifies all the tasks for which payment is being held, reducing the number of phone calls and providing a clear incentive for completing the work as soon as possible.

“We are very excited about OnLocation-Schedule being selected for another homebuilding industry award,” exclaims Dexter Salna, President of Constellation HomeBuilder Systems. “Constellation listens to its customers and develops the solutions that will improve their businesses. We have a strong group of early adopter customers that deserve a lot of credit for helping us develop award winning applications. These relationships improve product quality and ultimately improve the solutions that we can offer to other homebuilders.”

Bethlehem, PA (PRWEB) February 4, 2008 — Glemser Technologies, a Bethlehem, PA based pharmaceutical software and services company, today announced the release of a new version of its award-winning xmLabeling software. xmLabeling for SPL® is a “lighter weight” version of xmLabeling that provides the essential featues of the full xmLabeling product for creating, editing and managing SPL submissions.

xmLabeling for SPL® provides a complete set of document management capabilities as well as the ability to generate Structured Product Labeling (SPL) submissions documents, and addresses all the requirements of the Physician Labeling Rule (PLR). It is an ideal solution for smaller companies not concerned with addressing global labeling requirements such as the PIM submission format required by the EMEA, or companies looking to take a measured first step in building a comprehensive labeling system.

According to Andrew Glemser, Chief Technology Officer of Glemser Technologies, “The exciting thing about xmLabeling for SPL® is that it provides clients with the opportunity to get a complete labeling management and SPL solution in place very quickly - typically within ten to twelve weeks. This allows an organization to gain the benefits of xmLabeling - improved approval processes, reduced administrative costs and SPL and PLR submission capabilities — in a reduced timeframe and with lower up-front costs”.

xmLabeling for SPL® is a complete, out-of-the-box, ready-to-use labeling system. It is pre-configured to allow users to create and edit labeling documents and generate SPL and PLR submissions. xmLabeling for SPL® can be upgraded to the full version of xmLabeling after implementation.

Limassol, Cyprus (PRWEB) February 20, 2008 — XemiComputers has just presented a new software product named Personal Lunar Organizer that works as a calendar with standard options for maintaining appointments and includes a special feature that calculates and shows moon phases.

Moon phases are conveniently presented throughout the program. A large graphic in the top left corner of the main window shows a moon phase for the currently selected date. The calendar itself is marked with icons representing four main moon phases and the program’s icon that is displayed in the notification area of the taskbar changes automatically in accordance with a daily moon phase.

Notable calendar features include appointments with reminders, recurrences permitting exceptions, color coded labels, four categories for marking used periods of time and full range of views from daily to monthly. There are options for customizing and printing calendar views. Among print options users can choose between portrait and landscape orientation, set margins, paper size and make other printing adjustments.

Personal Lunar Organizer is priced at $39.90 for a license that allows installation on three different computers. Customers can try it free for 15 days with no restrictions. The program is available for Windows XP and Vista computers and to download visit its web site at http://www.lunarorganizer.com.

Gaithersburg, MD (PRWEB) February 20, 2008 — Raxco Software, the leader in disk defragmentation software, announced today that it has joined VMware’s Technology Alliance Partner (TAP) program. As a formal member of the program, Raxco Software, through its PerfectDisk® 2008 family of performance and storage management products, will provide IT organizations with a unique solution that automatically optimizes the VMware® Workstation and Server environments.

Through a single installation on the host machine, PerfectDisk 2008 for VMware provides complete disk defragmentation of all the host’s drives and the virtual machines’ drives, automatically reindexes VMware data structures, and shrinks the virtual drives to reclaim disk space. This unique offering helps organizations ensure their VMware environments are running as fast as possible and making the most efficient use of disk space.

“Virtual environments present some unique challenges for enhancing and maintaining optimal performance and maximizing storage use,” said Joe Abusamra, vice president of operations at Raxco Software. “We’ve leveraged our years of Windows performance and storage expertise to bring a unique solution to VMware users with our PerfectDisk 2008 for VMware offering. Now VMware users can improve performance and reclaim disk space easily and automatically.”

Raxco Software has teamed with VMware through the VMware TAP Program to deliver this enhanced value to the companies’ shared customers.

Minneapolis, MN (PRWEB) February 21, 2008 — Evolving Solutions, a leading server virtualization and storage consolidation provider dedicated to aligning IT with business objectives, is ensuring firms discover the benefits of virtualization by co-hosting and presenting at the “The Road to Virtualization”, an executive IT briefing happening in Minneapolis, MN today.

Server virtualization, which can eliminate a firm’s need to invest in additional servers by taking advantage of existing under-utilized capacity, has received substantial press in resent months. Its primary benefits include IT hardware, maintenance and energy savings of up to fifty percent, firms with all types of business requirements are giving it serious consideration.

“The Road to Virtualization”, being hosted by Evolving Solutions in conjunction with IBM & Avnet Technology Solutions, is tailored for IT professionals who are looking for the latest innovative virtualization solutions that will help them reach tangible, cost-savings benefits for 2008 and beyond.

“Attendees for this event are seeking real-world, fact-based tools designed to help them make strategic decisions regarding virtualization’s benefit to their firm’s overall bottom line,” states Jaime Gmach, President of Evolving Solutions. “The decision whether or not to implement a virtualization solution is ultimately determined by the total cost of ownership and achieving their overall business objectives.”

The event promises to provide attendees with information on how to make informed decisions, as experts share valuable tools, tips and techniques designed to illustrate a smooth implementation plan and benefit overview. Additionally, experts will be on hand to share product details regarding the latest features, trends and updates.

“Ultimately, this free to attend seminar brings with it a wealth of potential value for any firm attending,” continues Gmach. “Following the discussions on the benefits of virtualization, attendees will have an opportunity to qualify for a funded assessment. Assessments enable businesses to make informed decisions based on current infrastructure performance that can improve their bottom line and help them reach their business goals.”

“The Road to Virtualization, being hosted by Evolving Solutions, IBM & Avnet Technology Solutions, will be taking place today from 8am-11am at the DoubleTree Minneapolis, 1500 Park Place Boulevard in Minneapolis, MN, 952-542-8600.

Huntsville, AL (Vocus) February 21, 2008 — Intergraph Corp. is bringing the benefits of its proven utility outage management, workforce management and geospatial information system (GIS) technology to rural and small utilities and electric cooperatives (co-ops) through packaged solutions that are cost-effective for the smaller utility market.

By adding new packaged offerings for smaller organizations to its portfolio, Intergraph is now able to provide utilities of all sizes — from the smallest to the largest — with end-to-end solutions for the design and operations of the utility distribution network.

Intergraph sets itself apart in the industry by offering customized vertical solutions for the utilities market. Intergraph assists utilities with a full line of best practice solutions tailored for specific sectors - electric, gas, pipelines, water/wastewater and communications. In addition to providing technologies for automating and better managing outage response and day-to-day work management, Intergraph also supports the planning, engineering analysis, work order design, mapping and asset and maintenance records for a utility’s infrastructure.

“As energy and customer service demands continue to rise, smaller utilities and co-ops are faced with the same issues that challenge larger providers,” said Jay Stinson, vice president of Intergraph Utilities & Communications. “Just as large utilities require intuitive technologies to automate the management of their workforce, assets, infrastructure and outage/dispatch procedures, small providers also demand these solutions to increase efficiency, improve service and cut costs. Intergraph has been helping utilities achieve these goals for decades, and we are now well-positioned to extend our solutions to fit the needs of smaller-sized organizations.”

“To better serve our customers, Cobb EMC has implemented a comprehensive solution of outage management, workforce management, mobile and GIS technologies from Intergraph,” said Sam Newman, Manager, Geospatial Resource Management at Cobb Electric Membership Corporation (Cobb EMC), an electric membership cooperative in Georgia. “By integrating these technologies, we have been able to significantly streamline work processes and enhance service efficiency.”

“By working with Intergraph, Franklin PUD has created a fully digitized system for managing district facilities and our electrical grid that is every bit as sophisticated and powerful as systems used by much larger utilities,” said Zan Strausz, GIS Lead of the Franklin County Public Utility District (PUD), a non-profit electric utility serving about 26,000 accounts in the state of Washington. “The system has greatly simplified the way our various departments access, share and analyze critical information, leading to better decision-making and service while saving time and money.”

Intergraph’s outage and workforce management technology and full line of GIS solutions customized for the utilities industry are complemented by an integrated mobile application that combines engineering tools, workforce management and field force automation technology to provide a common, wireless platform for all types of utility field work. The mobile application can be leveraged across various functions including but not limited to outage management, damage assessment, meter reading, field design, critical infrastructure protection, maintenance and repair, inspection and compliance.

Alongside these key technologies, Intergraph’s web portal application provides utilities employees, customers and the public real-time, online access to geospatial data from disparate sources. By aggregating key data in one place, the Intergraph portal enables better, more informed decision-making. Intergraph’s portal capabilities also extend organizations’ traditional business intelligence efforts by providing the capability to view, manage and analyze data in a geospatial context.

“We’ve been using the Intergraph product to organize, easily access and disseminate up-to-date spatial information about our electric distribution system,” said Michael Holcomb, Assistant General Manager of Distribution & Engineering at the Snohomish County Public Utility District, located north of Seattle. “Today, we have implemented multiple technologies district-wide to empower field personnel, customer service representatives and others throughout the organization to respond more quickly and accurately to customer needs.”

“In 2003, Empire turned to Intergraph to help us better manage day-to-day network operations, enhance crew responsiveness and reduce restoration time during power outages,” said Rick Wallace, Director of OMS/GMS Operations at The Empire District Electric Company in southwest Missouri. “Through a combination of Intergraph mapping, outage management, mobile workforce management and infrastructure management technologies, we’ve enabled our entire organization - from engineers, designers, field crews and customer service agents - to perform their jobs more efficiently and effectively. This has resulted in significant cost savings and a marked improvement in the service we provide to our 165,000 electric customers in Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma and Arkansas.”