New Zealand Post Subsidiary Selects WaveMaker For SaaS Offering

WaveMaker Software has announced that ECN Group has selected it to SaaS-enable their ECN Round Trip Logistics® (ECN RTL®) application. "WaveMaker's development platform is the fastest path to SaaS," said Chris Keene, CEO of WaveMaker. "We are excited that the ECN Group has selected WaveMaker to SaaS-enable their logistics solution."  

Scio Consulting Joins Microsoft BizSpark Program to Enable SaaS Startups

Scio Consulting recently announced that it has been selected to join the Microsoft BizSpark Program as a Network Partner. This has been designed to accelerate to join the Microsoft BizSpark Program as a Network Partner. "Through this strategic relationship with the BizSpark Program we will be able to provide added value and significant savings to our early-stage software customers.” said Guillaume Gros, Technical Director of Scio.

LeadMaster Launches Round-Robin Lead Management Software

Provider of cloud computing Customer Relationship Management solutions, LeadMaster has announced the addition of 'round-robin' lead management software for automation of their lead distribution to help clients. This is being deployed as SaaS and is now available to all LeadMaster representatives. That's where the round-robin lead management solution comes in. With the round-robin lead management software, the goal is to automate the process of lead distribution. Our round-robin sales lead management process saves our users time. That's our goal. Delivering value for our customers." said Russell King, LeadMaster CEO.

Visual i/o Announces Industry-First 100% Cloud-Based, Enterprise Class Business Analytics Solution

Visual i/o has announced industry’s first cloud based SaaS solution that allows employees and managers throughout an enterprise to simultaneously access, visualize, analyze and collaborate with one another on essential data. "Visual i/o's mission is to redefine BI by integrating the data reporting and analysis process in a shared set of data visualization resources that are easy to use for both analysts and management alike. Current products on the market rely on client-installable software which limits performance and deployability. Visual i/o is the first company to deliver a 100% enterprise-class, browser-based solution -- none of our competitors can make that claim today," said Angela Shen-Hsieh co-founder of Visual i/o.

New partnership between ODESIA Group and InterTrade

ODESIA Group Inc. and Intertrade have announced a new partnership agreement to launch a new business solution to help decision making for supply chain optimization. This will be offered via SaaS and analyses the data transmitted through the network of documents exchange aiming to present a series of critical KPI (key performance indicators) that measure the critical stages of the supply chain.  "We have clearly identified through a couple of our past interventions at our clients, that a good management of the supply chain can considerably improve the inventory management and improve the service levels. The new solution comes to address this specific need of the market.” Said Nicolas Bonnafous, CEO of ODESIA Group.

ClickSoftware Acquires SaaS Capabilities for Field Service

ClickSoftware Technologies Ltd. Has announced that it has entered into an agreement for acquisition of the assets of AST (marketed as The Contractor Office). The former will acquire all the assets of AST including its technology, customers and even employees. "Our vision is to provide field service management solutions for every size of service business from 5 employees to 50,000," said Dr. Moshe BenBassat, Chairman and CEO of ClickSoftware. "In order to meet the needs of small service businesses, we recognized that we needed to provide an affordable but powerful web-based field service management solution. Through this acquisition, we now have the platform, experience and capabilities to provide exactly that," he added.

Corus Selects Univa For Private HPC Cloud

According to reports, Univa UD has announced that Corus Automotive has selected it to provide them with a solution for private cloud enablement of high-performance computing (HPC) applications. The solution includes Univa UniCluster 4.1 and Univa UniPortal 5. "Univa's solution makes our jobs easier and removes business risk, since all the components we need have already been integrated to work together," states Mike Twelves, Manager of IT Systems at Corus Automotive. "It's a cost-effective solution thanks to the open source model, and the fact that we have a one-stop-shop for support is a huge benefit."

AT&T Enhances Business Mobility Offerings with Xora Workforce Management Solution

AT&T and Xora Inc. have announced a GPS Locator application that will provide small and medium-sized businesses with real-time visibility into the location of their mobile workforce. The new SaaS application is designed to help AT&T business customers improve the productivity and accountability of field-based employees, as well as lower expenses related to overtime and fuel costs. "Once companies gain real-time visibility into the locations and activities of their mobile employees, it's like someone took the blinders off," said Sanjay Shirole, CEO of Xora. "More importantly, as a result, companies can take action based on what they are seeing in order to improve the efficiency of their business. The result is that more gets done with fewer resources and in less time, leading to greater profits - and that is how success is measured in most companies."

Platinum Community Bank Selects WebEquity to Automate the Institution’s Commercial Lending

WebEquity Solutions LLC announced today that Platinum Community Bank, an Illinois based institution with $135 million in assets, has selected the Company’s on-demand lending software to automate its commercial real estate and industrial loan processes. “By selecting WebEquity, Platinum Community Bank has gained a single lending solution that will scale to help the institution manage credit quality and portfolio risk as it continues to expand,” said Doug McGregor, CEO of WebEquity Solutions. “WebEquity is an attractive solution for lending institutions of all sizes and we are very excited to work with Platinum Community Bank as they grow their franchise.”