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) Softworld expands with regional events
Softworld, the UK's biggest accounting and finance software exhibition, is to expand with shows in the north of England and Scotland in addition to its flagship event at London’s Olympia.‘With the introduction of these regional shows we aim to make Softworld more accessible than ever before’, said James Reeve, Softworld’s marketing & conference manager.
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) Israel Information Technology Report Q3 2008 - www
The fastest growing revenues segment was, however, software services, which were up 13%. Meanwhile, international vendors are enhancing their local presence. In 2008 IBM announced that it is establishing a new Systems and Technology Group lab in Israel. The new R&D facility will focus on storage and microchip technology solutions, and follows IBM�s acquisition of three local IT storage solutions start-ups so far this year. HP has also been on the acquisition trail, and announced plans to build a new printer factory. Industry Developments Defence concerns remain close to the top of the national agenda, and this is still an important area for IT spending. There are opportunities in both public and private sectors with organisations like Israel Aircraft Industries. The Israeli Airforce recently purchased simulation software from Presgis to support development of its new Flight and System Trainer for the F-161 aircraft. More>> - (
) IBEC says re-energising trade with the US is a key component in
Cyril McGuire, CEO of Trintech, the leading provider of integrated financial governance and transaction risk management software, said its listing on the Nasdaq since 1999 and establishing operations in Dallas, Chicago and San Jose were key milestones for Trintech's business development. He said that in looking at acquisitions it is important for companies to consider how to align their own company culture with that of the acquisition and that an effective post acquisition integration plan. Dr Rosheen McGuckian, Group Corporate Development Director, NTR said that Cleantech was building substantial capacity in the US in renewable energy and sustainable waste management.. More>>
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) Logic teams up with Queue
"With Microsoft Dynamics not only can we automate business activities in finance, accounting, sales, marketing, human resources, and IT, our clients will also benefit from powerful reporting and analysis tools all in a Microsoft interface many are already familiar with."
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) Non-Profit Organizations Switch from Microsoft Great Plains to
Great Plains are forced to manage their business on separate on-premise software packages — one for accounting, one for inventory and warehousing, one for sales force management and one for Ecommerce — an approach that requires costly integration to get them to work together. The cost of implementation, integration and on-going application maintenance in such environments can be many times the cost of the software itself — a particular challenge in the current economic environment. In addition, tying together disparate systems typically does not provide the integrated real-time visibility across metrics that is essential to managing growth.
In contrast to Microsoft Great Plains, NetSuite is designed to help solve the challenge of bringing together these different systems because it is a single system for CRM, accounting/ERP, inventory, and Ecommerce operations. More>>