http://www.itshowcase.co.uk/ Keep up to date with the latest business software solution news and information. en-gb Copyright 2008 Framework Media Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:29:00 +0000 60 b574a1a5afb65051b4c5f405ae83a876 For small businesses with a moderate number of staff, IT can often be a real pain. There is no value in having a full time IT Manager as their time would be wasted, however you still need to have everyone on your team setup and working with a virus free,… http://www.itshowcase.co.uk/News/Articles/2012-02-01/Allmyapps-keeps-everything-in-sync/ Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:29:00 +0000 423ba8f851f716b6a0a4391b3511ae5c As the 30,000^th customer running SAP Business One, Jaguar Landrover Brazil is one of many growing organizations around the world that relies on the application to manage changing business needs. Specifically, JLR Brazil faces complex government regulations, taxation and inventory control on the cars shipped to the subsidiary from its… http://www.itshowcase.co.uk/News/Articles/2012-02-01/Ochiba-implement-SAPs-30000th-SAP-Business-One-customer/ Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:29:00 +0000 ad2d5961f6e56e087413cc38d0f701f0 St Richard's Hospice in Worcester has launched a new, fun fundraising mobile phone app - 'Bling My Bear' - to help raise cash for the charity. The app has been designed and hosted by Borwell, a software company based in Malvern. Andrea and Steve Borwell-Fox are keen supporters of the… http://www.itshowcase.co.uk/News/Articles/2012-02-01/New-fun-fundraising-iPhone-app/ Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:28:00 +0000 ef9fde037d49c173864f8dbfaa4783a7 A Midlands computer technology company is pioneering an apprenticeship programme that will benefit businesses which do not have dedicated ICT support. MET (Managed Enterprise Technology), based at Fort Dunlop in Birmingham, this year took on three apprentices from a Microsoft-approved scheme and their move is now set to provide much-need… http://www.itshowcase.co.uk/News/Articles/2012-02-01/ICT-experts-develop-apprentice-spinoff-for-businesses/ Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:25:00 +0000 df90950ef4f4e51a164c49aa9195a579 Infor, a leading provider of business application software serving more than 70,000 customers, has unveiled Infor10 Motion, the company’s unique, cloud-based mobile platform built on the powerful Infor10 ION integration framework. Infor10 Motion applications provide fast, reliable connections to back office systems regardless of location through smartphones and tablets, such… http://www.itshowcase.co.uk/News/Articles/2012-02-01/Infor-takes-business-onthemove-with-innovative-mobile-platform-/ Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:24:00 +0000 747f3a8bf24a527171eff5cbdd0505a9 One of the country’s longest established care providers, The Hospital of God at Greatham, is investing in a new financial solution from Access UK. The charitable and housing trust, established in 1273, has selected Access Dimensions to bring greater visibility of information to the organisation and provide a more controlled… http://www.itshowcase.co.uk/News/Articles/2012-02-01/The-Hospital-of-God-simplifies-accounts-with-Access-Dimensions/ Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:23:00 +0000 c1971186fe21153507dab550793e8491 Tekla BIMsight now offers a well-designed user interface for Windows tablet computers, thereby enabling use at construction sites. As before, it is still the easiest-to-use BIM tool available for everyone in the construction industry to download and use for free. New features in version 1.4 of the award-winning BIM software,… http://www.itshowcase.co.uk/News/Articles/2012-02-01/Tekla-BIMsight-14-takes-BIM-to-the-field-with-Windows-tablets/ Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:22:00 +0000 786f45d2e8ef13cdf5a3072502d48ac7 BIW Technologies Ltd. (BIW) is delighted to announce the immediate release of two new functional modules within the BIW Project Control application suite – Business Intelligence and QSHE Compliance. Business Intelligence provides customers the capability to design, configure and rollout bespoke project and programme dashboards, transaction reports and performance summaries.… http://www.itshowcase.co.uk/News/Articles/2012-02-01/BIW-Technologies-launches-QSHE-ComplianceBusiness-Intelligence/ Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:21:00 +0000 a1daff68f0550f479e1419c7b282e1cd Opinion from TCM Infosys, a leading specialist in developing FPM solutions for businesses around the globe... For the majority of businesses, an investment in a financial performance management (FPM) solution will deliver almost immediate dividends, helping to increase revenue, improve efficiency and productivity, and manage budgets more efficiently and effectively.… http://www.itshowcase.co.uk/News/Articles/2012-02-01/Put-Business-Intelligence-to-work-for-you/ Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:21:00 +0000 a6269b3c0129982af95bf3b1442476c2 Ted Baker, the fast-growing British designer brand, is rolling-out new point-of-sale and retail management software, Yourcegid Retail, to help support its expansion abroad. Yourcegid Retail is expected to make dealing with complicated tax regimes and customer service in local languages more straightforward. The initial implementation of the stores in Hong… http://www.itshowcase.co.uk/News/Articles/2012-02-01/Ted-Baker-rolls-out-Cegid-retail-management-software-to-support-expansion-/ Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:20:00 +0000 1e9383b1ca2716356152d7c8d9737bf4 A new national programme which will focus on helping small and medium manufacturing businesses to grow has officially launched, Business Minister Mark Prisk and the Manufacturing Advisory Consortium (MAC) announced today. The new Manufacturing Advisory Service (MAS) is now available to all manufacturing businesses across England. It will be delivered… http://www.itshowcase.co.uk/News/Articles/2012-02-01/New-manufacturing-advisory-service-launched/ Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:20:00 +0000 c3e131a98760d9f50fa283a3c0e3fe93 Trimble has announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the StruCad and StruEngineer business from AceCad Software to expand its construction solutions. The addition of the software products is expected to extend Tekla's industry leading Building Information Modeling (BIM) solutions for structural steel contractors to automate project… http://www.itshowcase.co.uk/News/Articles/2012-02-01/Trimble-to-acquire-StruCad-business-to-extend-Teklas-structural-steel-industry-presence/ Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:18:00 +0000 afd7ea1206094b052c7436eab171b0ac ValidSoft, a global supplier of fraud prevention, authentication and transaction verification solutions and part of the Elephant TalkGroup, has partnered with leading research house Opus Research to produce a report titled: Voice Biometrics Authentication Best Practices: Overcoming Obstacles to Adoption. The study, led by Dan Miller, senior analyst at Opus… http://www.itshowcase.co.uk/News/Articles/2012-02-01/Voice-biometrics-to-playkey-role-in-security-in-2012/ Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:17:00 +0000 59b3286be1d40c981313a1a1f1bd053d The northwest’s largest independent plant, access, and small tools hire company, Smiths Equipment Hire, has invested in a new financial software solution from Access UK. Smiths has ambitious growth and expansion plans and the incumbent Sage Line 50 solution was struggling to deal with the volume of transactions being processed.… http://www.itshowcase.co.uk/News/Articles/2012-02-01/Smiths-Equipment-Hire-invests-in-Access-Dimensions/ Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:15:00 +0000 4ead84cdd87a114ba3ef607611637f5f Social network applications are leaving an open door to our most personal of details. Tending to the crops on your virtual farm, finding out who views your profile and sharing your favourite movie trailers may seem like harmless ways to use social networks but oblivious users are accepting application requests… http://www.itshowcase.co.uk/News/Articles/2012-02-01/Social-Apps-The-devils-in-disguise/ Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:15:00 +0000 da0fbeb41607c0672067c1892f7dc7bf Recruitment specialists HB Human Capital has chosen Access’ integrated business solutions to underpin its ambitious growth plans. HB Human Capital has already seen turnover more than double in the last four years from £63 to £127m. It is now looking to repeat this success over the next four years. Group… http://www.itshowcase.co.uk/News/Articles/2012-02-01/HB-Human-Capital-chooses-Access-to-support-ambitious-growth-plans/ Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:14:00 +0000 200843532b64904e3476afd5896c0bc1 Infor, a leading provider of business application software serving more than 70,000 customers, has announced an enhanced version of Infor10 PLM Process (Optiva). This next-generation application boasts Infor10 ION and Infor10 Workspace functionality to provide users with a single sign-on screen and flexible middleware that connects all business applications into… http://www.itshowcase.co.uk/News/Articles/2012-02-01/Accelerated-product-development-for-process-manufacturers/ Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:13:00 +0000 a2398976a3738f22e4883f70a08349fa Autodesk manufacturing sales director, Northern Europe, Richard Tinsdeall explains... Some of the greatest innovations in manufacturing have been realised by smaller organisations responding to design challenges. Now, however, as technology evolves, so too does the potential for SMEs to access and exploit tools previously only available to the largest organisations… http://www.itshowcase.co.uk/News/Articles/2012-02-01/Moving-to-the-Clouds-How-small-manufacturers-are-findingnew-route-to-competitive-edge/ Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:12:00 +0000 cd1586753aa76fede50ac237521c7c67 When 3D digital design first made an impact on the design engineering community, there was much talk about seamless and automatic workflows throughout the complete concept to manufacturing process. The integration of CAD with a corporate ERP was the ultimate goal – and a way to derive optimum value from… http://www.itshowcase.co.uk/News/Articles/2012-02-01/Symetri-helps-Ellis-Furniture-implement-seamless-digital-workflow-from-concept-to-manufacture/ Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:11:00 +0000 a507037a67357d3abad299a59eec06ca Worldwide construction software provider “Buildsoft” has just released its highly anticipated new standalone version of their successful on-screen takeoff system. Buildsoft Takeoff 2 is the latest advancement in on-screen takeoff. It integrates 2D (AutoCAD and PDF) and Building Information Modellings (BIM) takeoff with existing MS Excel worksheets/templates. This new streamlined… http://www.itshowcase.co.uk/News/Articles/2012-02-01/Buildsoft-launches-new-onscreen-takeoff-system-for-MS-Excel-users/ Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:10:00 +0000 de00a4e551f9ab042a2de00ec14026b5 ATMS launches HeatMap, a powerful graphical visualisation tool that highlights activity levels within the warehouse, enabling managers to optimise their warehouse layout for maximum productivity and minimal 'traffic jams'. The function has been integrated into ATMS Warehouse Management System for a customer with typically medium to large warehouses handling a… http://www.itshowcase.co.uk/News/Articles/2012-02-01/ATMS-introduces-Warehouse-HeatMap-module/ Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:09:00 +0000 1ed09fcb42ee0ed05c29f434c0ed9667 Lack of visibility across the import / export supply chain leads to lack of control, inefficiency and waste. This affects importers and distributors within sectors such as apparel, domestic appliances, industrial equipment, cosmetics and toiletries. For instance a UK company can place production orders on a factory in the Far… http://www.itshowcase.co.uk/News/Articles/2012-02-01/Tracking-imports-from-production-to-receipt/ Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:08:00 +0000 55ae7f5dd2ea145cdc98be3665652686 Lewisham Council is the first local authority to use newly developed software, MapThat, to provide a state‐of‐the‐art interactive map on its re‐launched website, www.lewisham.gov.uk The additional Report‐It user‐friendly tool looks set to reduce the Council’s costs in conjunction with the Customer Relationship Management System and new Website Self‐Serve platform, improving… http://www.itshowcase.co.uk/News/Articles/2012-02-01/Lewisham-Council-leads-the-way-with-MapThat/ Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:07:00 +0000 fc4b026b542dd6423ef67d4c94aa7f3d Brighthouse, the leading UK rent-to-own retailer, is using TranSend ePOD from VSc Solutions to manage deliveries and collections between its depots, stores and customers to improve customer service and drive down operational costs through automating processes. TranSend ePOD allows Brighthouse to control what goods are delivered and collected, where and… http://www.itshowcase.co.uk/News/Articles/2012-02-01/Brighthouse-achieve-tight-control-over-deliveriescollections-with-TranSend-ePOD/ Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:06:00 +0000 b42bef330d38afaea57dac4046b1585d Foxtons Estate Agents has implemented Albany ePAY, the intelligent electronic payments and collections solution, from Albany Software. The solution is enabling Foxtons to process its 6,000 weekly transactions with Bacs directly, saving £50,000 per annum on banking fees. Foxtons is London's leading estate agency and has in excess of 30… http://www.itshowcase.co.uk/News/Articles/2012-02-01/Foxtons-slashes-banking-fees-with-Albany-Solution/ Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:05:00 +0000 62300ab75a055b3e65da2b21c5f9fa22 JNC Construction Solutions has launched a new Smart Phone Application for Sage 50. Mobile Manager is a service and maintenance solution fully integrated with Sage 50 Accounts and Payroll, to manage, schedule and communicate with your field based workers. It drives productivity, efficiency and visibility right through the business to… http://www.itshowcase.co.uk/News/Articles/2012-02-01/Introducing-Mobile-Manager-servicemaintenance-solution-for-Sage-50/ Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:04:00 +0000 e2ae16fe2bd8b77e4a5adbaaf0b11aeb Reginox UK recently identified the benefits it could gain from an advanced, common, integrated ERP system for its distribution operations. In 2008 Microsoft Dynamics was installed and, as a result, the company has improved visibility, enabled better reporting and forecasting and this has resulted in a more flexible and efficient… http://www.itshowcase.co.uk/News/Articles/2012-02-01/Reginoxmore-efficient-distribution-business-with-Microsoft-Dynamics/ Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:03:00 +0000 1bc66676b17bd14843f2794611004dab HTA is a multidisciplinary design consultancy to the residential development and regeneration sectors. The practice is a leading housing design specialist, renowned for its focus on working with housing providers and communities to deliver great places. HTA employs over 100 staff operating from its London head office and an Edinburgh… http://www.itshowcase.co.uk/News/Articles/2012-02-01/HTA-Architects-swap-spreadsheets-for-Workspace-Project-Accounting/ Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:02:00 +0000 474ad411a4f093b0e471703c34e53200 Torex, the leading global provider of innovative technology to the retail, hospitality and convenience and fuel markets, ha announced that retailer C&A will install Torex POS in over 1,500 stores across 19 European countries. The solution will provide the retailer with a modern IT platform to enable central control and… http://www.itshowcase.co.uk/News/Articles/2012-02-01/CA-to-introduce-Torex-POS-solution-in-1500-stores-across-Europe/ Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:01:00 +0000