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IBM Maximo Positioned in Leaders Quadrant for Three Enterprise Asset Management Industries

IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced that Gartner Inc. has positioned IBM’s Maximo asset management solution in the leaders quadrant in three of its reports, including the “Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Asset Management for Manufacturing, 2007,” “Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Asset Management for Transmission and Distribution, 2007,” and “Magic Quadrant for Power-Generating EAM Software, 2007.(1)”

Gartner evaluates vendors in its Magic Quadrant on “Completeness of Vision” and “Ability to Execute.”

Meridium Unveils New Operator Rounds Solution

Roanoke, VA, USA - Meridium Inc., a publisher in asset performance management (APM) software solutions, has announced the release of its newest solution, Operator Rounds.

The Meridium Operator Rounds solution extends the power of Meridium onto a hand held device allowing operations and inspection data to be captured in the field.  Through automated alerting, the operator can be given real time instructions for what to do and how to react to the situations in the field.  Recommendations can also be created to initiate work.  All data captured on the mobile device can later be synchronized with Meridium. 

First Milk Chooses IFS Applications to Help Streamline Its Supply Chain

STOCKHOLM, Sweden--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Regulatory News:

IFS, the global enterprise applications company, today announced that Britain’s largest UK- farmer-owned business First Milk, has selected IFS Applications to provide full integration of all critical business processes and optimize production across its cheese division sites nationwide. In a deal worth US $3million, IFS Applications will be deployed in the eight creameries and packing plants over nine months.

IFS Applications will integrate First Milk’s formerly disjointed business systems and processes, including warehouse management, financials, forecasting and payroll, enabling centralized control of operations and providing a new level of visibility across the entire enterprise and supply chain. Real-time reporting on cheese production, maturation, packaging and dispatch will also enable First Milk to respond with much greater agility to inevitable variations in milk supply and customer demand—ensuring business performance is consistently at an optimal level.

Vesta Partners and Meridium Announce Alliance for Meridium Mobile Inspection Management for SAP

Stamford, CT - September 18, 2007 - Vesta Partners, LLC a consulting group specializing in Maintenance Management and Enterprise Asset Management Technology Services, and Meridium, Inc., the leader in asset performance management (APM) software and consulting solutions, have announced an alliance to provide SAP maintenance and consulting services. This agreement is in conjunction with Meridium’s newest solution for the SAP marketplace: Meridium Mobile Inspection Management (MIM) for SAP..  Vesta, a Meridium preferred service provider for Reliability Centered Maintenance and Optimization (RCMO) will now provide additional implementation and integration services for MIM.

Game Changing Web Based SAP $149 Per Month Per User

NEW YORK - September 19, 2007 - SAP AG (NYSE: SAP) today unveiled SAP® Business ByDesign™, the most complete on-demand business software solution specifically addressing a new market of prospective, fast-growing midsize customers. Designed around four key principles—completeness, ease of use, adaptability and significantly cutting total cost of ownership (TCO)—SAP Business ByDesign delivers an on-demand software solution with built-in service and support. It offers a personalized trial for invited customers to explore, evaluate and experience the solution, and competitive pricing at $149 per month per user, with lower price points for efficiency users.

MaintSmart 3.4 Enterprise CMMS Software Released

MaintSmart Enterprise CMMS Software version 3.4 (maintenance management software) has been released. MaintSmart Enterprise is MaintSmart Software, Inc’s flagship product and is currently in use in 26 countries worldwide. This version of MaintSmart is translatable into any language.

(PRWEB) September 9, 2007—MaintSmart CMMS Software version 3.4 (maintenance management software) has been released.

MaintSmart 3.4 is translatable into any language including all European languages, Chinese, Arabic, etc. MaintSmart is capable of translation into multiple languages in the same database.

MaintSmart 3.4 CMMS contains a powerful print job scheduler. Print jobs use any report in the program and these reports may be filtered and saved with a floating date range. All you need to do is put paper in your printer; MaintSmart handles the rest automatically. Automatically created work orders contain parts lists, unlimited details and unlimited file attachments of any type. MaintSmart also uses meters to generate work orders. Meter values may be entered manually into MaintSmart or read from any OPC data source automatically. MaintSmart generates work orders based upon equipment demand automatically with the equipment telling MaintSmart when it needs service.

Infor Delivers Service-Oriented Architecture Roadmap

LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Infor today announced the roadmap for Infor Open SOA, its service-oriented architecture (SOA) framework, to customers at its annual user conference. Customers at Inforum 2007 will receive details on Infor Open SOA including SOA-based interoperability between solutions and exciting new development projects, such as dynamic role-based home pages and SOA-based components that will evolve their Infor solutions to meet future challenges.

Home Products Inc. (IHP), Replaces SAP R3 with Infor

LAS VEGAS (Inforum 2007) – September 10, 2007 – Infor today announced International Home Products Inc. (IHP), the world’s largest distributor of Lifetime cookware, along with its sister company Health Distillers International, Inc. (HDI), the leading provider of the most advanced water purification systems in the Caribbean, will deploy Infor ERP LN throughout their facilities in Puerto Rico and North America, replacing their previously-installed SAP R/3 system. 

ContractIR On-Line Store for Infrared Contractors and Service Providers

Stockton Infrared Thermographic Services, Inc. announces the launch of ContractIR On-Line Store.  ContractIR is owned by Stockton Infrared Thermographic Services, Inc. (SITS) and was created by Greg Stockton, company founder and President.  Inspired by the company’s focus of becoming a total resource for infrared customers, infrared thermographers and infrared contractors, ContractIR offers equipment and services at discounted prices.  The website offers thermographers information, images and advice to assist them in selling their services and also offers cost-effective pricing on:

• IR imager sales
• IR training
• IR imager rentals
• Thermography contractor accessories
• Infrared reporting software

SITS was founded in 1989 as a provider of infrared (IR) thermographic imaging services. 

Hilton Garden Inn El Paso 1,100th property to feature MTech’s innovative maintenance software

The Hilton Garden Inn El Paso (Texas) has become the 1,100th property to reap the benefits of MTech’s PMWorks preventive-maintenance management software solution.

Miami-based MTech is a leading innovator in developing solutions to help hotels improve communications, increase productivity and maximize guest satisfaction, with its Espresso! family of products, HotSOS (Hotel Service Optimization System, pronounced hot sauce) and PMWorks, the HotSOS-powered maintenance-management system—the first ASP designed specifically to help hoteliers handle the day-to-day needs of hotel preventive maintenance.