BlackBerry Suite of Applications for IBM Maximo

HAMILTON, ON - The Createch Group’s Asset Management Solutions (AMS) business unit, today announced the availability of its BlackBerry based applications designed exclusively to enhance and extend the capabilities of IBM’s Maximo/Tivoli asset and service management applications.

The Createch Group’s goal is to help organizations leverage the power of their existing BlackBerry infrastructure to provide applications that support an organization’s asset and service management requirements. The currently available applications include:

BlackBerry(R) Work Manager for Maximo - Helps remotely manage the work order lifecycle of technicians and field workers. It provides mobile functionality that enables managers and field technicians to use BlackBerry devices to receive work orders and information, indicate work accomplished, and upload status, hours, and additional information to the Maximo database.

BlackBerry(R) Approver for Maximo - Allows mobile users to view and respond to any Maximo generated approval requests including purchase requisitions, work requests, and others using their BlackBerry device.  The application includes all the details regarding the approval request allowing the user to make an informed approval decision, without having to logon to Maximo.

“Our BlackBerry applications for Maximo offers a potential game changing opportunity that can provide organizations with a clear competitive edge with minimal investment in additional infrastructure,” said Mike Popovic, Senior VP, The Createch Group. “Over the next few months we expect to release other BlackBerry based applications that will continue to enhance and extend Maximo across the enterprise”.

These applications take advantage of the existing infrastructure and inherent security of the BlackBerry platform and provides an intuitive, simple yet functional user experience. Organizations that have already deployed Maximo and the BlackBerry will require minimal user training with little or no impact on their existing infrastructure.

For more information, please visit www.thecreatechgroup.com