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| QAD Extrends Solution Suite to Microsoft Platform To serve even more of the world's manufacturers, QAD Inc. is now shipping its flagship ERP software with a Microsoft .NET Framework-based user interface and will offer support for Microsoft SQL Server 2005 database technology in the near future. As a result of close collaboration with Microsoft, current and future releases of the QAD software suite will take advantage of the Microsoft platform. The extension will help manufacturers worldwide make the most of their technology investments, whether they are planning to deploy the latest QAD ERP suite, Global Enterprise Edition, QAD GXE into an IT environment standardized on the Microsoft platform or extending their present QAD implementation to new sites using Microsoft database technology. In both cases, customers can expect seamless operation across sites using a mix of Microsoft and other database and platform technologies. Support for the Microsoft platform is one of a host of initiatives QAD announced today at Explore 2006, QAD's annual user conference, to deliver on its commitment to simplifying enterprise technology for manufacturers. QAD solutions enable manufacturers to gain better insight into their overall business operations, a greater ability to anticipate and respond to marketplace change, and much crisper collaboration with trading partners. These characteristics underpin QAD's vision for a perfect lean market, in which the right information at the right time in the supply chain drives effective and efficient operations. Manufacturers will find support for the Microsoft platform in QAD GXE, which is designed for centralization of global operations and preservation of local execution. New capabilities that capitalize on Microsoft technology include: • Microsoft .NET Framework-based user interface. Following a joint proof-of-concept by Microsoft and QAD, the new user interface empowers manufacturers to boost QAD system usability with screens that are more easily configured to give employees easy, intuitive access to data. The enhancements help customers take advantage of Microsoft Internet Explorer and productivity applications so that employees can use familiar tools, such as Microsoft Office Excel spreadsheets and Web-based navigation, to work more productively. The new user interface also ensures compatibility with the forthcoming Microsoft Windows Vista desktop operating system. • Support for SQL Server 2005. QAD's ERP solutions will incorporate the power and cost-effectiveness of the latest Microsoft database technology. Manufacturers will be able to harness valuable production data and robust, scalable database functions to make fast and information-driven decisions that impact manufacturing, financials, distribution and field service activity. The extension of QAD solutions to the Microsoft platform will help ensure that QAD solutions continue to make optimal use of the technologies its customers require. write your comments about the article :: © 2006 Computing News :: home page |