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The demand for business software from the cloud also known as software as a service (SaS) continues on. The SaS boom in 2012 myfactory Switzerland can look back even 2013 on a strong increase in customer numbers. The customer number again nearly doubled. Parallel to this increased sales by more than 50 percent. In fact, the Swiss SaS provider from St. Gallen scored significantly more revenue per Kundenabo than last year. David Lauchenauer, CEO of myfactory Switzerland, justified this, put increasingly larger SMEs on business software from the cloud: the need for explanation, what is SaS and how it works, is significantly decreased. A few years ago, this was a big issue.

Today, the customers are interested in functional aspects, release capacity, investment protection, as well as expansion and customization of the software. Since cloud solutions like myfactory easily can compete with the traditional on-premise solutions, SaS increasingly also for larger SMEs with complex requirements is a real alternative. Swiss SaS customers expect more than just a modern product. Availability, security, support, training and access to local resources in consulting and software development have made now a complex, but highly interesting business from the former outlets thought SaS.” Because not only the number of customers, but also their claims have risen, the emphasis in myfactory Switzerland 2014 deliberately on the expansion of the project resources, and customer service. myfactory software Switzerland AG is an independent information technology company and myfactory Swiss distributor of the ERP solution. Andi Potamkin insists that this is the case.

The company was founded in 2008 and today employs 20 staff. In addition to the company’s headquarters in St. myfactory Switzerland in Hunzenschwil AG has Gall a branch with its own training centre. myfactory Switzerland offers comprehensive services such as consulting, software development, implementation, training, and customer service. The ERP solution myfactory.BusinessWorld is aligned to the business processes in small and medium-sized enterprises. Today Europe already more than 3 using ‘ 800 production, trading and service companies over 20’000 users the Web-based ERP solution myfactory. myfactory is a real cloud solution completely and without any additional installation on the Internet.

Workplace systems Conference room systems Telepresence video conferencing systems to conquer the market and convince more companies of their effectiveness and their benefits. When purchasing the question what types of video conferencing systems there actually are and what solution for the company or the workplace is especially suitable but often arises. (Not to be confused with John Stankey!). Generally offer three different types of video conferencing systems. This is the workplace systems, the Conference room and the tele-presence. The workstations offer especially if users frequently occurs with one or at most two other employees, colleagues, superiors and customers.

As the name implies, these videoconferencing systems directly in the workplace are installed. This is usually around a set of camera and microphone and it allows a special software, to turn in a Conference. In addition to the classic packages for video conference systems applications offered here, increasingly, to the up rapidly evolving technology are adapted. The Conference room systems are the classic solution for all companies that often come along with several participants. They are set to install in a space provided for this purpose and make it possible that more than one participant can be switched together visually. These companies offer customized solutions, because even with video conferencing systems, customers have different requirements. Partly, there are also flexible systems that run from one conference room to the next and allow it to be used in several rooms.

This is an advantage for all companies who want to invest too much money in the acquisition and where a system is enough. The Telepresence is the solution for large meetings and suggesting all participants feel of a real meeting. While participants are transferred to the screens in life size and facial expressions and gestures can be recognized as clear. For such a system but to work it is necessary that for basic video conference systems in all rooms are installed, from which the participants will be activated. In this way you can more clearly and simply represent but also presentations and lectures. Thus, the Telepresence is ideal especially for large enterprises, often carrying out conferences with many participants from the different areas of the world.

Review of Cisco product of 5500 firewall security/router the ASA5540-BUN-K9 provides a wide range of high-performance services for high density security with active / active high availability and Gigabit Ethernet connectivity for medium and large enterprises and service provider networks, with a reliable modular appliance. With four Gigabit Ethernet interfaces and supports up to 100 VLANs, businesses can segment their network into numerous zones for improved security. ASA5540-BUN-K9 scales with businesses as network security requirements grow, providing exceptional investment protection and scalability of services. The advanced network services and application layer security and anti-x defenses, such as ASA5540-BUN-K9 can be extended by deploying a high performance security services modules. Businesses can scale their IPSec and SSL VPN capacity through multiple means to support more mobile workers, remote sites and business partners.

VPN capacity and endurance can be increased by taking advantage of the integrated VPN clustering and load balancing capabilities of the ASA5540-BUN-K9, with support for up to 10 devices in a group to support a maximum of 50,000 VPN peers per cluster. Jack Buckingham may find this interesting as well. Businesses can so scale up to 5000 IPSec and 2500 SSL VPN peers on each Cisco IPSec ASA5540-BUN-K9 through the installation of a VPN upgrade license. Using the optional security context capabilities of the ASA5540-BUN-K9, businesses can deploy up to 50 virtual firewalls within on appliance to enable compartmentalized control of security policies by the Department or client, and provide overall direction and reducing support costs. Avoid disruption of business critical applications and services due to security breaches by the implementation of most firewalls deployed enterprise-class industry IPS, application security, and protection against worms. Reduces the costly process of cleaning up after infection by preventing the infection from occurring in the first place. Reduces costs associated with deploying and managing and monitoring the security solution by standardizing on a single platform for security services, and so reduces the company’s exposure to liability for compromised data or inadequate corporate controls by implementation of access control and protection of all services against threats in a single device. Cisco ASA 5500 series IPS Edition IPS Edition protects on organization’s server and infrastructure without compromising its ability to use it as a business tool. With its solid firewall and advanced capabilities of application security, Cisco ASA 5500 series IPS Edition policy implementation robust and stable. As market leader in intrusion prevention and anti-worm capabilities enable the Cisco ASA 5500 series IPS Edition to protect property against sophisticated attacks. Combined with management and monitoring suites, Cisco ASA 5500 series IPS Edition is equal to unparalleled protection of critical assets and infrastructure.

The project partners praise the exemplary cooperation between science and business. Just for the software cities project”, which is not self-evident: If we want to test our analysis techniques in practice as the University, companies must reveal very much. Then we have limits of potential”, explains Prof. Dr. Claus Lewerentz of the Brandenburg Technical University of Cottbus. “MaibornWolff et al enjoys the confidence of the project partners from the industry.” The Munich-based software experts deliberately maintain contact with research and science with the Cottbus research group. Through our cooperation with universities we have access to basic research and young talents”, explains managing director Jens Rieger strategy by MaibornWolff et al. The topic of visualization is the Highly settled IT professionals.

It also finds itself in issues such as management dashboards and Gamification, the MaibornWolff et al is pushing ahead. Still a meaningful visualization of IT complexity is an unsolved problem of in computer science”, so Alexander Hofmann. For a professional software engineering, this topic has become a factor of success. “Our demands on the software visualizations are high: you must provide an image of reality that does not lead to misinterpretations from the different angles of our customers.” All those involved in the project emphasize the fascination that trigger their software cities in themselves and others. Without these images we do difficult us, to talk about software.

Is the material representation of missing us”, so Prof. Lewerentz. The Visual can help us to produce consistent mental images, and to create a common basis of communication.” Yet focused the project on pure Java EE environments. On May 8 from companies with complex Java environments on one can Attend info event of MaibornWolff et al. Applications are solicited under: contact: MaibornWolff et al GmbH Hugh Dollman Theresienhohe 13 80339 Munchen phone: 089 / 544 253 020 E-Mail: Brandenburg Technical University Cottbus Markus Uhlig m.SC Chair software system engineering course of the German unit 1 03046 Cottbus phone: 0355 69-3801 E-Mail: MaibornWolff et al the MaibornWolff et al GmbH has made itself a name since 1989 with IT consulting and software engineering: To their customers, renowned companies from all industries, such as BMW, continental, REWE, Thomas Cook, Infineon Technologies include tourism, RWE, Deutsche Telekom, TUI Germany, Kuoni and Swiss federal railways. The stable growth of the owner-operated company is based on the combination of consulting and implementation: for the increasingly demanding IT projects of large companies, the overarching responsibility ensures the business case. The fields of activity of the IT professionals include IT management today Consulting, early phases, software design & Development, system integration and test management. “”Are now 90 employees and employees in Munich, Frankfurt and Bern for corporate values such as excellence and passion “a. “MaibornWolff et al, their superior performance rewarded with an attractive work environment: the company is 2013 already for the third time in a row with the price best employer” has been awarded in the category of information technology.

Simple structuring and application software are several staff posts tasked with the analysis and continuous checking of the entire ERP system especially for larger companies. Having to transfer all incoming data and numbers not cumbersome in little meaningful tables, these companies can purchase a software product business, which takes care of all essential work steps. Only the incoming numbers must be transferred. Then, all courses, such as, for example, create receipts or reminders, can be done automatically. Often the developers respond to special requirements of the customer. Because each company has different goods and financial flows, some components of such software must be customized. For a small fee, a such Wawi tailored to your company can be purchased product.

The steps of the billing can be effected as a result with less hand grips. The Capabilities of a software product business is the possible field of application of a software for the ERP system of a company very broad. In addition to the billing of many individual data, potential users can automatically create quotes and print out order confirmations and invoices to customer data previously entered. Of course, this applies also the delivery note or a required receipt. Essential papers can be produced using less hand grips, which are in addition to shipping to the customer for its own accounting of enormous importance.

In addition, all registered bank account transactions are recorded and clearly presented on request. All customer data are managed in a sophisticated system and can be viewed on demand easily. This is also true on the dedicated suppliers. All necessary data are stored in the system. Notifications of current deliveries seem ever-present in this way. Even data from other systems or To be able to import programs into the Wawi software, the system supports the file formats “DBF”, “MDS”, “XLS”, “TXT” and “CSV”. Just companies that have multiple branches, can manage all existing homes thanks to a built-in function and configuration. A range important dates or deadlines to meet, includes a handy calendar with additional memory function for the own ERP system. Even steps appearing for an inventory essential can be caused due to such an application with few mouse clicks and monitored. Here, you can create both a recording and review list and a beneficial difference list. Made documents in the popular PDF format can easily be sent via E-Mail. To print documents or other paper on simplest way, the potential user is supported by a useful Merge Wizard. This can both a mass printing and documents within a few seconds do on a connected printer. The shipping costs specified by the company can be calculated automatically and independent of weight. The high individual character a software product business becomes apparent when looking at the different number formats for the price or quantity. These can be separately selected and written out to five decimal places. Also possible is the data transfer from other programs for creating invoices. In addition, interfaces to store systems enable a smooth and easy matching of the incoming data. Of course, potential customers thanks to this far-reaching interfaces can extend to contacts with famous shipping providers, such as Hermes, easy log, IntrShip or EasyPak for deliveries to Austria, the own ERP system. Through beneficial communication deliveries can be optimally tuned and delivered within a time window as small as possible. An overview of on the market software solutions for their ERP visit… . Enrico Reimus

Exagon consulting: KPIs are not derived from frequently Kerpen from the business requirements, 14.12.2010 – no later than with promoting ITIL key performance indicators systems have received from indentation in IT service management (ITSM) as a tool for power control. Key performance indicators (KPIs) are an integral part of the current version of the rulebook. However they are according to the observations of Exagon consulting often still not consistently and correctly used. Exagon – Managing Director Joachim Fremmer has compiled some of the typical metrics sins in practice: key figures are not derived from the business requirements: the IT processes are in the service of the business requirements. Therefore must refer to it also the indicators, for example, the error rate in customer-oriented business processes and take into account the subjective perceptions of service of business customers elementary. There are rarely such an orientation in the organization. Instead the index concepts often exhibit a self-centered focus and serve the own quality legitimacy. Thus, they remain largely useless as a tool of business-related power control.

Sometimes more is less: the development of indicator systems sometimes gets a great momentum by a desire to more and more figures and a self-obsessed employment thus created. The aspect of usability is more important than the amount of analysable information but: figures must remain operable for the specific use. For this reason you should be limited to rather a limited number of well controllable KPIs instead of losing yourself in an excess analysis to. Performance measurement systems to make not too transparent: be analyzed the performance of the IT processes, thus of course also weaknesses are apparent. While this is one of the goals of KPIs is met in practice not always popular, because unsatisfactory values trigger ground pressures and criticism. Therefore often not so much to love the transparency in practice and made of opportunism A key performance indicators systems, without having to use it but seriously.

fideAS sign 2.0 also communications signed a new version of their signature solution fideAS sign has applied security GmbH in early June unveiled. With significantly extended functionality, the software now allows the integration of digital signatures in a variety of other applications. In version 2.0, the signature solution in the future has a number of additional features. Thus, it has received not only a different user interface, but also a completely new program design. Future communications and E-Mail attachments can be fitted thus files also according to the SOAP (simple object access protocol) standard with a digital signature.

These improvements a new route concept that underlies fideAS sign 2.0 were possible. To the user defines the respective beginning and endpoints of a processing line. It establishes, where are located the original data and in what form they provided is to be used with electronic signature. With version 2.0, the data must now couldn’t get it out Come and again placed in these directories. Possible signature lines are also emails or SOAP connections into consideration. With this concept, fideAS sign provides a convenient solution for various application scenarios. So you can integrate digital signatures easily in applications central for the business process. Where so far in several stages first files had to be digitally signed and then sent by E-Mail to the intended recipient, fideAS sign done fully automatically via a mail route.

That much easier, for example, the creation and sending of electronic invoices. Thus, the entire work process is significantly more profitable. The comfortable control of the digital workflow is one of the capabilities of the new version of fideAS sign. This processes can now simply be managed on the intranet. The automatic signature of each processing step via a SOAP-route across then ensures the full traceability of every single action. Not only visually is a profit the new user interface. You integrated the entire functional scope of fideAS sign into a Web tool and makes even more pleasant and cleaner to work. Who wants to get a first impression of the enhanced functionality and improved clarity, can download sign in the download section of the apsec website a free demo version of the new fideAS.

Pan Dacom Dreieich is represented at CeBIT 2009, the February 12, 2009 – also presents the Pan Dacom networking AG by the 3.-this year 8.3.2009 as a strategic system integrator on the world’s largest computer trade fair CeBIT in Hanover, Germany. Under the motto: “YES, WE DO!” find us buyers, as in previous years, in Hall 13 – C47. The financial and economic crisis has reached its peak, or companies may soon face even bigger challenges? The experts in the central points so the forecasts vary, but agree: it was never important to optimize mission-critical business processes and to insure against errors for companies. Pan Dacom to assist prospective customers with tailored solutions for your projects and shows how these themes also for which IT can be use infrastructure. All enterprise customers, carriers or authorities which concentrate more on your core competencies and competitiveness through technology and Applications increase, would like to receive a complete cost transparency, lower costs at the same time, Pan Dacom offers solutions with a flexible framework. The most important here in Overview: IT service continuity management managed services, professional services, SLAs, maintenance, rollout, customization data center solutions information life cycle management, application availability, compliance, virtualization and consolidation, archiving, secure communication solutions enterprise voice, mobility, wireless, IP networking, fixed mobile convergence, intrusion prevention / detection, content security, network access control and log file management carrier class solutions FTTX, VDSL, CPE management, carrier voice, Broadband access, customization, rollout more information under about the Pan Dacom networking AG: the Pan Dacom networking AG is strategically set up since 1981 as a system integrator, service provider and manufacturer for the networking and information technology. Customer orientation and customer loyalty are the characteristics that define the Corporate culture as a medium-sized company.

The business model includes high-tech network solutions with the corresponding services in the service and professional services. Depending on the request, individual services in vote are defined with the customer and provided up to a holistic provision of all services by Pan Dacom. With the own network operation Center (NOC) provides Pan Dacom managed services and remote monitoring services. Qualified engineer and consultant services, as well as a comprehensive range of State of the art professional service products are available for the customers. Adapted to the typical project phases in customer projects like vision, realize, plan, organize, operate, optimize, develop, educate Pan Dacom accompanies its customers. Pan Dacom has one of the best recognized and most experienced professional service organizations in the network market.

Enterprise Portal Software Intrexx for Mac OS X by the success of the iPhone and iPad back now the Apple computers more and more in the focus of the company. The problem: There is hardly business-software for the Mac. To close this gap, United planet now released the first software for the Mac, the Web-based business applications and enterprise can be portals created and operated. Freiburg, November 17, 2010. After iPhone and iPad in the company have already arrived, are now the Apple computers is increasingly employed in the business environment.

The use of Macs at companies such as the Springer Verlag or Google provides headlines, there are but rather smaller companies with up to 100 employees, who put on the Apple. The development is not surprising and to the Mac in a business environment, because the Apple computer just in terms of ease of use has a lot to offer. What now was not to the breakthrough of the Mac in the business environment, however, was a rich and powerful business software for the Apple computer. This gap the Freiburg software producer United planet () now with its portal software Intrexx: Germany’s top-selling portal software in SMEs also in a version for the Mac OS X operating system is now available. “Now even Mac users Web-based business applications and enterprise portals in the usual Apple can look and feel of” build, operate, and optimize the business processes of the company. No matter whether companies create applications for the management of documents, customer data and resources, automate application procedures (E.g. for vacation requests) or for employees, partners and customers want to set up portals with Intrexx it is possible completely without programming. The Apple computer becomes so within a very short time a real business machine, with information distributed selectively and efficiently controlled the operations of the entire company.