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Microsoft Great Plains announces FRx Forecaster 4.01


Johannesburg, 06 Feb 2002

Microsoft Great Plains Business Solutions has announced the availability of FRx Forecaster version 4.01 as an add-on product to its Dynamics, Solomon and eEnterprise business management solutions. Available locally through Microsoft Great Plains partner, Datacentrix, FRx Forecaster is a budgeting and planning application from FRx Software Corp, a Microsoft Great Plains Business Solutions company.

FRx Forecaster 4.01 is available for the latest releases of the Microsoft Great Plains Dynamics, Solomon and eEnterprise solutions. It enables customers to effortlessly deploy budgeting data throughout their organisations, allowing them to manage budgets to actual information, plan effectively and collaborate quickly with management teams in a Web-based environment, and helping them achieve business objectives more efficiently.

The software features support of the extensible markup language (XML) standard for streamlining the exchange of data. "This standard facilitates the exchange of information between best-of-breed solutions from multiple vendors," explains Charl Joubert, MD of Datacentrix` Business Solutions division. "XML can assist users in shortening implementation times, alleviating errors and diminishing the need for customised interchange mechanisms and the re-keying of information imported from multiple sources."

In addition to the ability to import and export XML files, FRx Forecaster 4.01 includes a wide range of enhanced features that build on the software`s functionality, ease of use, performance and security. Those improvements include new options for consolidated reporting, wizards that guide users through the process of creating new exchange rates, lists for allocations and enhanced security, among other tasks, and expanded use of drop-down boxes and icons for maximum ease of use.

FRxForecaster 4.01 also includes enhancements to the system`s administrative, setup, input and reporting features.

Editorial contacts

Deborah O` Connell
PR Connections
(011) 885 3141
datacentrix@pr.co.za
Santa van der Walt
Datacentrix Holdings
(012) 348 7555
svanderwalt@datacentrix.co.za