Independent software vendor (ISV), Syspro, has announced that version 5.0 of their enterprise business software, IMPACT Encore, will not only be Y2K compliant, but will also be fully compatible with Windows(R) 2000.
Phil Duff, managing director of Syspro, committed to the MicrosoftWindows 2000 Readiness Programme for Applications and Developers. "All components of IMPACT Encore will be ready when Windows 2000 launches. By signing up for the Microsoft Windows 2000 Readiness Programme we continue to meet our clients` needs, and allow them to benefit from leading-edge software."
"Syspro is a key ISV for Microsoft and its IMPACT Encore product provides a large client base of customers with accounting, manufacturing and distribution solutions. IMPACT Encore Version 5.0 contains full support for Microsoft SQL Server and enables companies to exercise complete control over the planning, forecasting, management and distribution facets of the business.
According to Gordon Frazer, customer solutions director at Microsoft South Africa, business customers are demanding greater reliability from their applications and operating systems. "We created the Microsoft Windows 2000 Readiness Programme to provide ISVs such as Syspro with the resources necessary to ensure that their applications running Microsoft Windows 2000 will be both compatible and reliable."
"By committing to the Microsoft Windows 2000 Readiness Programme, Syspro will benefit from priority access to the Microsoft testing lab to help prepare applications through extensive testing. In addition, special training courses will be offered to application developers," says Duff.
"Other benefits of the programme include free Web-based support on migration issues, optimisation of applications and the listing of products on the Microsoft Web site, with links to each company`s site, logo and product information," explains Frazer.
Developers can participate in the programme free of charge, simply by signing up on the Web at http://www.microsoft.com/osig.
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