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ITI-owned ETS releases Business In A Box 5.0

Emerging Technology Solutions South Africa, (ETS), has announced the release of Business In A Box 5.0, a complete Lotus Domino-based turnkey business solution for small and mid-sized companies.
Johannesburg, 02 Nov 1999

ETS, head-quartered in Colorado, was recently acquired by ITI Technology Holdings for $39 million and opened a South African branch in Centurion. ETS SA, headed by GM Andries Coetzee, is currently establishing a business partner distribution channel in SA and is distributing ETS` product range, notably, Corporate Business Suite (CBS), Business In A Box and other "In A Box" Solutions.

Business In A Box 5.0 is an integrated suite of 23 shrink-wrapped groupware applications that provide a competitive advantage for small and mid-sized companies.

The product is fully -enabled and is accessible via any standard Web browser or Lotus Notes client and includes applications that handle the core processes of any business, including company information, sales force , operations management, cost and tracking, human resources, and general administration.

According to Coetzee, Business In A Box differs from other solutions as it is affordable and fulfils multiple departmental needs. "This gives companies more value for their Domino-based solution needs. With customisation, Business In A Box can significantly reduce time to rollout a solution as well as the costs to develop it.

"We believe the new Business In A Box product provides great value to our customers who need to stay competitive," adds Coetzee. "With Business In A Box we can educate the customers on the e-business solutions they need with the multiple departmental improvements they want."

Among the capabilities added to the new release of Business In A Box 5.0 are:

.         New lead management and lead archive databases;

.         Automatic integration of data into the linked databases;

.         Full customisation of backgrounds, buttons, and logos for internet access;

.         New human resource functions, including holiday and vacation tracking;

.         New order entry functions, including invoicing and quote features;

.         New operations functions, including travel requisitions and purchase requests;

.         Automatic transfer of meetings, communications, and vital appointments into the schedule database; and

.         Improved performance for faster data entry processing from notes and the Web.

ETS` In A Box solutions are fully tested and validated on the full line of IBM Netfinity servers.

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