TEMBO Technology Lab has announced looksoftware's snap solution for Infor's BPCS application, which provides plug-and-play integration support for the thousands of BPCS users around the globe. This follows the successful launch of snap for Microsoft technologies and snap for Oracle's JDE World.
IT departments can now plug their customised BPCS applications into products and platforms, including Outlook, SharePoint, the iPhone, Web front-ends and any application or device that supports Web services.
Marinus van Sandwyk, founder and CTO of software house TEMBO Technology Lab, local distributor for looksoftware, commented: “Most organisations need to integrate their BPCS application with new technologies, devices and platforms, but have concluded that it is just not a good business decision to 'throw the baby out with the bath water', not to mention the inherent risks, costs, business disruption and slow time to value required to rewrite or replace the customised functionality.
“Despite alternative solutions being available in the marketplace for several years, snap for BPCS is the only solution that addresses today's multi-channel and service-enablement requirements,” he said.
Snap is designed to improve re-use of BPCS LX and earlier versions of BPCS, enabling easy plug-and-play integration with almost any other application. Snap connectors include MS Outlook, SharePoint, mobile front-ends such as iPhone and BlackBerry, and the recently announced snap for the cloud. Snap connectors are based on a complete repository prebuilt for more than 20 BPCS modules, enabling easier integration, streamlined business processes and reduced operational costs. A core benefit of snap for BPCS is its full support for the customisations found in the majority of BPCS implementations in production today.
Pharmaceuticals specialist, Abbott Laboratories, is a global BPCS user and an early adopter of snap for BPCS. Jeffrey Tan from Abbott Laboratories said: “We selected looksoftware to modernise our BPCS investments because we can easily snap our customised BPCS code into multiple front-ends using looksoftware's multi-channel support for rich, thin and mobile clients.”
Looksoftware's initial release of snap for BPCS is scheduled for general availability in November 2009.
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TEMBO Technology Lab
TEMBO Technology Lab is an organisation dedicated to unlocking value in IT investments by providing solutions in the application modernisation space and improving efficiencies within IT development projects. The primary objective is to facilitate in the unlocking of existing value within clients' current software and IT infrastructure, maximising ROI and leveraging this investment to the maximum benefit of all users.
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Looksoftware, headquartered in Melbourne, Australia, is an Advanced IBM Partner and Microsoft Certified Business Partner, providing easy-to-use, powerful tools to Web-enable, re-use, extend and integrate core applications. Looksoftware is a member of the IBM Developer Roadmap and the Midrange Alliance Program. With over 2 000 customers in 45 countries, looksoftware's products are distributed via a global network of 120 resellers and OEM partners.
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