Archive for April, 2009
NEWS RELEASE: Cincom Smalltalk RSS Reader Ranked “One of Best”
Among Best 12 According to The SEO Blog
CINCINNATI, Ohio – Cincom’s RSS Reader BottomFeeder, powered by its Smalltalk application development language, ranks as one of the “12 Best RSS Readers for Windows, Mac and Linux,” according to the SEO Blog.
BottomFeeder is a news aggregator client (RSS and Atom) written in VisualWorks Smalltalk. It runs on Linux x86, (also FreeBSD), PowerPC Linux, Sparc Linux, Windows (98/ME/NT/2000/XP/CE 4), Mac OS8/9, Mac OS X (unified VM), AIX, SGI Irix, HP-UX, and Solaris (SPARC and x86).
FOR POWER USERS
BottomFeeder is an open source RSS reader for the power user that includes:
- Full support for CSS, including user defined CSS
- News viewable in 3 pane or 2 pane modes
- Subscriptions to any RSS or Atom format in use
- Items viewable in a summary Newspaper View
- Support for HTTPS, HTTP Authentication, and HTTP Digest Authentication
- Plugins for blogging, IRC, and MSN Messenger contacts
The BottomFeeder RSS Reader was developed by James Robertson, Cincom Smalltalk Product Evangelist. For more information visit the Cincom Smalltalk website.
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About Cincom
For 40 years, Cincom’s problem-solving software, services, and people have helped thousands of companies all over the world grow and manage their businesses.
NEWS RELEASE: Ninety-Seven Percent of Cincom Customers Report Good, Very Good, or Excellent Service
For Fifth Straight Year, Nine Out of 10 Customers Would Recommend Cincom to Others
Cincom Systems (http://www.cincom.com), a global software and services provider, announces the quarterly results of its customer-service survey conducted from January 2009 through March 2009. Four hundred surveys were sent only to customers who had actually used Cincom support services.
2009 Survey Results – Good, Very Good, or Excellent
Ninety-seven percent of customers rated the overall quality support received from Cincom as good, very good, or excellent.
Skilled
Ninety-seven percent of customers rated the support skill level as good, very good, or excellent.
Rapid Response Time
Ninety-five percent of customers rated Cincom support engineers’ sense of urgency in resolving the problem as good, very good, or excellent.
Nine Out of 10 Customers Would Recommend Cincom to Others
Ninety percent of customers would recommend Cincom software to another company.
Voice of the Customer
About Cincom
For 40 years, Cincom’s problem-solving software, services, and people have helped thousands of companies all over the world grow and manage their businesses.
NEWS RELEASE: Cincom Quixote Award Winners Honored
On April 23, 2009, at Cincom corporate headquarters, CEO Tom Nies and senior managers welcomed a select group of employees into the prestigious“Quixote Club.”
The Quixote Club honors Cincom employees who have demonstrated, over the past year, one or more of the values evolving from the image of Cervantes’ Don Quixote, the famed seeker of the impossible dream, who personified courage, character, confidence, commitment, and conviction.
THE QUIXOTE CLUB AWARD WINNERS
CHARACTER. COMPETENCE. COMMITMENT.
Every year on April 23rd (or the nearest working day to that date), Cincom honors those recipients of the past fiscal year. The date of April 23rd was chosen because that is the anniversary date of the death of Miguel de Cervantes, the famed author of the 17th century novel, Don Quixote.
COURAGE. CONFIDENCE.
The honorees receive a gold Quixote Club ring for their initial nomination and a specially engraved Quixote medallion that depicts the qualities exemplified by the inductees. On both sides of the bronze medallion, these key qualities surround the symbols that have become synonymous with the image of Cervantes’ Don Quixote, the famed seeker of the impossible dream. Courage. Confidence. Commitment. Conviction. Thereafter, for each additional nomination, honorees receive a Quixote medallion along with a diamond added to their ring, personally presented to them by their managers.
JOY IN EVERY TASK … WHATEVER THE OUTCOME
“Cincom has built itself on a foundation of guiding principals that we sum up in three words: character, competence and commitment. Don Quixote did joust windmills, but those who understand the book also know that he embodies many of the values we try to promote at Cincom. He had imagination, compassion, discipline and he took great joy in every task, whatever the outcome,” said Tom Nies, Cincom CEO.
THE CINCOM QUIXOTE AWARD WINNERS
Adams, Kathi
Baba, Tatsuo
Blandford, Lee
Boadle, Malcolm
Borcherding, David
Bosch, Christian
Chetrit, Sonia
Chilcott, Ron
Collingwood, Jill
Currie, David
de Marchi Loeb, Arianna
Debuyzer, Olivier
Delhaye, Didier
Duvall, Jeff
Fisher, Dick
Fossey, Martin
Fraysse, Ludovic
Frodge, Ken
Gross, Jim
Gunderson, Jeff
Hazel, Jim
Herget, Pam
Herzog, Steve
Hill, Robert
Hiltner, Andreas
Howson, Bill
Hunter, Jan
Kayser, Steve
Kearney, Tim
King, Graeme
Kobetic, Martin
Kogan, Tamara
Kongalla, Pradeep
Lambeth, Catriona
Li, William
Lynch, Robert
Mani, Rajesh
Maples, Jim
Matthews, Tim
McClain, Greg
McMahon, Melinda
Merz, Renee
Miller, Jason
Molyneux, Geoff
Nardiello, Kathy
Neesome, Gary
Passerotti, Mike
Pfeiffer, Steve
Rai, Ajay
Ratliff, Bill
Reidmiller, Chuck
Reno, Tom
Robson, Terry
Rostas, Judit
Schwarber, Dave
Schwarz, Ralph
Simerlink, Dan
Sokhey, Gurpreet
Tevane, Jeremy
Trewartha, Neale
Tuffery, Juliette
Ullrich, Chuck
Valenza, Phillipe
Wallace, Stewart
Walter, Kevin
Wang, Wei
Wilson, Jason
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About Cincom
For 40 years, Cincom’s problem-solving software, services, and people have helped thousands of companies all over the world grow and manage their businesses. For more information contact Cincom at 1-800-2CINCOM (USA only).
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Steve Kayser, Director of PR
Tel.513.612.2348
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Email:skayser@cincom.com
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NEWS RELEASE: Price Data Systems Signs Partnership with Cincom Systems
Partnership focuses on Cincom Acquire Sales and Product Configurator for Microsoft CRM
Price Data Systems (http://www.priceinc.com) , a business solutions and data analysis provider, has signed a partnership agreement with worldwide software provider, Cincom Systems (http://www.cincom.com) to resell and provide consulting services for Cincom Acquire Sales and Product Configurator for Microsoft CRM (http://www.cincomacquire.com) beginning immediately. Cincom Acquire Sales and Product Configurator for Microsoft CRM enables complex businesses to capture and deliver critical application, product, pricing, and process knowledge to the point of sale in real time – ensuring the optimal fit between product offerings and customers’ needs.
“There are not many configurators in the CRM space capable of handling complex pricing and product and services configurations,” says Dan Price, President, Price Data Systems. “Cincom’s configuration technology is a great addition to our technology and services portfolio. By being able to offer companies a sales configuration technology uniquely designed for them and fully compatible with their existing Microsoft CRM infrastructure, we’re able to better assist them in achieving results quickly and efficiently.”
To the end-user, the interoperability between Cincom Acquire Sales and Product Configurator and Microsoft CRM is seamless. Microsoft CRM toolbar buttons open a web-based version of Cincom’s Sales and Product Configurator within the system that lists all of the products that can be configured. Products configured in the Cincom Acquire Sales and Product Configurator are stored and routed in the Microsoft CRM applications.
Cincom Acquire Website
“It’s important to us that we help our partners and customers grow their businesses,” says Gregor Newland, channel development manager for Cincom Acquire. “We’re focused on helping Price Data Systems deliver what Cincom calls “The Perfect Customer Experience” as Price Data Systems provides services and consulting to assure implementations. Combining their business process and consulting expertise with Cincom’s technology expertise, end-customers are the big beneficiaries.”
Voice of the Cincom Acquire Customer
Cincom Acquire has helped manufacturers selling complex engineer-to-order or configure-to-order products successfully streamline their sales, design, and proposal processes by delivering critical product and sales knowledge to the point of sale, while significantly reducing “quote to cash” time. Cincom has helped manufacturers reduce proposal generation time from five days to 15 minutes, decrease time to close a sale by 80 percent, and cut lead times from 14 weeks to six weeks.
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About Price Data Systems
Founded in 1978, Price Data Systems (http://www.priceinc.com) provides financial, ERP, MRP and CRM solutions based upon the award-winning Microsoft Dynamics solution set. Price Data Systems customers serve the manufacturing, distribution, retail, and service industries. For more information, contact (502) 499-5375.
About Cincom
For 40 years, Cincom’s problem-solving software, services, and people have helped thousands of companies all over the world grow and manage their businesses. For more information about Cincom’s partner program, contact Cincom at 1-800-2CINCOM (USA only), send an e-mail to partners@cincom.com, or visit the company’s website at www.cincom.com/partners.
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- Cincom Acquire Product Configurator Demo with Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online
- Cincom Partner Program
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Donna Hedge Burns
Cincom Systems
Public Relations
513-612-2305 (office)
Email: dburns@cincom.com
Stories, Storytelling, Story-Selling in Business
Good stories fascinate us all. They always have. They always will. Basically, there are two types of stories: Truth Stories and True Stories. The first type, that is, Truth Stories, are those that convey timeless messages that convey universal truths. Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey were the first Truth Stories.
What does this have to do with business? Everything.
Read the complete Cincom Expert Access article “Stories, Storytelling, Story-Selling in Business,”by Cincom CEO Tom Nies.
How to Create a World Wide Rave … or NOT
There’s a new book out called the World Wide Rave by David Meerman Scott. The book shows you how to create triggers that will get millions of people to spread your ideas and share your stories. And, more importantly … genuinely want to do business with you.
WHAT IS A WORLD WIDE RAVE?
“A World Wide Rave is when people around the world are talking about you, your company, and your products. Whether you’re located in San Francisco, Dubai, or Reykjavik, it’s when global communities eagerly link to your stuff on the Web. It’s when online buzz drives buyers to your virtual doorstep. And it’s when tons of fans visit your Web site and your blog because they genuinely want to be there.” – David Meerman Scott
Read the complete Cincom Expert Access story and interview, “How to Create a World Wide Rave … or Not,” with David Meerman Scott.
The Management vs. Marketing War: Left-Brainers, Right-Brainers and the Ever-Present No-Brainers
There’s a war going on in American business. It’s a war that needlessly inflicts serious economic harm on customers, employees, companies and stakeholders.
It’s a war that causes great ideas and products to vanish. To get lost in the clear fog of logical logic. A devastatingly destructive war that helps bad ideas take root and grow (albeit briefly), nurtured and justified by common sense and … logical logic.
LEFT-BRAIN MANAGEMENT vs. RIGHT-BRAIN MARKETING
What does that mean? How does it work? What to do about it? Find out in this interview with bestselling authors Al and Laura Ries.
READ: The Management vs. Marketing War: Left-Brainers, Right-Brainers and the Ever-Present No-Brainers
Life … Pass it On
It starts with a phone call.
The one moment in life that every parent dreads. A nightmare every parent prays will never happen.
A mad rush to the hospital. An anxious eternity.
You finally arrive and burst through the doors. A doctor comes out, maybe two. Their faces tell you what you don’t want to know.
Read the complete story of Vickie Jackson, a Cincom employee … “Life … Pass it on.”
The Manifesto of Non-Accountability
Authority, Responsibility and Accountability
Some principles for sound commercial, social and political functionality are vital. Among these are that every right implies a responsibility and every privilege a duty. Authority is an empowerment vested in, or earned by, someone which confers power. But, power demands accountability.
The principle of accountability is an intrinsic, inherent and quite necessary factor in all aspects of these processes, including the regulation, control and accountability of power, responsibility and authority.
Read the full Cincom Expert Access article “The Manifesto of Non-Accountability,” by Cincom Ceo Tom Nies.
News Release: Cincom Systems Joins IBM’s Software as a Service Specialty
Cincom Systems (http://www.cincom.com) announced it has joined the IBM Software as a Service (SaaS) Specialty to deliver cloud services to their clients.
Cincom Synchrony is a multi-channel contact center and unified agent desktop solution proven to enhance customer relationships while optimizing agent and business-user efficiency. Whether hosted for you or managed on-site, Synchrony provides inbound and outbound sales, marketing and customer-service environments with a high-value, low-cost contact center solution. Cincom’s solution leverages IBM DB2 and Lotus software while running on IBM System x servers.
IBM offers hardware, software and infrastructure technologies to help its Business Partners deliver secure and scaleable cloud services. Regardless of the state of adoption, IBM can help its partners design, build, deliver and market SaaS solutions to help clients transform their business.
“SaaS is one of the fastest growing segments of the IT industry because it provides companies of all sizes with access to innovative solutions delivered remotely via a subscription model,” said Dave Mitchell, director of strategy, IBM Developer Relations. “Cincom’s commitment to SaaS can provide its customers with a powerful way to reduce implementation costs while rapidly deploying business applications.”
The IBM SaaS Specialty partner program provides valuable benefits, resources, technical enablement and marketing support. In addition, Business Partners gain access to IBM Innovation Centers, providing them with technical support and expertise for helping them test, build and optimize cloud services based on open platforms.
About Cincom
For over 40 years, Cincom’s problem-solving software and services have helped thousands of companies all over the world grow and manage their businesses. Cincom Synchrony (http://www.cincom.com/synchrony) is a unified agent desktop that helps deliver an exceptional customer experience and improve effectiveness in the contact center.
Contact:
Carla McQueen (Spokesperson
Cincom Corporate PR Specialist
55 Merchant St.
Cincinnati, OH 45246
513.612.2300
1.800.2CINCOM
Email: cmcqueen@cincom.com
Web site: http://www.cincom.com
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