Agresso Wins $1.2M ERP Deal with Canadian City, Kelowna.Peoplesoft is Replaced, 2 Microsoft Solutions Lose to Agresso in Competition VICTORIA, British Columbia British Columbia, province (2001 pop. 3,907,738), 366,255 sq mi (948,600 sq km), including 6,976 sq mi (18,068 sq km) of water surface, W Canada. Geography -- Agresso (www.agresso.com/USA), the ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) An integrated information system that serves all departments within an enterprise. Evolving out of the manufacturing industry, ERP implies the use of packaged software rather than proprietary software written by or for one customer. market's definition of agility, announced today that it has secured a $1.2 million contract with Kelowna, one of the largest cities in British Columbia, for a complete software, services and maintenance solution. Agresso replaces a Peoplesoft finance, human resources The fancy word for "people." The human resources department within an organization, years ago known as the "personnel department," manages the administrative aspects of the employees. and payroll implementation, and won the contract in a direct competition against two Microsoft solutions. Key factors in Kelowna's selection of Agresso over better-known market leaders were the company's tight integration of its software applications, prior successful track record in municipal installations and post-implementation agility capabilities. Agresso's strong reporting tools and ability to respond quickly to ongoing change with government legislation and changing business processes were also key to the win. The full enterprise resource planning See ERP. (application, business) Enterprise Resource Planning - (ERP) Any software system designed to support and automate the business processes of medium and large businesses. solution will include: human resources, payroll, financials, planning, contract management, reporting and procurement The fancy word for "purchasing." The procurement department within an organization manages all the major purchases. . "Kelowna is a larger city with a wide range of growing operational needs," explained Genelle Davidson, Financial Systems & Investment Manager, City of Kelowna. "So it is very important that we have a flexible, agile and well-integrated software infrastructure that can grow with us. Agresso has a history of success in the pubic pubic /pu·bic/ (pu´bik) pertaining to or situated near the pubes, the pubic bone, or the pubic region. pu·bic adj. 1. sector, as well as the ability to run the complete solution on one product with no third-party packages." About Agresso Agresso (www.agresso.com/usa) is a $225 million enterprise resource planning (ERP) subsidiary of Netherlands-based Unit 4 and one of the top five providers of ERP solutions for professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. and public sector organizations. Agresso offers a uniquely integrated data/process/delivery architecture designed specifically for Businesses Living IN Change (BLINC)[TM]. Agresso is known as "The ERP Market's Definition of Agility," as it allows an unlimited amount of ongoing, post-implementation changes without the typical external IT costs and intervention A procedure used in a lawsuit by which the court allows a third person who was not originally a party to the suit to become a party, by joining with either the plaintiff or the defendant. that nets billions of dollars in revenue to the market leaders. Over 2,600 companies and organizations in 100 countries deploy Agresso Business World for both operational support and strategic management. About Kelowna Kelowna is a dynamic city of 106,000 in British Columbia's Okanagan Valley. It is the largest and fastest-growing city in the Okanagan and the region's cultural and economic hub. The City of Kelowna has an annual budget of $447.5 million and a staff of 700. |
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