Artemis Management Systems Announces Enhanced Web-Based Timesheets for Virtual Project Teams; New Software Eases Tracking of Large and Geographically Dispersed Project Teams.BOULDER, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 6, 1999-- Artemis Management Systems, the world's largest provider of enterprise project and resource management solutions, today announced Artemis TrackView Web Time Entry, the latest enhancement to the Artemis Views project and resource management software suite. TrackView Web Time Entry is an intuitive, Internet-based timesheet system that allows organizations to more accurately track resource effectiveness and project performance based on actual work, regardless of where the work is being performed. As project teams spread out geographically and become virtual in nature, assigning and tracking tasks by individual grows increasingly difficult. With TrackView Web Time Entry, project staff -- whether dispersed dis·perse v. dis·persed, dis·pers·ing, dis·pers·es v.tr. 1. a. To drive off or scatter in different directions: The police dispersed the crowd. b. throughout a single office or geographically -- can access, edit, approve and update their own timesheets using the latest in Java-based browser browser Software that allows a computer user to find and view information on the Internet. The first text-based browser for the World Wide Web became available in 1991; Web use expanded rapidly after the release in 1993 of a browser called Mosaic, which used technology. This allows project managers working in either Artemis ProjectView or Microsoft Project (product) Microsoft Project - A Microsoft Windows program offering various project management tools. http://microsoft.com/office/project/. to assign work to individuals anywhere in the world through the TrackView Web Time Entry tool. As a result, project staff can use TrackView Web Time Entry to review weekly assignments and submit their timesheets in order to update project schedules. "Artemis has always stressed the importance of management visibility of resource activity," said Steve Yager, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Artemis. "With TrackView Web Time Entry, we have packaged this capability into an application that encourages global team participation through a non-invasive, user-friendly, browser-based application. This allows project managers and team leaders to more effectively monitor individual productivity and measure team performance against project plans." About TrackView Web Time Entry TrackView Web Time Entry is a significant upgrade to the product's first release and uses Java-based code to ensure browser uniformity. This allows users to log onto their companies' TrackView Web Time Entry servers using their existing Web browsers The following is a list of web browsers. Historical Historically important browsers In order of release:
All TrackView Web Time Entry timesheet information is centrally stored, making it available to standard TrackView users and TrackView Web Time Entry users concurrently. This makes it possible for Artemis Views timesheet users to be both standard TrackView users while in the office and TrackView Web Time Entry users while away from the office, while providing a consistent user interface to access their timesheets and activity data whenever they need it. Some TrackView Web Time Entry features include: -- Run-anywhere, Java-based timesheet entry and approval with security functions centrally managed through Artemis Views -- The ability for remote users to enter time and progress to the database -- Automatic installation of all required client software when the Web server is accessed for the first time -- The ability to add custom Web page links to the timesheet window TrackView Web Time Entry end-user pricing is based on registered users. The list price for 1,000 users is $143 per user. Additional Web server software and components are required. The English-language version is currently available and additional versions are planned in French, German and Italian. System requirements To be used efficiently, all computer software needs certain hardware components or other software resources to be present on a computer system. These pre-requisites are known as (computer) system requirements and are often used as a guideline as opposed to an absolute rule. include: -- Client workstation or laptop Same as laptop computer. laptop - portable computer : Win95/98 or WinNT; Internet Explorer (Version 4 or higher) or Netscape (Version 4.5 or higher) Internet browser See Web browser. -- Web server: Solaris 2.6 or WinNT 4.0 SP4; Netscape Enterprise Server 3.5; llS 4.0 -- Database server: Oracle 7.3 or 8, SQL Server An earlier relational DBMS from Sybase and from Microsoft. Sybase introduced SQL Server in 1988 for various Unix versions. In that same year, with help from IBM, Sybase created an OS/2 version that Microsoft licensed and branded as Microsoft SQL Server. 7, or Sybase 11.9 with Web server database connectivity software installed (JDBC (Java DataBase Connectivity) A programming interface that lets Java applications access a database via the SQL language. Since Java interpreters (Java Virtual Machines) are available for all major client platforms, this allows a platform-independent database or JDBC/ODBC bridge) -- TrackView must be installed with at least one administrative user assigned About Artemis Management Systems Founded in 1976, Artemis is the world's largest provider of enterprise project and resource management software and consulting. Artemis offers a comprehensive family of multi-project planning, control and tracking software solutions to organizations across a variety of industries, including banking and finance, telecommunications Communicating information, including data, text, pictures, voice and video over long distance. See communications. , aerospace and defense, utilities, oil and gas, pharmaceuticals, manufacturing, and engineering and construction. Artemis also offers professional project management consulting Noun 1. management consulting - a service industry that provides advice to those in charge of running a business service industry - an industry that provides services rather than tangible objects to IS/IT and operational organizations using a structured methodology. Headquartered in Boulder, Colo., Artemis operates from an international network of 40 offices in more than 25 countries worldwide. For more information, visit the Artemis Web site at www.artemispm.com. Artemis and Views are trademarks of Artemis Management Systems. All other products or company names mentioned are trademarks of their respective owners. |
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