DDS expands to regional locations; opens San Francisco, Dallas - targets New York, Chicago by Dec. 31.LARGO Largo, town (1990 pop. 65,674), Pinellas co., W Fla., on the Pinellas peninsula and the Gulf Coast, across the bay from Tampa; settled 1853, inc. 1905. It is a packing, canning, and shipping center in a citrus fruit and fishing area. , Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 27, 1995--Design Data Systems, in an effort to meet demand for their new Client/Server Windows Applications A program that is written to run under Microsoft's Windows operating system. Such applications typically run under all 32-bit versions of Windows, but earlier applications might also run under the 16-bit versions (Windows 3.x) as well. See Windows. on Oracle, has recently opened regional offices in San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden and Dallas and is targeting New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of and Chicago by the end of 1995. Working in conjunction with Oracle Corp. for database and tools technology, DDS (1) (Digital Data Storage) See DAT. (2) (Data Dictionary System) See QuickBuild and OpenDDS. (3) (Dataphone Digital S is forecasting substantial growth for 1996. "Demand for our windows release has grown so fast that we've had to expand to Regional offices to get closer to our customers," said Allan DeZiel, director of Marketing and Sales for Design Data. "We're starting with sales managers at each location and will increase support staff accordingly. Our California location looks to grow the fastest based on existing clients and required services," added Sally Otto, DDS VP of Client/Services. Design Data has doubled their sales staff to support lead generation over the past year. DDS's windows release of its client/server Financial Applications combined with the new Distribution product line has increased demand for services as well as product. Its Consulting Division is expected to experience the largest percentage of growth as DDS looks to expand its install base as well as upgrade its existing clients to windows. With the help of partners like Big 8 Accounting firm McGladrey & Pullen, DDS is able to provide additional consulting services to its clients. "We're working on several accounts currently which require our engineers to be experienced in both Oracle Developer 2000 and the DDS Financials," said Sam Volden, consulting manager for Iowa-based McGladrey & Pullen. "We target mid-sized companies in the same target market as Design Data," he added. With the increase in demand for client/server GUI (Graphical User Interface) A graphics-based user interface that incorporates movable windows, icons and a mouse. The ability to resize application windows and change style and size of fonts are the significant advantages of a GUI vs. a character-based interface. solutions, especially on Windows '95 and NT platforms, DDS expects its applications sales to triple over 1995. The four regional locations will help service existing clients through training and support in addition to targeting new sales. Product consultants, technical integrators and programmers will be added accordingly at all locations. DDS is also expanding its current Tampa location to facilitate the increase in staff specifically in the consulting and project management areas. DDS expects to add more than 40 consultants over the next six to eight months to support existing as well as new contracts. The new Distribution product line alone has demanded a tremendous increase in consulting work as clients within different vertical markets want to customize it for their industry. DDS recently announced a new Work Order Management release aimed at Systems Integrators which has sparked a tremendous response from the Integrator market as well. About Design Data Systems Founded in 1988, Design Data Systems has been recognized by the Big 8 as one of the fastest growing hi-tech companies in Florida. Specializing in client/server business applications for mid-sized companies, Design Data's windows products use only native Oracle technologies (Tools, RDBMS (Relational DataBase Management System) See relational database and DBMS. RDBMS - relational database ). They offer a full suite of applications including Financials, Distribution, Project Management and Sales Force Automation Automating the sales activities within an organization. A comprehensive SFA package provides such functions as contact management, note and information sharing, quick proposal and presentation generation, product configurators, calendars and to-do lists. modules. The company licenses products through its direct sales offices as well as through authorized DDS resellers. CONTACT: Design Data Systems, Largo Don Murray Don Murray has been the name of more than one person of note:
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