REquest software has new features. (Technology).

REsolve Technology, a company that provides business intelligence tools and services designed specifically for the commercial real estate industry, announced today it has added new functionality - data extraction capability from JD Edwards software - to its REquest software product.

First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc. will be the first REquest customer to take advantage of the new functionality, with its expected implementation complete by the end of this month. First Industrial Realty is the nation's largest provider of diversified industrial real estate. The announcement was made at the Realcomm 2002 trade show and conference in Las Vegas. REsolve Technology is exhibiting in booth #6008.

"REquest has always extracted core data from other software, such as DYNA, Argus, and CTI," says Eric Forman, president of REsolve Technology, Inc. "It makes sense to extend our capabilities to JD Edwards software, particularly since the commercial real estate industry uses the software extensively. The fact that REquest extracts data from many disparate core applications and presents a unified view in a series of internet-based reports enables our commercial real estate customers to see, gather and distribute all their business intelligence information efficiently. They no longer have to resort to cutting, pasting and collating a variety of data from disparate sources."

"In addition, the data extraction feature from JD Edwards software enhances the capability of many users in commercial real estate organizations, from leasing agents to CFOs, to obtain information from the micro to the macro level in a very user friendly reporting format on the internet. The new functionality also enables full implementations for our customers within two months, an incredibly short time frame given the breadth of information encompassed in most real estate organizations' property management and business process applications."

First Industrial Realty Trust has 95% of its data housed in 3D Edwards software, so the new REquest functionality is very appropriate for enabling the company to better report its accounting and property management data to all employees as needed. "We have chosen REquest as a supplement to our internal business intelligence analysis tools because of its capabilities in handling customized property reporting and its easy-to-navigate web access for 'casual' users," says Chris Schneider, CIO of First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc. of Chicago, Ill.