VFA Announces New Version of Flagship Facilities Capital Planning Software

Chon | CMMS Software | April 3, 2012

VFA Announces New Version of Flagship Facilities Capital Planning Software

Boston, MA (PRWEB) March 13, 2012

VFA, Inc., the leading provider of end-to-end solutions for facilities capital planning and asset management, today announced version 10 of its flagship software product, VFA.facility®. The latest release adds support for multiple cost sources, enabling facility managers and their partners to estimate the cost of materials, labor and equipment used in capital renewal and repair projects with even greater accuracy.

VFA.facility software enables organizations to both manage information about facility assets and leverage that information in the creation of capital projects, plans and budgets. Building construction cost data from RSMeans®, North America’s leading supplier of construction cost information, is embedded in VFA.facility, ensuring reliable cost projections for deferred maintenance .

VFA.facility 10 lets users estimate the cost of capital renewal and repair based on multiple cost sources, in addition to RSMeans, including those specific to a geography, vertical market or specialized building type. Customers and partners now have the flexibility of choosing the most appropriate cost estimation sources within the software for the specific requirements of a project or facility, employing third-party cost sources as well as proprietary cost estimation data. For organizations with facilities in North America and the U.K., Building Cost Information Service (BCIS), the U.K.’s leading source for building construction data, is also embedded in VFA.facility, enabling the use of best-in-class data across regions.

“When we surveyed our customers last year, a majority indicated that they wanted the ability to incorporate cost information from multiple sources,” said Jerry Kokos, CEO of VFA. “We’re pleased to be able to respond to their needs with the latest release of VFA.facility, which demonstrates our commitment to data objectivity, accuracy and relevancy, the essentials of any capital planning program. Accurate cost estimates for capital projects are the foundation for optimal strategic facilities capital planning and management decisions.”

VFA will be demonstrating VFA.facility 10 at Booth # 2339 at the National Facilities Management & Technology (NFMT) Conference & Expo, March 13-15, 2012, at the Baltimore Convention Center.

To connect with VFA, please follow us on Twitter at @VFAINC, or visit our blog,Foundations, which is aimed at providing information to readers that serves as a foundation for intelligent capital spending and facilities capital planning and management.

About VFA

Headquartered in Boston, VFA, Inc. is the leading provider of end-to-end solutions for facilities capital planning and spend management. VFA solutions uniquely combine facility assessment services, web-based software and business consulting services to enable customers to manage every stage of the capital asset lifecycle—from requirements gathering and long-term planning to capital budget creation and spend management. More than 500 organizations in corporate, education, government and healthcare markets have relied on VFA solutions to strategically manage their capital assets. VFA’s flagship software product, VFA.facility®, is currently used to manage more than 4 billion square feet of real estate. For more information, please call 800-693-3132 or visit http://www.vfa.com.

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iTRACS and BJumper introduce ?the smart data center? in Europe

Chon | CMMS Software | March 29, 2012

iTRACS and BJumper introduce “the smart data center” in Europe

BJumper and iTRACS are working with partners like Intel and CA Technologies to create new opportunities to drive energy consumption out of the operation

Chicago, Illinois (PRWEB) March 08, 2012

iTRACS Corporation, Inc., the leading provider of enterprise-class Data Center Infrastructure Management solutions that drive efficiency and business value in the data center, and BJumper Solutions, a technology leader specializing in energy efficiency and data center operations, recently introduced strategies for building “the smart data center” to an exclusive gathering of European data center owners and operators. More than 40 senior executives attended the February 28, 2012 Smart Technologies forum and customer roundtable held in BJumper’s Madrid corporate headquarters. BJumper is a world-class systems integrator providing specialized design, engineering, and implementation services for data center technologies including the iTRACS Converged Physical Infrastructure Management™ (CPIM™) software portfolio.

“The smart data center combines the best of both worlds from iTRACS and BJumper to facilitate the shift from IT-centric infrastructure to business services-centric infrastructure,” said Elizabeth Given, President and CEO of iTRACS. “Today’s data centers are transitioning to a services-centric model that leverages composite services to meet the needs of the business, rather than the older IT-centric model that requires specific physical assets to provide specific solutions. Managing this transition efficiently requires automated DCIM workflows, Interactive 3D Visualization with a real-time 3D model of the data center, and a host of relational intelligence and operational tools. BJumper’s expertise in unleashing the full potential of iTRACS CPIM™ is putting intelligent decision-making – the ability to use robust, context-rich information to drive efficiency – at the fingertips of Europe’s data center owners and operators.”

“The smart data center is about the sharing of key information across IT, Facilities, and Building Management Systems using a single point of management that everyone can easily understand and use, along with decision-support tools to drive successful business outcomes,” said Jose Barbero, General Manager of BJumper. “iTRACS sits at the center of this environment, providing a rich understanding of the data center and all of its complex interrelationships. Our vision of the smart data center was well received by attendees at our event. It was illuminating to talk candidly with some of Europe’s top IT executives about their challenges and how the BJumper and iTRACS partnership can help solve them.”

BJumper’s Smart Technologies forum also featured presentations by two other iTRACS partners, Intel and CA Technologies, whose expertise in energy efficiency and sustainability are broadening the reach and impact of the smart data center. “Energy efficiency is key to cost containment and the efficient use of physical resources,” said Mr. Barbero. “BJumper and iTRACS are working with partners like Intel and CA Technologies to create new opportunities to drive energy consumption out of the operation – opportunities that were previously unachievable.”

About iTRACS

iTRACS is the leading provider of enterprise-class Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) solutions that drive efficiency, performance, cost savings, and strategic value in the data center.

iTRACS’ best-in-class portfolio, Converged Physical Infrastructure Management™ (CPIM™), features the world’s first and only holistic view of the data center using an interactive, navigable 3D environment. Interactive 3D Visualization – The Efficiency Engine™ is at the heart of the CPIM™ solution, unleashing new opportunities to create efficiency and business value in the design, management, and optimization of IT physical infrastructure.

Today, CPIM™ with Interactive 3D Visualization is being globally deployed in some of the world’s most complex data centers and IT infrastructures, including four of the seven industry-recognized global leaders in data center design and management. iTRACS is helping these organizations drive efficiency and optimize asset performance. Reduce costs. Leverage cloud, SaaS, and other game-changing technologies. Manage change. Minimize risk. And optimize the business value of the entire physical infrastructure investment. iTRACS is proud to be named a 2011 Gartner Cool Vendor in DCIM, and named an IDC Major Player in DCIM in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide DCIM 2011 Vendor Analysis report.

About BJumper

BJumper Solutions is a technology company based in Madrid with an international outlook aimed at providing specialized solutions and high value differential services in the area of telecommunications, information technology, and energy efficiency. Knowledge management, continuous improvement, technological awareness, and seamless integration with our clients are the cornerstones of our activity. Our expertise encompasses Smart Telecom – engineering, design, deployment and maintenance of telecommunications networks; Smart Data Center – engineering, design, implementation and operation of Data Centers; and Smart IT Energy – engineering, design, implementation, and managed services.

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Launch In Context How To’s

Chon | CMMS Tips & Tricks | March 27, 2012

What is “launch in context”?  It is a feature that lets you take the current record you are viewing and take certain values from the object and launch a URL.  For example, if you are viewing a workorder, you can add a hyperlink button somewhere on the page and when you click on it, you [...]
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BEP Systems Helps Wales & West Utilities Implement an Enterprise Content Management Solution

Chon | CMMS Software | March 27, 2012

BEP Systems Helps Wales & West Utilities Implement an Enterprise Content Management Solution

London, UK (PRWEB UK) 15 March 2012

In April 2011, BEP Systems began working with Wales & West Utilities (WWU), the gas distribution company covering Wales and the South West, to support the company’s deployment of its Extended ECM platform from Open Text. WWU was seeking to enhance the management and control of their corporate and operational documentation, whilst also providing an archiving solution to support their extensive use of SAP. BEP’s role was to design the filing plan for the system (informing the configuration work being undertaken by WIPRO, the systems integrator for the project) and define the information governance policies for the implementation.

Via a series of meetings and workshops, BEP engaged with staff across the business, including Asset Management, Operations, Business and Customer Services, HR & Training, Finance, IT, Procurement and Logistics. During these discussions a configuration plan was developed covering filing structures, metadata, access control and retention considerations. Simultaneous to this BEP undertook legal research and engaged with the Legal and Internal Audit teams to confirm corporate records retention rules and processes.

In November 2011, BEP provided WWU with a full Report on designing the filing system for all business areas, enabling a consistent use of business rules and rapid configuration phase. Additionally BEP created a Policy and accompanying Procedures documents for Information and Records Management. As well as containing the Records Retention Schedule, this included policy statements, processes and guidelines for managing both physical and digital content throughout their lifecycle from creation to disposition or long term preservation. This ensured that the ECM implementation was supported by suitable governance and that best practice in record keeping using the new platform would be embedded into business operations.

About BEP Systems:

BEP offers world-class advice and services for content management and information governance, including best-practices for retention and disposal, data protection, and information security.

The company’s services include:

    Information governance – development of information and records management policies, procedures, business classification schemes, retention schedules (legal research), and implementation of retention policy within IT systems.

    Business content analysis – A content analysis and diagnostics service that enables our customers to carry out audits of their information assets. Solutions include analysis of unstructured and semi-structured data, cleansing information, assessing data security, and preparation of content for migration.

    Microsoft SharePoint Implementation Services.

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Straits Financial Hires Carol Dannenhauer and Forms LW Managed Accounts Division

Chon | CMMS Software | March 23, 2012

Straits Financial Hires Carol Dannenhauer and Forms LW Managed Accounts Division

Chicago, Illinois (PRWEB) March 01, 2012

Straits Financial LLC, a member and brokerage arm of the CWT Group, today announced it has hired Ms. Carol Dannenhauer as Executive Vice President and Head of its newly formed LW Managed Accounts Division. Straits is a registered FCM and a clearing member firm with the CME, CBOT, NYMEX and COMEX.

“Carol joining Straits is a dream come true” said Joseph Mazurek, President of Straits Financial LLC. “Carol knows managed futures and she is a trusted name in the industry having served under the Lind-Waldock banner most of her career. She and Straits share much in common so this is a natural partnership focusing on providing quality customer service. Straits does not proprietary trade; our focus is 100% on clients and the protection of their assets.”

This expands our product offering and notwithstanding where your Lind-Waldock account was transferred to, you the customer can Come Home Again” adds Paul Fry, Chief Operating Officer of Straits Financial LLC. “This is an excellent development for Straits, for Carol and for the customers who have trusted Carol to manage their accounts for years.”

“It is a thrill to be associated with Straits and with Paul and Joe” said newly hired EVP Carol Dannenhauer. My career has always been about doing what is right for the customer and protecting their assets as if they were my own. Straits and I have that in common. To me, joining Straits is like Coming Home Again.”

As Executive Vice President of the LW Managed Account Division Carol will be responsible for all aspects of managed futures from educating the novice to assisting knowledgeable clients with their portfolio construction. She will seek out emerging Commodity Trading Advisors as well as seasoned traders to determine which might offer the best fit for her client’s portfolio.

Carol started her career as a CPA for Ernst & Whinney. She left that position after three years to work on the floor of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange to learn the futures business. In 1986, Carol joined Lind-Waldock where she learned retail service operations and was rapidly promoted by the organization managing key areas for the firm. Carol then found her niche with Managed Futures, CTA’s and Commodity Pools and grew that service into a major Lind-Waldock product offering. She stayed in that role through multiple company changes always putting the customer first.

Carol holds a BS degree in accounting from the University of Illinois at Chicago. She has raised three boys, her son Alex and her nephews Dustin and Dylan.

About Straits Financial Group

Headquartered in Singapore, Straits Financial Group is the brokering division of the CWT Group and has established affiliate offices in Singapore, Chicago and Shanghai with planned gateways in Southeast Asia and beyond. Our US subsidiary, Straits Financial LLC, is a full Clearing Member of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME), the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT), the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) and the Commodity Exchange (COMEX). Through our global offices and partnerships, we are focused on delivering a wide range of financial services including brokerage of exchange-traded and OTC products as well as trade facilitation for physical commodities. For more information, visit http://www.straitsfinancial.com

About CWT Group

CWT is a leading provider of integrated logistics solutions for worldwide customers in the commodities, chemical and petrochemical, marine, oil and gas, defense and industrial sectors. CWT designs, engineers and manages unique and effective supply chain solutions leveraging its in-depth domain knowledge, innovative capabilities and global logistics infrastructure. Through its global network, the CWT Group is able to connect customers to 120 ports and over 1,200 destinations seamlessly around the world. Headquartered in Singapore, the CWT Group also provides engineering management and maintenance services for facilities and vehicles and equipment fleet as well as financial services through the asset management of Cache Logistics Trust and brokering of futures and derivatives trades. The largest listed logistics company in Southeast Asia, CWT is traded on the Singapore Stock Exchange under the stock symbol CWT. For more information, visit http://www.cwtlimited.com

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Maintaining your Maximo system

Chon | CMMS Tips & Tricks | March 21, 2012

We all know the reason for any company to purchase an EAM product like Maximo.  It’s because they want to be able to maintain their assets and keep them in top physical shape.  You create PM programs for your assets so they staying running extended periods of time without any slow or downtime.  But did [...]
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TEEC

Chon | CMMS Software | March 21, 2012

TEEC® Releases SpecWave® – World’s First Spec Modeling System for Engineering Projects

Philadelphia, PA (PRWEB) March 13, 2012

TEEC, The Engineering Essentials Company, today announced the release of SpecWave® 2012, the world’s first spec modeling system. A Bentley-funded company and born out of research sponsored by Fiatech, TEEC and its SpecWave technology help architectural and engineering firms speed and improve:

    Master spec clean-up and ongoing management
    Project spec production
    Multi-purpose publishing to spec end-users
    Change management to specs in the field, and
    Update and re-use of lessons learned and field improvements into master specs.

Leon Gorbaty, founder and CEO of TEEC, comments, “Engineering firms tell us they want to apply more information modeling technology to specifications. In the same way that CAD brought profound benefits to design, spec modeling will lead to fewer errors and rework, on-time and on-budget delivery, and higher performing assets – on a recurring basis.”

Keith Bentley, co-founder and CTO of Bentley Systems, Inc., adds, “Bentley invested in TEEC because we felt that the critical domain of specifications was ripe for an upgrade to an information modeling rigor and that TEEC possessed the technology and people to enable spec-driven processes for the industry.”

Specifications are the instruction set for creating the engineered asset – they are typically complex and composite, come from multiple sources, must serve global teams, must be published for multiple purposes, and undergo massive change. Despite their critical nature and this demanding environment, specifications are typically housed in loosely connected or scattered documents. As a result, processes become spec-ambiguous and error prone. In turn, projects suffer avoidable errors and mistakes, missed deadlines, field retrofits and rework, and cost overruns.

Gorbaty continues, “Simply put, a spec-driven process means full awareness and compliance to the spec at every stage of the asset lifecycle. SpecWave enables a spec-driven process across the asset lifecycle — in design, procurement, verification, documentation, inspection, installation, and through to operations. And, its richer word processor-like user interface makes migration easy. ”

For engineering firms, the opportunity of a spec-driven process is immediate and strategic: specs become more reliable, people more productive, requirements more interoperable, processes higher quality, projects more agile, collaborations more fluid, enterprises more successful, and assets higher performing.

SpecWave offers a complete spec modeling system, with modules for: multi-sourced and interoperable specs, multi-purpose publishing, master library management, rules enforcement, rich editing, querying, revision management, approval administration, migration, and IT integration. It offers rich usability and functionality for all members of the spec community, including: managers of standards and master specs, architects, engineers, project managers, inspectors, constructors, purchasers, manufacturers, regulators, and IT management.

Mr. Gorbaty, also the project lead on the Fiatech “Specification Automation” standard setting project, is available for SpecWave Discovery Sessions. To schedule this 30-minute webinar and discover how SpecWave can benefit your organization, please visit SpecWave Discovery Session Registration page of our website.

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Chon | CMMS Tips & Tricks | March 19, 2012

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PrimeRevenue Continues to Strengthen Leadership

Chon | CMMS Software | March 19, 2012

PrimeRevenue Continues to Strengthen Leadership

Atlanta, GA (PRWEB) March 12, 2012

PrimeRevenue, Inc., the leading SaaS platform for global Supply Chain Finance (SCF), today announced that Mr. Raghu Rajah has been appointed chief technology officer. Mr. Rajah, who reports directly to CEO PJ Bain, will be responsible for driving product and technology vision for the PrimeRevenue OpenSCi™ SCF platform. Raghu will oversee product management, development, and solution delivery for the OpenSCi solution.

“I am very excited to be part of developing the OpenSCi suite of applications. This innovative solution will better serve the financial needs of the world’s largest supply chains and will revolutionize the way supply chain finance helps Buyers and Suppliers achieve their goals and objectives,” said Raghu Rajah, PrimeRevenue CTO.

Raghu Rajah, who received an MBA from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, and a Masters in Computer Applications from Pondicherry University, India, has been building enterprise-grade software and services for over 20 years. Before joining PrimeRevenue, Rajah founded a social media startup called KissRocket that provided cutting-edge production platform to entertainment giants. Prior to KissRocket, he held various senior leadership roles at S1 Corporation, including Vice President of Product Development & Engineering and Chief Architect, and helped integrate many varied products from multiple acquisitions into a single Enterprise product platform. He also co-founded Jigserv, an online advertising platform and was part of the founding team of Internet Commerce Systems, a B2B platform for the food industry. Rajah was also the Chief Architect of MedQuist Corporation and a senior technologist at Ariba Corporation.

“Raghu’s experience in enterprise-grade software combined with his executive background make him an invaluable addition to the PrimeRevenue leadership team,” said PJ Bain, PrimeRevenue’s CEO. “As the leading supply chain finance provider, PrimeRevenue is an attractive destination for today’s top technology talent. We look forward to having Raghu’s innovative contribution and expertise to expand our product technology even further.”

About PrimeRevenue,Inc.

For Global 2000 organizations who view their supply chains as a strategic asset and are seeking to increase supply chain efficiency, PrimeRevenue is the leading provider of multi-bank Supply Chain Finance (SCF) technology and services. The PrimeRevenue OpenSCi™ SCF platform and working capital advisory services provide these organizations with the control and flexibility required to drive superior SCF results, reducing cost and capital risk throughout their supply chains and forging stronger supplier relationships. Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, PrimeRevenue also has offices in London, Paris, Frankfurt and Prague in Europe, as well as in Melbourne, Australia, and operates some of the largest SCF programs for customers around the globe. For more information, visit http://www.primerevenue.com

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Free Giveaway: IBM Pulse 2012 Laptop Bag

Chon | CMMS Tips & Tricks | March 15, 2012

IBM Pulse 2012 was a lot of fun and we got a lot of interest but it’s good to be back home.  Today, I am giving away two (2)  laptop bags from Pulse.  To enter, just leave a comment below telling us why you love Maximo Times or even why you hate us.  Either way, [...]
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