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Intact Software expands into the Asia Pacific market

30 October 2012 – Irish business management software developer, Intact Software, will today enter the Australian market through a collaborative partnership with one of the country’s largest hosted software providers, Micronet Systems.

The company, which has over 2,000 customers, will have exclusive rights to Intact Software’s flagship product, iQ, throughout Australia and New Zealand and has aggressive plans to make it the system of choice for small to medium sized companies with complex accounting, inventory and sales processes in the retail, distribution, warehousing, franchise sectors and beyond.

The partnership allows for the sharing of intellectual property between the two companies as well as collaboration in the research and development process to provide a solution tightly tailored to the Australian and New Zealand market. Micronet Systems will offer Intact’s iQ framework to its customers as an on-premise or Software as a Service (SaaS) subscription based license.

Micronet Systems wanted to bring its systems up to date and was in search of a new technologically advanced business management software platform. The company spent three years looking for the right solution that would allow the opportunity, through collaboration, to provide a tailored solution to its customers in their specific niche markets and beyond.

Following an introduction to, and extensive trials and tests of Intact’s iQ framework, Micronet Systems selected it as the development platform of choice and has invested considerable resources into supporting its entry to the Australian and New Zealand market.

Intact’s iQ product is a highly adaptable solution that allows businesses to maximise their productivity, pro-activity and profits by eliminating the need for numerous isolated systems and support providers and ensuring accurate, up-to-date information is available at all times.

The advanced .NET framework that iQ is built on allows Micronet Systems to quickly and cost-effectively develop a personalised solution for its individual customers and will give the company the opportunity to branch out into multiple new vertical markets.

“Both Intact Software and Micronet Systems respect that customers must be able to focus on running their businesses and not be hindered by inflexible, unsuitable software. iQ offers a level of flexibility that can provide an exact and tailored solution, guaranteed to scale with a business’ ever changing needs. With Micronet System’s proven expertise, we are confident this partnership will prove highly successful in Australia and New Zealand. We have aggressive expansion plans and hope to roll out similar partnerships in other countries,” said Paul Marry, CEO Intact Software.

Drew Arthur, managing director at Micronet Systems, commented: “Our customers tend to be small to medium sized businesses with complex accounting processes so they need a business software solution that can deliver flexibility, personalisation and integrated functionality. We were extremely impressed when we came across Intact’s iQ framework. The ability to develop additional plug-ins in order to tailor the solution to each individual customer will make it a compelling proposition for the wholesale, retail, supply chain, warehouse, distribution and franchise markets that we work in, as well as open up new vertical markets for us. The subscription based licence model that we offer is attractive to SMEs because it means they pay on a per user, per month basis rather than one upfront cost. We are very excited about rolling this product out to the Australia and New Zealand market and we are building a strong team to support its launch.”

Micronet will sell Intact’s iQ under the HARMONiQ brand. It will be available from October 2012.

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About Intact Software

Intact Software is a pro-active and revolutionary developer of business management/ ERP software.

The company’s flagship product, Intact iQ, fully integrates Financials, Commercials, CRM and Business Intelligence into a single, flexible, tailorable and financially justifiable solution. From 1 to 100’s of users, Intact iQ hasthe ability to scale with a business, never needing to be replaced. Eliminating the need for costly, isolated systems and multiple service providers, Intact iQ can be implemented up to five times quicker than all comparable competitors and has been developed and driven by market, customer and partner feedback and requirements. Intact iQ provides SME’s across a host of industries, including wholesale, distribution, building and construction, tiles and ceramics, medical, retail and manufacturing, with a level of functionality, tailorability and flexibility normally only associated with enterprise level software solutions.

For over twenty years, through a dedicated Channel Partner Network, the company’s software has been successfully implemented in over 2,000 companies, extending to over 12,000 end users.

Headquartered in Ireland, Intact Software is a global company with offices in the UK and Mediterranean. For further information please visit: www.intactsoftware.com

About Micronet Systems

Micronet Systems is a leading provider of business software solutions for inventory based, small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs). Since the introduction of its first generation product in 1983, over 2,000 companies have implemented Micronet Systems’ business software solutions. Servicing a diverse range of industries, Micronet Systems has customers throughout Australia, New Zealand and Asia Pacific.

Micronet Systems established its Software as a Service (SaaS) model over 10 years ago and was one of the first companies in Australia to offer business management software hosting.

Today, a multitude of companies are utilising the Micronet SaaS Hosted solution world-wide. Micronet Systems host its turn-key SaaS solution in a state-of-the-art data centre, removing much of the IT complexity, cost and responsibilities for their clients.

More information can be found at: www.micronet.com.au

Contact

Ruth McAdam

Global Sales and Marketing Manager

Telephone: +353 42 942 0741

Email: ruth.mcadam@intactsoftware.com

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Paul Marry .