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New Web Based Restaurant and Hospitality Software Released from Kitchen Porter Tech
14 minutes ago
by rachellong
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Miami, FL (PRWEB) May 02, 2012
Kitchen Porter TechTM has announced the launch of its much anticipated web-based software product targeted towards the restaurant and hospitality industries. Kitchen Porter Techs new restaurant management software solution allows users to manage their daily restaurant sales, catering orders, recipes, menu engineering, inventory, inventory transfers, purchase orders, vendor comparison pricing, while tracking revenues and expenses for multiple locations, keeping sales and costs separate for each restaurant location.
According to Mr. Robert Vasquez, Founder & CEO, Kitchen Porter Tech, Restaurant owners and managers are looking for better ways to manage day-to-day operations without having to use multiple spreadsheets or purchase antiquated software solutions that are expensive and hard to learn. Thankfully, now there’s a better way with Kitchen Porter Tech that allows restaurant owners to do what they do best; like managing the kitchen, engaging customers, and training staff.
Mr. Vasquezs personal experience working all jobs in the restaurant industry and owning restaurants has enabled him to create cutting edge technologies which make Kitchen Porter Tech (KPT) not only immensely useful but also intuitive and unique. The software has a slew of features including vendor comparison that allows the user to compare vendor pricing as items are selected on a purchase order and when creating recipes. As vendor pricing items change all costing information is updated on all inventory values and recipes.
The beauty of our software lies in the fact that a single login allows the restaurant owner to manage a single restaurant or restaurants through the internet on a computer, iPad or smartphone, anywhere, anytime! added Mr. Vasquez.
What really makes KPT different from other software products for the restaurant industry is the fact that it was written originally and specifically as a web-based program for restaurant owners and their management team, not converted to the web from another application, or developed with old technology. KPT runs completely on secure servers and requires no disk space on the end users hard drive. It also provides seamless integration with the Internet and can be shared easily among several users at the same time from any location with an internet connection. In addition, the reports are available 24/7/365 to virtually anyone the administrator gives permissions to view including staff.
KPT not only synchronizes point of sales systems, but also manages recipe costing, employee scheduling, payroll, catering, and can be integrated with QuickBooks, and other online accounting packages like XERO; therefore, reducing the stressful amounts of tedious data entry.
Apart from the various unique features, we have also ensured that our software costs are significantly lower compared to most other programs. Finally, there are no additional charges for add-ons like annual support, upgrades, web-based report availability, and additional users, making it not only the best, but also the smarter way to manage your restaurant, concluded Mr. Vasquez.
New customers can get started with Kitchen Porter Tech in less than 5 minutes by signing up for a free 30 day trial on the companys website http://www.kitchenportertech.com
About Kitchen Porter Tech
The design and production of Kitchen Porter Tech evolved over 2 years and is still continuing under the able guidance of Robert Vasquez, who is the driving force behind it. Robert worked in the restaurant business for over 10 years while attending college. After graduating from NOVA Southeastern University, Robert took up work as an accountant and software developer for the next 10 years. About 2 years ago, Robert got back into the restaurant business once again and opened up restaurants at 5 different locations in the South Florida area. Robert was looking for an online software package to make his job of managing the restaurants in different locations a bit easier. He found many of the other software packages available as either too expensive or too limited in features and functionality. He quickly realized that not much had changed in the way of operations and managing a restaurant even with the advent of todays online technology. Robert decided to develop an application that was inexpensive and easy to use for the restaurant owners and staff and Kitchen Porter Tech was born.
New Web Based Restaurant and Hospitality Software Released from Kitchen Porter Tech
53 minutes ago
by rachellong
in Your Cloud Drive
Miami, FL (PRWEB) May 02, 2012
Kitchen Porter TechTM has announced the launch of its much anticipated web-based software product targeted towards the restaurant and hospitality industries. Kitchen Porter Techs new restaurant management software solution allows users to manage their daily restaurant sales, catering orders, recipes, menu engineering, inventory, inventory transfers, purchase orders, vendor comparison pricing, while tracking revenues and expenses for multiple locations, keeping sales and costs separate for each restaurant location.
According to Mr. Robert Vasquez, Founder & CEO, Kitchen Porter Tech, Restaurant owners and managers are looking for better ways to manage day-to-day operations without having to use multiple spreadsheets or purchase antiquated software solutions that are expensive and hard to learn. Thankfully, now there’s a better way with Kitchen Porter Tech that allows restaurant owners to do what they do best; like managing the kitchen, engaging customers, and training staff.
Mr. Vasquezs personal experience working all jobs in the restaurant industry and owning restaurants has enabled him to create cutting edge technologies which make Kitchen Porter Tech (KPT) not only immensely useful but also intuitive and unique. The software has a slew of features including vendor comparison that allows the user to compare vendor pricing as items are selected on a purchase order and when creating recipes. As vendor pricing items change all costing information is updated on all inventory values and recipes.
The beauty of our software lies in the fact that a single login allows the restaurant owner to manage a single restaurant or restaurants through the internet on a computer, iPad or smartphone, anywhere, anytime! added Mr. Vasquez.
What really makes KPT different from other software products for the restaurant industry is the fact that it was written originally and specifically as a web-based program for restaurant owners and their management team, not converted to the web from another application, or developed with old technology. KPT runs completely on secure servers and requires no disk space on the end users hard drive. It also provides seamless integration with the Internet and can be shared easily among several users at the same time from any location with an internet connection. In addition, the reports are available 24/7/365 to virtually anyone the administrator gives permissions to view including staff.
KPT not only synchronizes point of sales systems, but also manages recipe costing, employee scheduling, payroll, catering, and can be integrated with QuickBooks, and other online accounting packages like XERO; therefore, reducing the stressful amounts of tedious data entry.
Apart from the various unique features, we have also ensured that our software costs are significantly lower compared to most other programs. Finally, there are no additional charges for add-ons like annual support, upgrades, web-based report availability, and additional users, making it not only the best, but also the smarter way to manage your restaurant, concluded Mr. Vasquez.
New customers can get started with Kitchen Porter Tech in less than 5 minutes by signing up for a free 30 day trial on the companys website http://www.kitchenportertech.com
About Kitchen Porter Tech
The design and production of Kitchen Porter Tech evolved over 2 years and is still continuing under the able guidance of Robert Vasquez, who is the driving force behind it. Robert worked in the restaurant business for over 10 years while attending college. After graduating from NOVA Southeastern University, Robert took up work as an accountant and software developer for the next 10 years. About 2 years ago, Robert got back into the restaurant business once again and opened up restaurants at 5 different locations in the South Florida area. Robert was looking for an online software package to make his job of managing the restaurants in different locations a bit easier. He found many of the other software packages available as either too expensive or too limited in features and functionality. He quickly realized that not much had changed in the way of operations and managing a restaurant even with the advent of todays online technology. Robert decided to develop an application that was inexpensive and easy to use for the restaurant owners and staff and Kitchen Porter Tech was born.
Leading ERP & CRM Provider AXIS Integrated Solutions Signs On as Avectra Business Partner — Sees Opportunity for Cloud-based Social CRM
2 hours ago
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McLean, VA (PRWEB) May 04, 2012
Avectra, a leading developer of web-based Social CRM solutions for associations and not-for-profits, today announced AXIS Integrated Solutions, one of the nations leading ERP and CRM solution providers, has joined the Avectra business partner program. AXIS Integrated Solutions will offer associations and not-for-profits a combined solution of Avectras Social CRM and Intacct cloud financial management and accounting software. The partnership provides two critical services: cloud-based association management software (AMS) together with the full accounting software and services necessary to be successful in the 21st century.
For more than 20 years weve helped our customers act as a trusted business advisor, systems integrator and business software provider supporting industry leading applications, said Kelly Hummel, President and CEO of AXIS. With Avectra, we add a powerful tool to our arsenal. In our view, its software is the best fit for associations and not-for-profits that want a complete AMS and social media solution without sacrificing the time and effort to install and manage software on their own.
AXIS recognized consulting and financial expertise combined with our Social CRM solution promises to generate tremendous value to our joint customers, said Avectra Chairman and CEO Richard Davis. Their team brings deep experience serving not-for profits and associations and a proven history of superior customer service. Its a winning combination that certainly resonates with us and is beneficial to both the association and not-for-profit markets.
Many of the most successful associations and not-for-profit organizations of all sizes use the Avectra Social CRM suite. It features association management software(AMS), a social community platform and social media monitoring. Organizations can engage internal and external audiences in more sophisticated, relevant and transparent relationships. The result: greater advocacy, community and action, all while driving business value.
About AXIS Integrated Solutions:
AXIS was formed by the principal whose vision included a strong desire to become more than just a software reseller, but a trusted business advisor. Through acquisition the union of numerous entities specializing in various business solutions enables AXIS professionals the ability to offer and deliver a complete end-to-end business management solution. AXIS Integrated Solutions is a business advisor, a systems integrator and business solutions provider. Our group of experienced professionals assist medium sized enterprises reach their goals and create value for their customers. We believe our role is that of a catalyst, helping your organization help itself. Our goal is to empower our clients by aligning their business strategies and operating models with an integrated business solution to gain efficiencies, maximize customer value and gain a sustainable competitive leadership advantage. Our proven methodology provides our clients with a blueprint and set of business tools for closing the gap between actual and potential performance. Our team of professionals at AXIS consists of experienced consultants with deep industry and solution expertise and strong educational backgrounds including Certified Public Accountants, Systems Engineers, Industrial Engineers, with post-graduate degrees in business administration and marketing. Our goal is to transfer our knowledge and expertise to your organization. For additional information please visit http://www.axisintegratedsolutions.com.
About Avectra
For the last 17 years, Avectra has translated our customers’ needs into a market-leading Customer Relationship Management system (CRM) – whether our customers serve members and non-members by the hundreds or hundreds of thousands. Avectra Social CRM is uniquely positioned to usher in a new era of membership success with its ability to provide world-class member management, built-in social networking and private online community, social media management and a powerful analytics suite, including Avectra’s proprietary A-Score and more. Avectra is headquartered in McLean, Virginia with regional offices in Chicago and Orlando.
To explore the Avectra family of products, please visit http://www.avectra.com, or call 800-858-8272.
New UK B2B Cloud Backup Service Launches
2 hours ago
by rachellong
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Watford, UK (PRWEB UK) 3 May 2012
In a nutshell, Python Cloud Backup provides online, offsite data backup in three packages starting at
Creating Loyalty 3.0: How Game Thinking is Changing the Rulebook on Consumer Engagement and Loyalty
2 hours ago
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Cincinnati,OH (PRWEB) May 03, 2012
Loyalty 360 provided an insightful webinar on one of the most dynamic forces in the marketing arena- gamification on Thursday April 26, 2012 at 1 p.m. EST. People have fundamental needs and desires – for reward, status, achievement and competition, among others. Games have long been a place where those needs have been met. But how do you satisfy these needs outside of actual games? Say, in a loyalty program? Gamification.
Gamification is emerging as a dynamic force in the marketing arena, and can be a powerful tool to unlock deep consumer engagement, but only if it is done right. Barry Kirk, VP of Loyalty and Motivation at Bunchball and a recognized expert and speaker in the loyalty and motivation industry, presented a webinar, Creating Loyalty 3.0: How Game Thinking is Changing the Rulebook on Consumer Engagement and Loyalty. Hosted by Loyalty 360 – the Loyalty Marketers Association, this webinar explored:
Mobile Boom Changes the Direction of Marketing
2 hours ago
by rachellong
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Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) May 03, 2012
Within the last decade, the marketing industry has seen the power of direct marketing shift from print, to TV, to online advertising. Currently, we are seeing another major direction shift in marketing. This directional shift is called the mobile boom. Business Insider reports that in 2011, the number of smart phones sold exceeded the numbers of PCs sold. With this trend continuing (and accelerating) in 2012, many brands and advertisers are targeting consumers via their mobile devices.
In the past decade, retail stores experienced a sharp shift in consumer purchasing from brick and mortar to online. This shift resulted in retailers across the nation closing stores, laying off workers and focusing their attention online to maximize profits.
Now another shift is happening. Consumers are accessing the Internet via their mobile devices in large and growing numbers. This is important because online marketers were once limited to reaching their market when they were in front of their computer usually at home or in the office. This resulted in large blackout times where advertisers could not reach their consumers. With mobile marketing, advertisers can reach their potential customers at any time and in any place. The question now is, as a business, what are you doing to make sure that you are part of this mobile boom? Producers now have a few ways to capitalize off of this shift.
The first step is to build mobile optimized pages for online storefronts. This will help increase revenue by improving the consumer experience.
The easier it is for consumers to navigate mobile sites, the higher the conversions, says Erdolo Eromo, Senior Vice President of Sales at Mobile Messenger. Not only will poorly designed interfaces increase bounce rates, they may also damage a brand.
According to David Nachum, Associate Product Manager at Google, 61% of consumers are unlikely to return to a website they had trouble accessing from their phone. He goes on to say that last year, Google began to limit ad serving on high-end mobile devices if they pointed to landing pages with Flash-heavy content.
What this means for businesses is that if your site is not properly optimized for mobile, Google and other search engines will be less likely to point consumers there from organic search. With mobile search growing at an accelerating rate, an oversight like this may lead to obsolescence.
The next step would be to partner up with a direct carrier billing platform company like Mobile Messenger. With the mobile boom comes a new form of payment capabilities that merchants can use to increase ROI by driving more sales. According to mopay, a payment solutions provider to online merchants, Direct carrier billing will be a catalyst for innovation and change within the mobile payments industry in 2012.
The mobile boom is happening right now. Businesses will need to redesign their online face to remain relevant in the Cloud generation.
About Erdolo:
Erdolo Eromo moved to South Los Angeles from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia at the age of eight. A natural athlete, he played football for powerhouses Crenshaw High School and UCLA. He went on to earn his Executive MBA from Pepperdine University in 2011. Climbing up the corporate ladder in six years, Erdolo is one of the youngest senior executives in the mobile industry. He now serves as Senior Vice President of Sales and Client Services at Mobile Messenger (MM), the largest off deck mobile aggregator in the United States. He is responsible for identifying opportunities and designing strategies for sales growth. Erdolo is considered to be an expert in identifying trends in the mobile commerce space as well as finding new opportunities in which the mobile phone can be used as a billing platform.
Birst Secures $26 Million in Financing Led By Sequoia Capital
2 hours ago
by rachellong
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San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) May 02, 2012
Birst Inc., the leading provider of agile business analytics, today announced that it has completed a $ 26 million investment led by Sequoia Capital. Existing investors also include Hummer Winblad and DAG Ventures who participated in the round. Birst will use the new funds to further accelerate its rapid growth, continue its focus on innovation and product development and expand into new markets.
Birst has grown considerably in the past year. The Company more than doubled its revenues and increased its customer base by more than 40 percent, adding customers including Aruba Networks, en World Japan, Five9, Grupo Tress, Host Analytics, Motorola, oDesk, Saba, SunCap Financial, and Swann Insurance, among others. In the last year, Birst unveiled multiple industry-leading products and services, including the industrys first SaaS-based BI appliance, the first in-memory database optimized specifically for analytics, the first cloud-based mobile business intelligence SDK for the iPad, and support for Hadoop and Big Data analytics.
Simply put, Birst is emerging as the leader among a new generation of BI vendorsones that focus on todays ever-increasing demands by business to intelligently and more easily make sense of their growing data. With its unique ability to deliver on this promise, Birst has been able to not only meet, but exceed marketplace expectations. By lowering the adoption barrier for customers and giving users the capability to easily treat big data like any other ordinary data set, Birst is garnering impressive momentum. Its unique capability to marry leading visualization with a robust data warehouse in a single, unified solution and deliver via a flexible deployment model that allows customers to choose either cloud-based or appliance delivery offers unique value that is unmatched within the BI marketplace.
This is an extraordinary time for us. We founded Birst to change the way the world used and interacted with BI and by pushing the envelope of possibility we are witnessing great success, said Brad Peters, CEO and Co-Founder of Birst. This investment furthers Birsts ability to continue to drive innovation and expand our solution to new markets and new audiences. We are thrilled to have world-class investors such as Sequoia Capital by our side.
“We are delighted to expand our partnership with Birst as they continue to innovate and lead the way in the highly competitive market of business intelligence and analytics,” said Doug Leone, partner at Sequoia Capital. “Birst is uniquely positioned to help companies more easily make sense of the ever-increasing amount of data in our world.”
About Birst
Birst is the leader in agile business analytics. It offers a single place to manage all of your organizations business analytics and the agility to answer questions spanning departments, data sources, and deploymentsacross both public and private clouds. Birst gives users the fastest way to answer their most pressing business questions, and, the ones they didnt know to ask. At one-third the cost, time, and staff of traditional big BI, Birst brings the benefits of analytics and fact-based decision-making to a much broader audience. For more information, visit http://www.birst.com.
2020 Top 10 Predictions for Loyalty Marketing and Tomorrows Consumer
3 hours ago
by rachellong
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Cincinnati, OH (PRWEB) May 04, 2012
Marketers are faced with the challenges of the always-on customer looking for personalization, real time attention through their channel of choice. This is the new 21st century dilemma and the marketer who figures it out first will end up on top.
A little bit of right information, just a little bit beforehand—whether it is a couple of seconds, minutes or hours—is more valuable than all the information six months laterthis is the two second advantage, Vivek Ranadive, Founder and CEO TIBCO
Matt Howland, Vice President at TIBCO Loyalty Lab will present a webinar, 2020 Top 10 Predictions for Loyalty Marketing and Tomorrows Consumer, on Thursday May 10, 2012 at 1 PM EST. Hosted by Loyalty 360- the Loyalty Marketers Association, this webinar will speak to how will customer loyalty be cultivated in the year 2020? This presentation will share 10 trends in marketing that will shape tomorrows customer experience. From big data to real-time predictive analytics, new POS to mobile, social to location – what will drive customer loyalty? Attend this forward looking session and find out.
At TIBCO Loyalty Lab, Matt Howland has led the design and successful deployment of more than 60 loyalty programs for some of the worlds largest brands. Matts previous role was CTO of Loyalty Lab, where he led the architecture and operations of the companys core SaaS offerings, which process more than 5 billion transactions per year and support more than 250 million loyalty members.
Since the acquisition of Loyalty Lab by TIBCO Software in December of 2010, Matts has been enjoying the convergence of Loyalty Labs expertise and platform with TIBCOs real-time, event-driven and analytics technology and what the combination has to offer the market.
Prior to joining TIBCO Loyalty Lab, Matt led a consulting firm that designed and scaled custom enterprise solutions for several Fortune 500 companies and government agencies. Earlier in his career, he served as a technical architect at DefenseWeb Technologies, delivering some of the first web-based information platforms to the US Department of Defense.
Please join Loyalty 360 and TIBCO for this insightful webinar.
Click Here to Register.
TIBCO Software Inc. is a provider of infrastructure software for companies to use on-premise or as part of cloud computing environments. Whether it’s efficient claims or trade processing, cross-selling products based on real-time customer behavior, or averting a crisis before it happens, TIBCO provides companies the two-second advantage the ability to capture the right information, at the right time, and act on it preemptively for a competitive advantage. More than 4,000 customers worldwide rely on TIBCO to manage information, decisions, processes, people, and data in real time.
About Loyalty360
Loyalty 360 is an unbiased, market driven, voice of the customer focused clearinghouse and think-tank that is committed to bringing loyalty to the forefront as a critical marketing strategy. A trusted source for cutting-edge research, best practices, and networking opportunities, Loyalty 360 gives members the expert insights and guidance they need to better understand loyalty and develop programs that effectively engage their customers and employees and build stronger relationships with them.
Contact:
Lynne Stephenson
Lynnestephenson(at)loyalty360(dot)org
513-800-0360 x 115
ESCORT Releases New SmartRadar Bluetooth
3 hours ago
by rachellong
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West Chester, OH (PRWEB) May 06, 2012
ESCORT Inc. (http://www.ESCORTinc.com), designer and manufacturer of the world’s best premium automotive accessories, today announced the release of its all-new ESCORT SmartRadar Bluetooth Enabled Radar/Laser Detector. A supercharged, out-of-sight radar/laser detector with built-in Bluetooth
ElephantDrive Announces Partnership With Pioneering Digital Storage Company Thecus
3 hours ago
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Santa Monica, CA (PRWEB) May 07, 2012
ElephantDrive, the leader in online storage, protection, and access, is proud to announce a new alliance with Thecus
