2009年2月12日木曜日

QuickArrow and Intacct Partner on Intacct MAX for QuickArrow

Professional Services Automation (PSA)ツールのベンダー、QuickArrowと、会計パッケージベンダーのIntacct社がそれぞれのSaaSソリューションを統合して、Intacct Max for QuickArrowと呼ばれるソリューションを提供開始。 
 
SI事業と異なり、異なるアプリケーション間の統合化は顧客システム上ではなく、SaaSベンダー同士が行う必要性がある、ということがこういう動きから見えてくる。  Force.comのような主軸アプリケーションがあるマルチベンダ環境はともかく、独立系のSaaSベンダーは他のSaaSベンダーと積極的に協業する動きが必要になってくる。 
 
 

Pre-Packaged Integration Automates Quote-to-Cash Process for Professional Services Organizations

AUSTIN, TX - QuickArrow, Inc., the leader in SaaS Services Automation, announced today that through its partnership with Intacct, a leader in on-demand financial management and accounting applications, Intacct Max™ for QuickArrow is now available from Intacct. Intacct MAX for QuickArrow automates the quote-to-cash process and enables real-time visibility into projects and finances by delivering pre-built integration between QuickArrow and Intacct.

Integrating a Professional Services Automation (PSA) solution with a financial management solution is critical for successfully managing service profitability. Intacct MAX for QuickArrow provides a seamless connection to streamline the quote-to-cash process across sales, services, and finance, and deliver real-time information on the profitability and success of projects, clients, and the entire organization.

"The launch of Intacct MAX for QuickArrow is another significant milestone in our relationship with Intacct," said Kevin Bury, QuickArrow CEO. He continued, "In a SaaS world, the responsibility for ensuring successful integrations falls on the vendors, not our clients. This seamless integration between our applications will enable businesses to increase profits by eliminating error-prone, manual processes and provide immediate visibility into the utilization of their Services organization. Intacct and QuickArrow are excited to offer companies the option to streamline and automate the quote-to-cash process."

"For companies with billable professional services organizations, the combination of salesforce.com for CRM, QuickArrow for PSA, and Intacct for Financial Management is a best of breed on-demand trifecta," said Betsy Bland, vice president of product marketing at Intacct. "Intacct MAX for QuickArrow, along with our existing Intacct MAX for Salesforce, bridges the gaps between sales, services, and finance by pre-integrating Salesforce, QuickArrow, and Intacct, allowing each part of the organization to use their favorite, most productive on-demand applications. With Intacct and our partners Salesforce and QuickArrow, no one has to make single vendor suite compromises anymore."

In September of last year, QuickArrow became a charter member of the Intacct-Ready partner program designed to enable businesses that share the vision of an on-demand world, get closer to the goal of deploying 100 percent Software as a Service applications and technologies.

About QuickArrow

QuickArrow's Professional Services Automation (PSA) solution helps services organizations better manage the three things that matter most: people, projects, and performance. Designed to deliver the critical visibility needed to optimize services delivery, QuickArrow's Software as a Service (SaaS) solution fully integrates with leading SFA, CRM, and financial applications, replacing homegrown solutions and labor-intensive spreadsheets to automate workflows and streamline operations.

Worldwide, more than 30,000 users and 300 services organizations spanning software, IT Services, management consulting, hardware, environmental, and healthcare consulting count on QuickArrow every day to increase resource utilization, capture more billable hours and expenses, and enable more effective decision-making to drive top and bottom-line growth.

QuickArrow's unqualified SAS 70 Type II certification and innovative Web Services API ensure reliability, flexibility, and data security for clients such as salesforce.com, Borland Software, Symantec, Genesys, and Informatica. To learn more about the business impact QuickArrow can have on your organization, please visit www.quickarrow.com.