K2 Enterprises is the premier provider of technology Continuing Professional Education (CPE) seminars in both the United States and Canada. CEO Val Steed details the reasons for selecting Open Systems for this award. “Open Systems demonstrates concern for resellers and maintaining a quality reseller channel – that is a major focus. Management has concern for customers and a priority for customer support. We also considered management’s concern for employees. The truth is, I have never heard any employee of Michael Bertini’s complain about anything. In all of the years I have been doing this, I believe this is the only company about which I can make this claim.”

Mr. Bertini, Open Systems CEO, gratefully accepted the award from K2. “We are very pleased to receive this recognition,” he said. “A large part of our management strategy at Open Systems is to provide individual consideration to our partners and customers. We’ve been doing that for 30 years; it’s part of the culture at Open Systems. The feedback we’ve received from this year’s partner and end user conferences confirms that our customers feel that commitment. Our strong emphasis on research and development also allows us to deliver superior products that help our partners become more effective and successful in today’s competitive business environment.”

“Microsoft has always been committed to the success of our broad ISV partner community and will continue to rely heavily on that community to drive inno ative solutions to market,” said Pradeep Rathinam, general manager of U.S. ISV Strategy in the U.S. Partner Group at Microsoft. “The Front Runner program was designed to provide our partners with the best development environment possible and give them the technical and marketing tools they need to be successful over the long term.”

Microsoft wanted to ensure that ISVs had access to a full host of benefits to enable them to bring best-of-breed solutions to market more quickly and effectively. Giving ISVs the resources they need to fast-track the development of these applications enables customers to start taking advantage of the increased scalability, availability and security of the application built on top of SQL Server 2005 almost immediately, increasing their company’s productivity.

“Open Systems is excited to support SQL Server 2005 because it’s a great platform and a great leap forward,” said Steve Beckey, Vice President of TRAVERSE Development. “Achieving Front Runner status enables us to deliver applications to customers within the same timeframe as the launch of SQL Server 2005. As a result of the solution we have developed, we are uniquely positioned to help our customers get the most from their technology investment.”

TRAVERSE v10.2 capitalizes on the power of SQL Server 2005 to include new built-in analytics functionality on many inquiry functions. A new toolbar is provided on many of the TRAVERSE standard inquiry screens that provide the user with an ability to instantly transform selected inquiry data into Pivot Tables or charts. Default charting information is provided to show information in a logical manner such as sales history in a trending, bar-chart style and aging information in a logical pie chart style, but users can adjust the views to their needs.

“Microsoft has always been committed to the success of our broad ISV partner community and will continue to rely heavily on that community to drive inno ative solutions to market,” said Pradeep Rathinam, general manager of U.S. ISV Strategy in the U.S. Partner Group at Microsoft. “The Front Runner program was designed to provide our partners with the best development environment possible and give them the technical and marketing tools they need to be successful over the long term.”

Microsoft wanted to ensure that ISVs had access to a full host of benefits to enable them to bring best-of-breed solutions to market more quickly and effectively. Giving ISVs the resources they need to fast-track the development of these applications enables customers to start taking advantage of the increased scalability, availability and security of the application built on top of SQL Server 2005 almost immediately, increasing their company’s productivity.

“Open Systems is excited to support SQL Server 2005 because it’s a great platform and a great leap forward,” said Steve Beckey, Vice President of TRAVERSE Development. “Achieving Front Runner status enables us to deliver applications to customers within the same timeframe as the launch of SQL Server 2005. As a result of the solution we have developed, we are uniquely positioned to help our customers get the most from their technology investment.”

TRAVERSE v10.2 capitalizes on the power of SQL Server 2005 to include new built-in analytics functionality on many inquiry functions. A new toolbar is provided on many of the TRAVERSE standard inquiry screens that provide the user with an ability to instantly transform selected inquiry data into Pivot Tables or charts. Default charting information is provided to show information in a logical manner such as sales history in a trending, bar-chart style and aging information in a logical pie chart style, but users can adjust the views to their needs.