Saturday, February 28, 2009

RMS Combines Process Improvement and Appropriate Automation to Yield Organizational Performance Excellence

RMS Combines Process Improvement and Appropriate Automation to Yield Organizational Performance Excellence

Performance excellence. Every organization wants it, yet few get it. This perplexing situation has vexed many managers and leaders over the years and Resource Management Solutions (RMS) has developed methods that aid organizations in achieving it.

Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) February 28, 2009 - Performance excellence. Every organization wants it, yet few get it. This perplexing situation has vexed many managers and leaders over the years and Resource Management Solutions (RMS) (www.Consult-RMS.com) has developed methods that aid organizations in achieving it.

Relying on decades of accumulated experience of its consultants, RMS knows that automating is not the key to achieving performance excellence. While aiding organizations as they implement Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) or Workforce Management Technology (WMT) systems has been RMS's mainstay for many years, they recently embarked on a "vertical integration" to assure that their clients receive the maximum value from their technology investment (www.Consult-RMS.com). Specifically, they have added a significant amount of expertise in the area of business process management.

When added to the "front" of systems implementation projects, business process management fits perfectly into the company's desire to plan for optimal impact. In this regard, a RMS (www.Consult-RMS.com) client can expect that their implementation team will have at least one consultant who is well versed in process improvement and redesign. In doing this, the project team will have the wherewithal to improve the performance of the client's process(es) and then proceed to implementing the enabling automation.

This up-front focus on process improvement assures that the client's processes are at optimal performance and that they drive the design and implementation of the technology. This maximizes the client's investment while minimizing the risk that the technology will dictate the client's operations.

Resource Management Solutions (RMS) (www.Consult-RMS.com) is a management consulting firm serving diverse clients since 2000. A California-based Corporation, RMS is also a certified small business. RMS has a solid record of accomplishment. It has gained the reputation for doing whatever it takes to make sure projects are successful, helping organizations with up to 45,000 employees by successfully implementing human capital management solutions in a timely cost effective manner.

Contact:

NAME: Scott Siderman

PHONE: 866-361-1704 ext. 708

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Contact Information Scott Siderman

http://www.Consult-RMS.com

866-361-1704



RMS Warns; Be in the Driver Seat When Deciding on Your Software Solution

RMS Warns; Be in the Driver Seat When Deciding on Your Software Solution

Rod Sherr, CPA, President/CEO of Resource Management Solutions, suggests the following steps to keep your company in the driver's seat when selecting the right software application solution for your organization.

Los Angeles, CA (Vocus) February 28, 2009 -- Most companies understand they need help when looking at investing in a software solution. The real question is where they turn for help? If they turn to a software sales team before they are "ready", they could be making a very big mistake.

"Unfortunately, I have seen this happen too often," says Rod Sherr, CPA, President/CEO of Resource Management Solutions (RMS) (www.Consult-RMS.com), a California Corporation. "Many companies do not understand the protocol of selecting the right software application solution for their organization. They do spend time on researching what might work best for them but many neglect the first step to take before contacting the software vendors."

Sherr goes on to say that companies that give up the driver seat to a sales team may have already lost the battle. The dog and pony show does need to take place in the boardroom but the timing of this must be strategic. If vendors are invited in too soon, there may be promises made that cannot be fulfilled and companies may end up paying for a lot of customizations to get the software to perform to match their needs.

Sherr recalls walking into the boardroom of a very large client who had just signed a contract with a vendor to purchase their software. They got a great price but the ground work was not completed prior to the purchase. As a result, the company had well over 100 customizations to the software to get it to perform adequately. Due to the numerous customizations, this implementation took longer to complete and ended up costing this company more than the cost of the other vendor's solutions. With this many customizations, it made their software impossible to ever upgrade.

What is the proper protocol? Sherr suggests the following steps to keep your company in the driver's seat:

1. Document your company's current (AS IS) state. Sherr says, "you need to know where you are before you can determine the path of where you need to go."

2. Prepare a needs assessment, a list of your business requirements and objectives. Prioritize what is most important functionality wise to you. In other words, what are your "must haves" verses your "like to haves".

3. Once current state is defined and documented along with business requirements, a company is ready to write their requirements in the form of a request for proposal (RFP). This is then submitted to the public and is the formal invitation for software vendors to submit their proposals. Pay very close attention to how each vendor addresses your needs.

4. Once the proposals are reviewed, companies are now ready to invite vendors to the party. This is where vendors need to answer questions and show you the functionality of their software.

Sherr says, "make sure all questions get answered by the vendors. Do not leave anything unanswered." A good software salesperson will be able to show their potential client live scenarios of any areas of functionality that they have a question about. If vendors can't reproduce the scenario or don't answer the questions fully, don't sign their contract until they prove their case. Sherr urges companies to spend the time necessary to prepare for their software selection and be ready to ask the software vendors the tough questions. By following these steps, a company can greatly reduce under-performance and project failure risks.

Resource Management Solutions (RMS) (www.Consult-RMS.com) is a professional services consulting firm specializing in improving the processes that directly affect the productivity and management of Human Capital. By making improvements to the processes in these areas and with the use of today's technology, RMS is able to show their clients how to increase productivity and reduce labor costs thus affecting the company's profitability. These cost reduction procedures RMS implements are sustainable for years to come. RMS has been serving their clients since 2000. A California-based Corporation, RMS has a solid record of accomplishment. It has gained the reputation of doing whatever it takes to ensure projects are successful. RMS has helped companies with up to 45,000 employees successfully implement ERP and Workforce Management Technology solutions in a timely cost effective manner. Call one of our offices today and see why people call RMS "the missing piece" to their projects. RMS looks forward to serving you soon.

Contact:

NAME: Scott Siderman

EMAIL: SSiderman(at)Consult-RMS.com

PHONE: 866-361-1704 ext. 708

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Contact Information Scott Siderman

Resource Management Solutions

http://www.Consult-RMS.com

866-361-1704



RMS Focuses on Unique Solutions for Managing Scarce Resources

RMS Focuses on Unique Solutions for Managing Scarce Resources

There is little question that organizations are facing an increasingly challenging competitive environment and economy. As a result, they are trying to use their internal resources more and more effectively. In response to this, Resource Management Solutions (RMS) (www.Consult-RMS.com) has focused on collaborating with its clients, jointly developing solutions to managing human capital that are well suited to both today and the future.

Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) February 28, 2009 -- There is little question that organizations are facing an increasingly challenging competitive environment and economy. As a result, they are trying to use their internal resources more and more effectively. In response to this, Resource Management Solutions (RMS) (www.Consult-RMS.com) has focused on collaborating with its clients, jointly developing solutions to managing human capital that are well suited to both today and the future.

Currently in its ninth year of operation, RMS boldly steps forward, with an eye on both the present and the future. With a CFO/Controller background himself, Rod Sherr, a CPA, President and CEO of RMS, and his team now leverage their historical specialization in time and attendance system implementation by broadening their horizons to provide comprehensive business solutions including such things as, process improvement, resource management, and advisory consulting services.

"The time has come for Business Innovation and Workforce Management Technology to merge. Companies want and need answers now, not 10 days after month-end close". The technology is currently available Sherr says. In fact, companies in industries such as Healthcare and Manufacturing gain the most benefit from the current Workforce Management Technology (www.Consult-RMS.com) (WMT).

These types of companies can lose hundreds of thousands of dollars each year if they don't understand exactly how to control their labor costs. Sherr recalls his 17 plus years in industry trying to focus on labor cost reduction. He says it was very hard to do and very labor intensive. Although Time and Attendance software was developed in the 70's, it was initially used only to capture time and share this data with the Human Resource and Payroll Systems. It has only been in the last few years that Time and Attendance software development companies started focusing on and designing their software to provide timely critical data for management to utilize in their critical decision processes. In fact today's technology allows a company to run real data scenarios helping a company to select the most cost effective teams when additional hours are required in a day or week. This technology allows an organization to tweak the line-up until the most cost effective employees are identified thus reducing overtime. This alone can save an organization a lot of money each week/month/year.

Sherr has focused on the concept of helping their clients understand the power and ability of truly managing their workforce by utilizing today's technology.

For each client, RMS (www.Consult-RMS.com) uniquely constructs process improvement and technology solutions, problem solving, and implementation expertise, to better manage and/or significantly lower labor costs. When coupled with their exceptional project management discipline, RMS delivers a total implementation solution which involves the proper training of management not just the end-users.

RMS also focuses on Software Application Utilization. On an average most companies only utilize their software's capability somewhere between 60% - 65%. This leaves out critical functionality Sherr says. This is why RMS works with their clients to raise this utilization percentage. Sherr invites you to call RMS for a free consultation which will allow you to explore options on how your company can save on labor costs.

Resource Management Solutions (RMS) is a professional services consulting firm specializing in improving the processes that directly affect the productivity and management of Human Capital. By making improvements to the processes in these areas and with the use of today's technology, RMS is able to show their clients how to increase productivity and reduce labor costs thus affecting the company's profitability. These cost reduction procedures RMS implements are sustainable for years to come. RMS has been serving their clients since 2000. A California-based Corporation, RMS (www.Consult-RMS.com) has a solid record of accomplishment. It has gained the reputation of doing whatever it takes to ensure projects are successful. RMS has helped companies with up to 45,000 employees successfully implement ERP and Workforce Management Technology solutions in a timely cost effective manner. Call one of our offices today and see why people call RMS "the missing piece" to their projects. RMS looks forward to serving you soon.

Contact:

NAME: Scott Siderman

PHONE: 866-361-1704 ext. 708

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Contact Information Scott Siderman

http://www.Consult-RMS.com

866-361-1704



Medisoft Clinical EHR Software to Be Funded By New Economic Stimulus Plan

Medisoft Clinical EHR Software to Be Funded By New Economic Stimulus Plan

The economic stimulus plan signed by President Obama includes funding for the long awaited EMR software (also called EHR Software) (electronic medical records software, or electronic health record) for doctor's offices and can result in better patient care and treatment.

(PRWEB) February 28, 2009 -- Doctors wondered when the time would come that EMR software (http://www.medicalcharting.com) would bring their offices into the future. They suspected the government would pay for it and many have not purchased the software due to this. Today they found out that indeed the government will begin footing the bill for this state of the art Medisoft Clinical EHR software (http://www.medicalcharting.com/medisoft-clinical-medisoft-emr-software.htm).

Congress passed the stimulus package which is one of the largest ever. Over $20 billion is included in the form of grants and loans as well as other incentives to spur health care into the future by paying for the latest technology. This will be a large boon to the health care industry by providing doctor's offices and clinics with the software that will allow one click access to patient information.

MedicalCharting.com is an affiliate of Selent & Associates, Inc. Founded in 1989, this Port Charlotte, Florida company started as a general business services company. However, due to the vast background in health care related services, the company changed their focus to serve medical and physician offices and health care. Members of the Charlotte County, Florida Chamber of Commerce since 1988, this is a company that has committed to making the area of medical records a simpler process for health care providers.

MedicalCharting.com is a leading provider of integrated electronic health records software is thrilled that the health care industry will finally have access to the tools it needs to manage patient's electronic medical records. By providing funding for this crucial system, the health care industry is taking one giant step forward when it comes to the safety and security of the patients who depend on it.

While doctors have waited for this technology to be implemented for years the transition will be much quicker now that the government will be funding up to $64,000 maximum per provider.

The number of Medisoft users that will be affected by this stimulus program is around 80,000 and growing. The new software offered by MedicalCharting.com, called Medisoft Clinical EMR Software (http://www.medicalcharting.com/medisoft-clinical-medisoft-emr-software.htm), is designed for 1 -5 doctor practices. With the start of government funding, doctors are being encouraged to call and discuss the setup of this program for their practice and to help determine how much they can get reimbursed. With all the benefits of EHR software such as appointment scheduling, medical billing, prescriptions, lab results and more the safety of the patient is assured using this software more than ever before. Some of the primary benefits of adoption of Electronic Medical Records or EMR Software will be more accurate prescriptions, quicker diagnosis and treatment of patients, and saving of lives.

Harry Selent, President of www.MedicalCharting.com says "This EHR software (http://www.medicalcharting.com/index.htm) (Medisoft Clinical) will allow the doctors ultimate access to the patient's medical history and avoid the duplication of tests, medications and treatments. The patient's medications, vital information, documents and all treatments received would be in one place for ease of access by the doctor treating them, and no more problems of reading physician notes and prescriptions."

Excitement is high as this much awaited program is beginning to become more of a reality. MedicalCharting.com invites doctors to contact them to discuss the prospects of this groundbreaking new era in medicine. To find out more about how to make the transition in your practice contact http://medicalcharting.com or call them at 888-691-8058 or 941-743-6666.

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Contact Information Harry Selent

www.medicalcharting.com

http://www.medicalcharting.com

9417436666



Friday, February 27, 2009

TalentDrive CEO to Speak at Multiple Engagements during SIA Executive Forum

TalentDrive CEO to Speak at Multiple Engagements during SIA Executive Forum

Staffing Industry's Best and Brightest Meet, Learn and Network

Chicago,IL (PRWEB) February 27, 2009 -- TalentDrive, the creator of the innovative SaaS recruitment tool TalentFilter(SM), is delighted to announce its involvement in the upcoming 2009 Staffing Industry Analysts (SIA) Executive Forum, which will be held in Loews Miami Beach Hotel, March 17th-19th. The Executive Forum is the most prominent annual meeting for CEOs, owners, and senior level executives from all sectors and segments of the staffing industry (staffingindustry.com).

On Tuesday, March 17th, TalentDrive CEO Sean Bisceglia will engage in a small-group discussion table session regarding various strategies and measures on finding success in today's business environment. This discussion table will examine techniques to employ that help successfully sell innovation to corporate HR and examine the paradox of resistance to innovation. Due to its intimacy, the discussion tables have been touted by many to bear some of the most insightful and useful information in all of the Forum.

Two days later TalentDrive's CEO Sean Bisceglia will take part in the Sales, Marketing, and Recruiting panel, with topic discussion: "Selling IT and Professional Staffing: What's Working?". Pioneering ideas and no-nonsense points of view are expected to flow freely in the panel discussion as matters such as specific business strategies, placement of business, effective marketing measures, and more are examined.

"Having an active role in the conference for TalentDrive is an opportunity for us to share our day to day and past experience in the staffing industry as well to absorb constructive knowledge presented from other fellow attendees at this outstanding Forum," Sean Bisceglia, CEO TalentDrive.

About TalentDrive:

TalentDrive has released the industry's most innovative SaaS sourcing solution, TalentFilterSM. Over 55 global companies have helped us develop one of the most easy to use, on-demand, talent sourcing tools on the market. As a subscriber, our recruitment technology sweeps and unifies thousands of paid and free resume databases in one location. TalentFilter(SM) then matches, hierarchies the results, and provides contact through auto scheduling for candidate interviews, chosen by you. In addition, through powerful analytics you are able to manage your ROI for online recruiting. One search, one location, one technology. Thousands of sources. Please visit www.talentdrive.com.

Media Contact:

Alissa Gothard

TalentDrive

312.676.4204

alissa(at)talentdrive.com

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Contact Information Alissa Gothard

TalentDrive

http://www.talentdrive.com

312-676-4204



Thursday, February 26, 2009

Regent Enterprise Named 2009 CODiE Award Finalist

Regent Enterprise Named 2009 CODiE Award Finalist

Financial aid management solution named second year in a row for Best Postsecondary Enterprise Solution.

Frederick, MD (Vocus) February 26, 2009 -- Regent Education, the leading provider of financial aid management Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solutions for higher education institutions, today announced that Regent Enterprise has been has been named for the second year in a row as a 2009 CODiE Award Finalist for Best Postsecondary Enterprise Solution.

According to SIIA President Ken Wasch, "The competition is particularly steep this year during the 24th Annual SIIA CODiE Awards, making selection as a CODiE Finalist a real achievement." Wasch further added that "All the companies on this year's list of CODiE Finalists should feel justifiably proud of their accomplishment in making it to this stage, and have much excitement to look forward to regarding the upcoming CODiE Awards voting!"

Through a unique combination of journalist and expert peer review, the CODiE Awards recognize 71 categories of outstanding products and services. This year’s 345 finalists represent an impressive array of technology and business excellence and success. Nearly 190 judges encompassing tech trade journalists, consultants, educators, IT and product specialists, and other knowledgeable, yet neutral, experts have reviewed all of the products entered. Regent Enterprise was chosen from more than 850 nominations submitted by 600 companies.

Regent Enterprise was created as a true on-demand financial aid management solution, enabling institutions to realize a high return on investment and economics of scale. As a SaaS solution, Regent Enterprise supports multi-institutional/multi-campus/multi-Pell processing. The power of Regent Enterprise is its ability to manage a multi-tiered entity with one instance of the product, allowing multi-campus institutions to centralize management and create standards across all campuses. In addition, institutions pay a lower up-front cost, based on their current needs. With Regent Enterprise, as an institution grows its student base, the financial aid solution can grow with it.

“As a CODiE Award Finalist for the second year in a row, Regent Enterprise has repeatedly proven that it is truly a best of breed financial aid solution,” said Michael Ratti, Regent’s CEO. “This recognition highlights the importance of financial aid as a strategic imperative within postsecondary institutions. We are honored once again to be recognized by SIIA.”

The 2009 Codie Awards will be presented at a gala event on May 5, at the historic Palace Hotel in San Francisco, CA.

About Regent

Named Firm of the Year by the Tech Council of Maryland and a 2008 and 2009 CODiE Award Finalist for Best Postsecondary Enterprise Solution, Regent is a leading Software-as-a-Service provider of financial aid management software solutions with more than 30 years of industry experience. The company’s web-based, easy-to-use solutions interoperate with any established student information system. Regent provides institutions with improved efficiencies, fewer errors, and enhanced services for students, equaling a positive return on investment within the first year.

Regent’s management solutions are designed and built by and for members of the financial aid and enrollment management communities. Regent enables institutions to better craft and execute financial aid strategies. With its Student Self Service Portal, the company also offers 21st century access for students seeking financial aid information anytime, anywhere, from any device, in any language. For more information, visit: www.regenteducation.com.

About SIIA

The Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) is the principal trade association for the software and digital content industries. SIIA provides global services in government relations, business development, corporate education and intellectual property protection to more than 500 leading software and information companies. For further information, visit www.siia.net.

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Contact Information Maggie Laabs

Regent Education

http://www.regenteducation.com

240-215-6176



Appistry and GoGrid Announce Commercial Availability of Joint Cloud Computing Solution for Delivering Highly Scalable and Reliable Server Applications

Appistry and GoGrid Announce Commercial Availability of Joint Cloud Computing Solution for Delivering Highly Scalable and Reliable Server Applications

Cloud Computing Infrastructure provider GoGrid (http://www.GoGrid.com) and Cloud Application Platform provider Appistry (http://www.appistry.com) announce the release of Appistry EAF Community Edition within the GoGrid cloudcenter.

San Francisco, CA (Vocus) February 26, 2009 -- GoGrid (http://www.gogrid.com), the Cloud Computing division of ServePath (http://www.servepath.com), LLC and Appistry (http://www.appistry.com) today released new tools for developers, architects and administrators designed to ease the pain associated with developing, deploying and managing applications in the Cloud. Appistry's Cloud application platform, named Appistry EAF, helps businesses and enterprises efficiently manage and scale their applications within the GoGrid infrastructure. With this joint solution, larger companies are able to take full advantage of the Cloud's unique value proposition of elastic scalability, solid reliability, automated management and CapEx economies.

Appistry EAF Community Edition 3.9 is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.1 users. Additional EAF-enabled GoGrid images will be rolling out in the near future. Appistry EAF Community Edition allows developers, system architects and administrators to take advantage of Appistry's Cloud application platform for free on up to five GoGrid Cloud Server instances. Appistry EAF functionality and benefits include:

•    Transparent and instant linear scalability

•    Application-level fault tolerance

•    Broad support for Cloud-enabling software components

•    Adaptive, software-based load balancing

•    Fully-distributed, fault tolerant memory cache for objects and data

•    Fine-grained, hierarchical security model

•    Efficiencies in CapEx and administrator time

•    Ease of use

More information on Appistry EAF can be found at: http://www.appistry.com/products/eaf/index.html

"The GoGrid partnership is part of Appistry's strategy to address the complex challenges enterprises face developing, deploying and managing applications in both public and private Clouds," said Sam Charrington, Appistry vice president of product management and arketing. "End-users demand a platform which sits above the infrastructure and allows enterprises to more easily realize its full promise -- elastic scalability, solid reliability and automated management."

The combination of GoGrid's robust and flexible Cloud Computing infrastructure and Appistry's Cloud application platform enables enterprises to capitalize on the inherent advantages of both technologies. GoGrid leads the Cloud infrastructure space with a full assortment of infrastructure capabilities available in the Cloud, including industry standard and best practice implementations of Windows Server 2003 and 2008, Microsoft SQL Server, Red Hat Enterprise Linux and CentOS instances among others, as well as free hardware-based f5 load balancing and hybrid hosting capabilities with Cloud Connect (http://www.gogrid.com/how-it-works/cloud-connect.php) which is particularly efficient for complex Microsoft SQL Server databases.

"The GoGrid and Appistry partnership clearly demonstrates our commitment to helping businesses optimize their infrastructure to gain the advantages of Cloud Computing," said GoGrid CEO, John Keagy, adding "Companies would be foolish to not optimize their business and technology strategies using the power of Appistry EAF and GoGrid's Cloud infrastructure."

About GoGrid (http://www.gogrid.com):

GoGrid is the leading Cloud Computing, hosted, Internet provider that delivers true "Control in the Cloud™" in the form of cloudcenters. GoGrid enables system administrators, developers, IT professionals and SaaS (Software as a Service) vendors to create, deploy, and control load balanced cloud servers and complex hosted virtual server networks with full root access and administrative server control. GoGrid server instances maintain the industry standard specifications with no requirement to learn and adapt to propriety standards. Bringing up servers and server networks takes minutes via a unique web control panel or GoGrid's award winning API. GoGrid delivers portal controlled servers for Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, SQL Server, ASP.NET, multiple Linux operating systems (Red Hat Enterprise and CentOS) and supports application environments like Ruby on Rails. Free f5 hardware load balancing and other features are included to give users the control of a familiar datacenter environment with the flexibility and immediate scalability of the cloud, a "cloudcenter." GoGrid won the coveted 2008 LinuxWorld Expo's Best of Show award.

About ServePath (http://www.servepath.com):

ServePath, a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, is the leading managed and dedicated hosted server provider, delivering custom solutions and managed services to businesses that require powerful Internet hosting platforms for their production environments. Thousands of companies worldwide look to ServePath for its reliability, customization, and speed. ServePath has a Keynote-rated A+ network and guarantees uptime with a 10,000% guaranteed™ Service Level Agreement. The employee-owned company has been in business for nine years and operates its own San Francisco data center and is SAS70 Type II certified.

About Appistry (http://www.appistry.com) :

Appistry simplifies cloud computing for the enterprise, opening the door to more agile and scalable IT environments. Appistry's application platform delivers solutions for the complex challenges of building, deploying and managing a wide variety of applications and services for both public and private clouds. Appistry's products are designed specifically for cloud environments, delivering transparent scalability, application-level fault tolerance, and automated management to new and existing applications. Appistry customers include FedEx, GeoEye, Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman. For more information about Appistry, please visit www.appistry.com.

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Contact Information Michael Sheehan

GoGrid

http://www.gogrid.com

415-869-7446

Harris Loeser

ServePath

http://www.servepath.com

415-869-6904