QuickArrow, a vendor of SaaS (
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Randy Mysliviec, President of RTM Consulting, said during the past decade, the growth of services as part of the revenue and profit mix of technology companies “has changed how these companies must think about managing human capital. Getting the right person in the right place at the right time, effectively and efficiently, has become mission critical.”
The new release includes several upgrades to QuickArrow's SaaS product, company officials say, “all designed to improve use and forecasting capabilities for organizations of any size.” One of the new features is a wizard that enables resource modeling and the ability to schedule multiple resources simultaneously.
The Web-based product will also support additional advanced capabilities such as automatic synchronization of resource schedules and project dates, and scheduling options that include fixed-percent allocation or leveled hourly distribution over time on projects.”
Louise K. Allen, QuickArrow Vice President of Product Strategy, said “Having a single point of data entry around resource scheduling should make life easier for all of our clients, regardless of their size.”
Earlier this year, the company incorporated Earned Value Management metrics to provide greater visibility into project health from a cost management perspective. It has also recently issued its 10th QuickConnect Web Services Certification to Endeca.
This fall QuickArrow announced that Endeca has become their tenth client to complete integration certification on QuickConnect, the SaaS company's Web Services API
. The process is designed to let users integrate QuickArrow with their organizations' existing front and back-office business applications.
Jeanne Urich, Principal with Adexta Consulting, said it is “imperative” that SaaS vendors “provide an industry standard Web Services infrastructure to allow their clients to build on-demand integrations with any existing on-premise applications. With this capability, SaaS companies can plug directly into a client's business process system.”
QuickArrow provided Endeca with documentation, consulting, and a sandbox environment throughout the certification process, allowing them to design, build and test their integration. During the certification, QuickArrow also provided guidance on best practices and capacity analysis. Typically, clients can complete the certification process in six to eight weeks, QuickArrow officials say.
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