Oracle man to head up ECI Europe

ECi Software Solutions has named former Oracle Corporation executive Kees Vogelesang as SVP Operations for its European division, effective 1 April 2009. Most recently Kees served as Head of Business Operations – COO for Oracle‘s Strategic Accounts Sales division serving Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

In his new role, he will be responsible for all operational activities for ECi Europe across its three locations in Amsterdam-Holland and Cambridge and Lincoln.

CEO ECi International Tom Kapp says: "We are very fortunate to have someone of Kees‘ calibre on board. Kees has a strong background in the IT Industry — most recently his 10-year run with Oracle — that includes leadership positions in both business and sales operations on a global scale. Among other initiatives, Kees will focus on strengthening both customer support and the ECi product set, which includes Progress-Bridge, Vision and EasyOrder.

Kapp also thanked recently departed ECi Europe CEO Ron Wotherspoon. He says: "Over the past 20-plus years, Ron and his team built Interactive Products into the leading software provider for the European office products industry. We wish Ron the very best in the next chapter of his life. He has been a good friend and has left a lasting impression on both ECi and the industry."

Wotherspoon also served for two years as Chairman of the BOSS Federation and in 2004 was presented with the BOSS Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition for his dedicated service.

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Sabrix Leads Transaction Tax Management Industry With Successful Integrations to Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12

Fortune 1000 Companies Extend Value of Oracle E-Business Suite and Enjoy Greater Financial Control. Sabrix, Inc., a leading provider of transaction tax management for companies of all sizes, today announced that the Sabrix Application Suite is in production at multiple customer sites using Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12. Sabrix customers, which include Fortune 1000 companies spanning construction, grocery, manufacturing, and energy and utilities markets, are fully exploiting the value of the latest release of the Oracle ERP platform and are leveraging Sabrix's tax solution to assure improved tax accuracy and compliance with confidence.

"Sabrix has a proven history of being first to market -- whether supporting the latest technology advances, like the Oracle 12 integration, or ensuring timely and accurate compliance with new tax legislation," said Stephen James, principal and international tax technology practice leader at Ryan, a Sabrix partner. "Their early commitment to support the latest Oracle 12 platform in June 2008 has now come to fruition in real production instances at enterprise-scale companies, reinforcing the fact that Sabrix is a proven and trusted vendor for customers considering tax automation in Oracle 12 environments."

Sabrix's customer deployments follow the general availability of Sabrix Integration for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12, which was announced last June (see New Release of Sabrix Application Delivers End-User Benefits to Tax Professionals as well as Integration to Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12). Sabrix customers on Oracle 12 have successfully implemented the Sabrix Application Suite to support accounts receivable (AR), order management (OM) and accounts payable (AP) modules. The integration provides a direct, point-to-point integration with Oracle 12, eliminating the need for a separate application server or middleware, lowering maintenance costs and simplifying the IT environment. IT and tax professionals no longer have to configure and maintain tax requirements in Oracle, speeding deployment, minimizing risks to the overall ERP project, and shortening time-to-value.

"Our proven integration experience with Oracle 12 ensures the highest level of service, reliability, and support for companies migrating to the Oracle 12 platform," said Pam Kostka, senior vice president of corporate marketing at Sabrix. "Our own in-house team of Oracle experts has spent the past year developing and testing, then implementing and supporting our solution for Oracle 12. The opportunity to be first to market and to gain tangible experience in enterprise-grade implementations ensures that customers and prospects will be able to enjoy the lessons learned that only practical experience in real world environments can teach."

About Sabrix

Sabrix, Inc. is a leading provider of transaction tax management for companies of all sizes, enabling finance, tax, and IT professionals to achieve accurate, timely, and cost-effective compliance for sales tax, use tax, Value Added Tax (VAT), excise tax and industry-specific taxes and fees. The Sabrix Application Suite™ serves global enterprises such as Amazon.com, BASF, Cisco, DTE Energy, IBM, QUALCOMM, Sportsman's Warehouse, and York International. The Sabrix Application Suite seamlessly connects to all financial applications requiring the determination, calculation, and recording of transaction taxes. The company also offers the Sabrix Managed Tax Service™ (MTS), an outsourced transaction tax compliance service that helps finance departments of small-and-medium-sized businesses eliminate the hassle, control their audit exposure, and reduce the total cost of sales tax, use tax, and VAT compliance. Sabrix MTS seamlessly integrates with a company's existing accounting and e-commerce systems, and, similar to outsourced payroll services, operates as a trusted extension of a company's finance department to address tax compliance from start to finish: address validation, tax rate maintenance, tax determination and calculation, returns preparation and filing as well as audit research and documentation. For more information, please visit www.sabrix.com.

Sabrix, Sabrix Application Suite, Sabrix Managed Tax Service and Sabrix MTS are trademarks of Sabrix, Inc. All other company and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.

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Endeavors Technologies Ramps Up with Application Jukebox Support for Oracle Beehive

Endeavors Technologies, a provider of application streaming and virtualization technology, announced that Application Jukebox, the company's next-generation application streaming and virtualization platform, now supports Oracle Beehive - a unified collaboration platform built for the enterprise.

Application Jukebox, the company noted, delivers a unique form of configurable virtualization. Without the need for any redevelopment, existing desktop applications are delivered on-demand in a SaaS environment. For Oracle's 30-day trial, Application Jukebox has been provisioned to deliver the Oracle Beehive client applications with an "Express Launch" capability. With one click, Thunderbird, Pidgin, and the Oracle Beehive integration for Outlook clients are delivered on-demand to a user's desktop. The applications are automatically configured for a 30-day trial account and ready to use, enabling users to save time and simplify the Oracle Beehive trial experience.

"We see enormous potential in the application on-demand market," said Paul Hacker, CEO at Endeavors Technologies. "Application Jukebox is the ideal solution to provide software vendors the ability to deliver existing desktop applications on-demand via the Internet. We are delighted to provide the Express Launch option for the 30-day trial for Oracle Beehive." "With Oracle Beehive, users have the flexibility to communicate and coordinate through familiar client software, standards-based clients or a variety of mobile clients," said Marten den Haring, Senior Director, Collaboration Technologies, Oracle. "With Application Jukebox, organizations taking advantage of Oracle's 30-day trial can benefit from an Express Launch option for their preferred desktop client software." Endeavors Technologies is a member of the Oracle PartnerNetwork.

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