F. Curtis Barry & Company » commercialware http://www.fcbco-blog.com Warehouse, Systems and Inventory Consultants Thu, 24 Jun 2010 18:29:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Dydacomp is sold – and is one of the buyers http://www.fcbco-blog.com/dydacomp-is-sold-%e2%80%93-and-is-one-of-the-buyers/ http://www.fcbco-blog.com/dydacomp-is-sold-%e2%80%93-and-is-one-of-the-buyers/#comments Fri, 01 Feb 2008 14:29:56 +0000 Curt Barry http://www.fcbco-blog.com/dydacomp-is-sold-%e2%80%93-and-is-one-of-the-buyers/ Milestone Partners and co-investor Continental Investors announced on January 15 that they had completed the acquisition of D.A. Kopp and Associates and certain affiliated entities, together doing business as “Dydacomp.” The following day, investment bank Berkery Noyes announced that it represented D.A. Kopp & Associates, Inc., Card Management Services, LLC, and Card Financial Services, LLC (Dydacomp) in its sale to Dydacomp Holdings Corporation and Milestone Partners. The bottom line, it seems, is that this is basically a cash infusion to help Dydacomp fund growth, through an equity partner.

Like CommercialWare being acquired by MICROS Systems/DataVantage (now known as MICROS-Retail) and Ecometry being acquired by Golden Gate and merged with GERS and Blue Martini to form Escalate Retail, this is one more major software provider that has sought venture capital. The order management marketplace has become really competitive, between acquisitions and the enterprise wide system vendors attempting to penetrate the multichannel market.

Dydacomp has been around a long time, and they have thousands of customers, which are largely startups and small companies. We hope that this new capital will lead to Dydacomp redesigning its system to be more effective for moderate sized companies. The multichannel business world needs some new effective competitors.

Check back on this blog for more updates on this topic, as we plan to get an interview with Berkery Noyes.

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]]> http://www.fcbco-blog.com/dydacomp-is-sold-%e2%80%93-and-is-one-of-the-buyers/feed/ 0 MICROS-Retail to Incorporate eOne E-commerce Solutions http://www.fcbco-blog.com/micros-retail-to-incorporate-eone-e-commerce-solutions/ http://www.fcbco-blog.com/micros-retail-to-incorporate-eone-e-commerce-solutions/#comments Wed, 05 Sep 2007 20:09:48 +0000 Curt Barry http://www.fcbco-blog.com/micros-retail-to-incorporate-eone-e-commerce-solutions/ Retail technology provider Datavantage/CommercialWare, a subsidiary of MICROS Systems, Inc., will integrate solutions from e-commerce solutions provider eOne Group into the renamed MICROS Retail later this year.

Datavantage/CommercialWare has just acquired a 51% interest in eOne Group, which will allow MICROS Retail to offer extensive e-commerce applications to its users in addition to the currently available Datavantage/Commercial suite of retail solutions.

We believe that this good acquisition is an excellent move, both for the MICROS Retail suite of applications and for CommercialWare customers. eOne can give most direct marketers a high percentage of the functionality that they need at a cost-competitive price. eOne will be sold as a fully integrated product with CommercialWare and as a standalone e-commerce solution for non-MICROS customers. For those who don’t have experience with eOne, it’s far more sophisticated than the elementary storefronts and shopping carts that most order management software providers offer.

This acquisition is part of the long-term push by software vendors that we mention in our article “ERP Software and the Multichannel World,” which describes how order management vendors are developing ERP suites of applications. Escalate Retail (acquiring Blue Martini), Sigma Micro and Junction Solutions have developed or purchased e-commerce solutions prior to this acquisition by MICROS Retail; software-as-a-service provider PCS is developing its own e-commerce solution.

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Curt Barry is president of F. Curtis Barry & Co., a fulfillment consulting company assisting multichannel businesses with order management and inventory management systems evaluation and implementation; online at: http://www.fcbco.com.

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Wanted to make sure you saw that Datavantage/CommercialWare (a MICROS subsidiary) made several important product announcements today.

Datavantage/CommercialWare serves a combined customer base of over 450 brands and retailers and delivers complementary solutions to many common customers including Abercrombie & Fitch, J.Jill, Ritz Camera, Patagonia, Jos. A. Bank and Frederick’s of Hollywood.

CommercialWare Launches Java Powered Cross-channel Retail Solution

CWSerenade Unites the Power of Java Technology with the Depth and Breadth of CommercialWare Expertise

Datavantage Delivers New Features Across Industry-Leading Retail Suite

Store Systems, Analytics and CRM Solutions Continue to Help Retailers Deliver on the Complete Customer Experience

Datavantage/CommercialWare Retail Introduces Comprehensive Turnkey Retail Offering

Packaged Solution Delivers Pre-integrated Merchandising, Loss Prevention, POS and CRM Solution to Retailers

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]]> http://www.fcbco-blog.com/commercialware-product-announcements/feed/ 0 Datavantage/CommercialWare breaks into Top 10 http://www.fcbco-blog.com/datavantagecommercialware-breaks-into-top-10/ http://www.fcbco-blog.com/datavantagecommercialware-breaks-into-top-10/#comments Tue, 09 Jan 2007 15:46:42 +0000 Jeff Barry http://www.fcbco-blog.com/datavantagecommercialware-breaks-into-top-10/ Datavantage/CommercialWare breaks into top 10 on the 2006 RIS Leaderboard

Combined Company Emerging as Major Retail Solutions Provider

Cleveland, OH —January 4, 2007 — Datavantage/CommercialWare, a wholly-owned subsidiary of MICROS Systems, Inc., and the leading provider of retail technology for specialty retail, general merchandise, and cross-channel commerce solutions, today announced that it has broken into the coveted Top 10 for best retail software vendors on the 7th annual RIS LeaderBoard, scored by RIS News, one of the most influential retail technology publications.

Datavantage/CommercialWare serve a combined customer base of over 450 brands and retailers and deliver complementary solutions to many common customers including Abercrombie & Fitch, J.Jill, Ritz Camera, Patagonia, Jos.A.Bank and Frederick’s of Hollywood. Additionally, Datavantage acquired the global distribution rights to a Java-based merchandise management solution to further extend its capabilities.

“The depth and breadth of the Datavantage/CommercialWare offerings, extensive retail industry experience as well as our focus on customer success propelled us into the RIS Top 10,” said Chaz Napoli, president of Datavantage/CommercialWare. “Our ranking exemplifies the execution of our global initiative as a strategic, single source provider of Java-based integrated retail solutions that enable merchants to deliver on the complete customer experience.”

Vendors who make it onto the RIS LeaderBoard are the best of the best. With many vendors receiving votes, only the top 45 scored high enough to be considered for the list. The RIS LeaderBoard represents a who’s who in the retail software industry, from niche players to some of the world’s largest software companies.

“The RIS LeaderBoard is for winners only. Each vendor making the list should be congratulated as a member of an elite group,” said Joe Skorupa, Group editor-in-chief of RIS News. “The merger of Datavantage and CommercialWare created a broad modular suite of retail applications under a unified umbrella that is focused on achieving high levels of customer satisfaction and enterprise-class product development.”

High-level executives from nearly 200 retailers submitted almost 700 vendor reviews to complete this year’s survey results. The annual survey uses several criteria including retail concentration, revenue, and customer satisfaction to determine the standings. RIS News, read by over 22,000 retail executive decision makers, serves retail chains and stores by keeping readers up-to-date on the latest developments in retail management technologies, with articles that focus on the competitive advantages of information technology within a retail setting.

Datavantage/CommercialWare

Datavantage/CommercialWare, a subsidiary of MICROS Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: MCRS), provides best in class retail solutions worldwide, enabling retailers and direct marketers to deliver an exceptional customer experience. From any transaction point, merchants can easily provide superior customer service while optimizing operational efficiency across all channels. Working with over 450 brands, and leveraging open standards and Java powered technology, Datavantage/CommercialWare retailers can employ cutting-edge analytics, reduce shrink, eliminate bottlenecks, manage data, and maximize customer value. For more information visit www.datavantagecorp.com or www.commercialware.com.

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