2015 is heating up!
For some, the winter was tougher than others. I’m not sure about all of you, but the folks at Avanti HQ are extremely happy to see sunshine, above-freezing temperatures, and the riddance of snow!
The outlook for our industry is as encouraging as the weather. I’m happy to report that Avanti experienced another record Quarter in Q2 2015, with growth in both revenue and new customers. On April 7th, we announced that John Alden was named as Vice President of Sales, leading sales and business development efforts. John’s expertise in both technology and process make him a perfect fit for our organization and for our clients and industry partners. We are also growing our Implementation, Support, and Professional Services teams with several new hires to help us continue to help you.
Our latest version of Avanti Slingshot, scheduled for release June 8th, includes several Estimating enhancements such as: Grand Format Estimating Standards; Die Press Estimating; Sales Tax Enhancements; Substrate lookup; Laminating Standard Improvements; added support for specifying customer address codes in XML integration; the ability to add a "generic" section to Estimate/Sales Order, and more.
Planning of our next User Group Conference is well underway. The dates have been locked and we are happy to announce that the conference will be taking place from Tuesday, October 6th through Friday, October 9th. This year, we will be hosting our conference in Niagara Falls, Ontario at the Marriott Niagara Falls Hotel Fallsview and Spa.
New this year! There will be concurrent tracks for both Avanti Classic and Avanti Slingshot users. The “Early Bird” rate is $720 USD ($895 CAD) so be sure to take advantage of it; rates go up July 1st.
Event season is definitely upon us; we saw lots of familiar faces, as well as many new ones, at this year’s DscoopX, the Xerox Business Innovation Partner Conference, Ricoh’s technology shows, Xploration 15, Graphics Canada and, most recently, PODi AppForum!
Be sure to drop by the Avanti booth (#201) at IPMA, June 14 – 18, in Orlando.
As always, I welcome your feedback and can be reached via email at pbolan@avantisystems.com or phone 800 482 2908 Extension 266.
Sincerely,
Patrick Bolan,
President and CEO