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Mauricio Barberi
Vice President, Worldwide Marketing
Computer Generated Solutions, Inc.
200 Vesey Street, 27th Floor
+1 (212) 261-2074
mbarberi@cgsinc.com
CGS Raises the Bar for Enterprise Software
with Launch of All New BlueCherry® Infinity
CGS announces general availability of
its new BlueCherry Infinity enterprise software solution for the
fashion and soft-goods industries. The new, more comprehensive and
modular business system leverages the latest Microsoft technologies
to extend system capabilities, enhance the user experience, reduce
cost of ownership and improve scalability and security while
increasing productivity and accelerating benefits for its clients.
New York, NY, September 16, 2009 —Computer
Generated Solutions Inc. (CGS) today unveiled its all new
BlueCherry®
Infinity enterprise software solution at a special launch
event held at the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) in
Manhattan. A massive, three-year long research and development
effort—supported by thousands of person-days—delivered a completely
redesigned system that significantly advances the capabilities and
benefits of the company’s award-winning flagship product. BlueCherry
Infinity leverages the latest in Microsoft®
technology to deliver what early adopters have described as the most
robust and user-friendly business solution ever created for the
fashion and soft-goods industry. Following intensive internal
testing and initial client implementations, the new software is now
available for general delivery in either on-premise or hosted
software-as-a-service (SaaS) configurations.
“We see BlueCherry Infinity as one of the most significant
innovations in our 25-year history,” said Phil
Friedman, president and CEO of CGS. “We took a
different approach. While many companies have cut their R&D budgets
in this challenging environment, we have invested heavily to enhance
our products. After witnessing the early market reaction to the new
release, we are confident that we are now uniquely qualified and
positioned to help our rapidly expanding customer community to
succeed well into the future.”
BlueCherry Infinity has been redesigned from the ground-up around a
new, more robust and scalable system architecture. It employs the
latest database technology (Microsoft SQL Server 2008) and
development framework (Microsoft .NET) to drive greater productivity
and value for clients through a superior user experience,
lowest-in-class total cost of ownership (TCO) and accelerated
time-to-benefit.
Key additions and enhancements found in BlueCherry Infinity include:
- Comprehensive Solution: BlueCherry Infinity
extends the functional capabilities of earlier releases by
delivering the most comprehensive set of industry-specific,
concept-to-consumer capabilities available in a single, modular
business solution, including Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP);
Product Lifecycle Management (PLM); Supply Chain Management (SCM);
Shop Floor Control (SFC); Warehouse Management (WMS); E-Commerce;
Sales Force Automation (SFA); Business Intelligence (BI); and
Electronic Data Interchange (EDI).
- Superior User Experience: BlueCherry Infinity
combines a comfortable, consistent Microsoft Office-like user
interface with innovative search and data retrieval tools to improve
user acceptance and productivity. Easy to configure dashboards,
menus, forms, and reports allow users to design the experience that
works best for them, while system-wide alerts and notifications keep
everyone focused on the most important issues and enables advanced
management by exception.
- Lowest Total Cost of Ownership: BlueCherry
Infinity significantly reduces the time and cost associated with
implementing and maintaining a business system. The new ‘zero-code’
configuration enables companies to tailor the system without
modifying source code. To protect existing customers’ investments in
BlueCherry, the new release delivers one-button system upgrades,
managed through an exclusive Q-Site utility. New, more robust
security configuration tools allow for managing user permissions at
the individual field level.
- Robust Architecture: BlueCherry Infinity
utilizes multi-tier architecture to scale to any size business with
unrivaled system stability. Web-based technologies streamline
operations and speed transaction processing. Furthermore,
BlueCherry’s modular design allows companies to implement only the
components needed and open API tools support quick and safe
integration with 3rd-party applications.
- Latest, Best-of-Breed Technology: BlueCherry
Infinity is built on the Microsoft .NET framework to deliver a
secure, scalable and visually stunning experience, leveraging
Microsoft Silverlight and Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) to
provide a graphically-rich user experience that is consistent on
both the desktop and over the web. The Microsoft SQL Server database
delivers affordable performance and scalability while the new system
supports both 32- and 64-bit technology.
“CGS is a pioneer in leveraging today's most advanced
Microsoft technologies to deliver enterprise-class line-of-business
solutions,” noted Microsoft Principal Architect
Evangelist John Pelak. “BlueCherry represents one of the most powerful,
customizable and user-friendly business applications on the market
today.”
BlueCherry customers also benefit from the largest and most active
ERP user community in the soft-goods industry, including the
BlueCherry Customer Advisory Council (CAC), BlueCherry University
(BCU) and both vendor-sponsored and independent BlueCherry
user-groups.
About CGS
For twenty-five years, CGS has enabled global enterprises, regional
companies and government agencies to drive groundbreaking business
performance through technology. With global delivery capabilities,
expertise across leading platforms and deep experience in multiple
industries, CGS has become the IT partner of choice for thousands of
organizations worldwide. CGS delivers a wide array of proprietary
and third-party business applications, technology and business
services, outsourcing solutions and learning & communications
platforms. Headquartered in New York City, CGS maintains a worldwide
presence with 20 offices in North America, Europe and Asia. For more
information please visit www.cgsinc.com.
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BlueCherry is a registered trademark, and BlueCherry Infinity is
a trademark of Computer Generated Solutions, Inc.
Microsoft, Office, .NET, SQL Server, and Silverlight are either
registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the
United States and/or other countries.
