Cobb County is gaining at least 10 jobs from the expansion of PointClear Solutions.

The 6-year-old Huntsville, AL-based company develops software for customers in health care, including hospitals, doctors, government agencies and other information technology companies.

It is opening an office at 1775 The Exchange, which is just east of Marietta, north of Smyrna, west of Interstate 75 and south of Terrell Mill Road.

“Our business has grown substantially here over the past 18 months, and we continue to sign new business,” PointClear CEO David Karabinos said in a news release from the Cobb Chamber of Commerce. “We now have a critical mass of clients and employees here.”

PointClear will have 10 employees in Cobb within two months and plans to grow to as many as 75 people within three years, the Chamber said.

The jobs will pay an average of $60,000, the Atlanta Business Chronicle reported.

“The addition of PointClear in Cobb County is incredible for our community and for all of metro Atlanta,” said Brooks Mathis, the Cobb Chamber’s vice president of economic development. “IT and health-care-related jobs create high wages and are the types of employment opportunities that we want to create for our citizens.”

PointClear fits two of the four industries the Chamber is targeting under its new Competitive EDGE initiative, which has drawn criticism over funding: health care services and information technology and software.

Competitive EDGE aims to draw new businesses and help existing companies expand. The Chamber reported 26 major relocations and expansions, 3,093 new jobs, and $248 million in new investments in 2011.

“The many assets of Cobb County create an environment for companies such as PointClear to thrive and be successful,” Mathis said.

PointClear has 10 employees now in Sandy Springs and serves such Atlanta-area customers as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, McKesson, Greenway Medical Technologies, Sharecare, and SeeMyRadiology.

“We selected Atlanta as our next office because it has an extensive health care IT ecosystem, has experienced software development and usability professionals in the market, and has a large concentration of prospective clients and partners to work with,” Karabinos said. “The health care IT and user experience talent pool here is one of the deepest in the country.”

Source:http://smyrna.patch.com/articles/health-care-software-company-opens-office-in-cobb

Dave Dowling and Jonathan Stars add a new concept to their arsenal of office efficiency tools. Called “Personal Custom Software,” these products fill the gaps left when companies purchase one-size-fits-all software packages that don’t answer the needs of all workers. It’s the next big step in office software technology.

Organizations that once required thousands of office staff to manage their information now handle the same workloads with hundreds, aided by computers. The widespread adoption of the Internet has offered businesses a level of information sharing never before imagined. The recent explosion of mobile computing has once again changed the way business is done.

These massive efficiency multipliers have propelled individual productivity to unprecedented heights, paving the way for the next breakthrough in technology: Personal Custom Software (PCS). The value of key people’s time within organizations has skyrocketed, revealing new and vast profit potential within the workplace, which can be reclaimed using PCS.

Dave and Jonathan have implemented PCS packages for their clients, with amazing results. These mini-applications are designed for individuals within organizations, automating very specific tasks that consume large amounts of time. Because these jobs are so unique, they have been ignored by the large software vendors who can’t make enough profit from them. However, there’s incredible profit potential for the end user. Says Dowling: “Broad scope software applications breed PCS opportunities. They’re everywhere, and they’re highly profitable. It’s not unusual for our clients to see five thousand percent returns on investment.” If that sounds far-fetched, see a case study.

Stars adds, “One client who bought some very sophisticated association management software had an employee filling orders manually. We built her a PCS ordering tool and her desk is now the largest single income producing arm of the organization — run by one person. Developing PCS is creating a great deal of energy for us, since every project offers a significant profit center for our clients.”

Today Dowling and Stars are introducing the tech industry to the groundbreaking concept of PCS. Dowling says, “It’s going to change the way we do business all over again.”

Dave Dowling and Jonathan Stars are independent software developers, both represented by the Charles E. Bicy Agency.

Google Docs makes it easy to create, store and share online documents, spreadsheets and presentations.

Source:http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2011/12/01/prweb9002992.DTL

Cataphora, a Menlo Park, CA-based software company that specializes in applying its technology to the modeling of individual and organizational behavior, has just opened an office in Ann Arbor, MI. Cataphora said it made to move to take advantage of local talent, most notably from the University of Michigan.

“The decision was made to expand outside Silicon Valley, and Ann Arbor was the first place we thought of,” says Cataphora spokesman Tim Smith. “Elizabeth [Charnock, CEO] knows what the students at University of Michigan are capable of.”

Cataphora’s founders, Charnock and Steve Roberts, are U-M alumni. Company leaders connected with officials at Ann Arbor SPARK at a “Michagain” CEO dinner held in California last year, and expressed interest in opening an office near the university. Ann Arbor SPARK began working with Cataphora to help relocate and initiate operations, including site selection and talent recruitment.

“Cataphora’s senior management have a lot of roots in Michigan, and they are committed to this area,” says Donna Doleman, vice-president of marketing, communications, and talent for Ann Arbor SPARK. “We see them as a high-growth-potential company.”

Cataphora operates in the cutting-edge field of analysis and understanding of digital character as it relates to both individuals and organizations. In the months leading up to the Michigan office opening, Cataphora received support from Ann Arbor SPARK and the University of Michigan’s Business Engagement Center.

Source:http://www.xconomy.com/detroit/2011/11/09/menlo-park-software-company-cataphora-expands-to-new-office-in-ann-arbor/

Workhorse Software, the industry leader in media planning software for advertising agencies, announces that it will open a new office in the Metro Manila area in the Philippines. Motivated by the growing demand from clients for expansion into the Asia Pacific region, the location will ensure 24-hour coverage for Workhorse’s global users. The office, which officially opened on November 1st, will be open weekdays from 9am to 5pm PHT. New Support Manager Leigh-Anne Maningas will provide support and training from the Manila office for Mediatools users in the Asia Pacific region.

“Expanding Workhorse Software’s footprint to Asia Pacific is the next step in our company’s growth as the premiere global media planning software experts,” says Ken Green, President, Workhorse Software. “The new office in Manila allows our support and services to meet the evolving needs of our advertising agency and advertiser clients.”

Workhorse Software’s flagship product, Mediatools, is an integrated family of tools that provides a seamless media planning and reporting environment that serves the complex needs of many of the world’s top global advertisers. In use in more than 70 countries for the past five years, Mediatools supports several thousand users worldwide. The new office will also provide off-hours support for North American and European users.

Combined with their U.S. headquarters in Evanston, IL and European office in London, UK, 24-hour support coverage is now available five days a week for current users of Workhorse Software. Ultimately, the Manila office, located at the 20th Floor Picadilly Star Building, 4th Avenue corner 27th Street, Suite 2002, Bonifacio Global City, Taguig City 1634, will grow Workhorse’s presence in globally-focused companies, allowing for international clients to efficiently use Workhorse software from any location.

Source:http://www.sacbee.com/2011/11/02/4025340/workhorse-software-opens-manila.html

A high-tech company that makes visually interactive products for the dental market may be employing only a handful as it establishes its sales staff in downtown Reno.

Economic development officials have their fingers crossed, however, that the decision by Reality Engineering Enterprises may help draw more technology companies into northern Nevada.

Reality Engineering said last week it’s leased 5,450 square feet at 50 W. Liberty St. in the Bank of American Building owned by Basin Street Properties of Reno.

The company is moving three salespeople to Reno — one from Utah, two from Washington — and has hired two more staff members in northern Nevada. It expects to add seven to 10 more employees within the next year.

Reality Engineering’s signature product these days is Guru, a dental-education video software that allows professionals to stop the animations and draw directly on them or send marked-up images to patients via email.

The product has been distributed for four years in North America by Henry Schein Inc., which operates a dental-supply unit in Sparks. Reality Engineering wants its sales staff to be close to the Henry Schein offices to help develop demand for the product.

Along with the sales office in Reno, Reality Engineering has a design center in Las Vegas.

Stan Thomas, vice president of business development for the Economic Development Authority of Western Nevada, says the economic development agency thinks the Reality Engineering announcement will draw attention from other tech firms that are looking to relocate.

“It really raises the profile of our region when we can place a technology company such as this in our market,” Thomas says.

He notes that software companies, which typically create good-paying jobs, are among the most important targets of EDAWN’s efforts to build new employment in the region.

Jeff Peterson, a northern Nevada native who’s now the vice president of operations for Reality Engineering, says EDAWN helped the company’s executives learn about the benefits of locating in northern Nevada.

“It just felt right to bring it, and keep it, all home,” Peterson said.

Rick Henriksen, the president of the company, also is from northern Nevada. He said the company is committed to creating partnerships with companies in the region when it needs to outsource.

The lease was put together by Dominic Brunetti, vice president in the office properties group of NAI Alliance.

Scott Stranzl, vice president of leasing for Basin Street Properties, noted that the building at 50 W. Liberty St. is beginning to attract a growing number of creative firms and media-related companies.

Peterson said the downtown location was a key element in the company’s decision.

“When it came to hiring, being downtown played a major part in attracting the right type of employee,” he said. “It simply has the professional swagger that people want to be a part of.”

Source:http://www.nnbw.com/ArticleRead.aspx?storyID=18019