SOA Software, a leading provider of SOA governance, cloud and enterprise API Management products, is expanding its international operations to include a presence in South Africa, the company announced today. The move is in response to accelerating demand for SOA governance automation solutions in the region. Tony Rolston, a veteran IT executive, will be responsible for the operation in his role as the Managing Director, MEA, to be based in Johannesburg.

“The need for SOA governance automation follows the pathways of global business. As supply chains connect global systems, companies need strong SOA governance,” said Paul Gigg, President and CEO, SOA Software. “It’s natural that we should be a part of this trend and expand into these vital, growing economies.”

Tony Rolston, the new Managing Director, has more than 25 years of experience as an executive in the information technology industry. Mr. Rolston is a proven leader with both entrepreneurial and operational skills and has a solid understanding of the local issues, processes and methodologies required to build successful businesses in the region. Prior to basing his operations in South Africa, Tony was a founding member of DBMX in the UK, a company that developed the Tivoli database monitoring family of products. Subsequent to the company being acquired by IBM, he became Country Manager for IBM Tivoli in South Africa.

“The South African economy is vibrant and has a large number of enterprises that need to compete on the world stage,” said Rolston. “We are excited to be able to help them deliver reliable business solutions with strong SOA governance in place.”

Source:http://www.marketwatch.com/story/soa-software-expands-into-south-africa-2011-10-31

World Software LLC, a rapidly growing company based in United States, has launched its website, showcasing the kind of services they can provide for people’s business needs; this company also provides outsourcing software development services, which is being taken advantage by a lot of businesses these days.

A website by World Software LLC gets heavily visited by people each day due to the fact that they provide high quality services to their clients. Through their web page, people are able to learn more about the services they can provide such as software and web development. This company has been contacted by a lot of people for their ability to provide custom software solutions, which are tailor fitted to the needs of their clients’ businesses. For people to know more about the solutions and services they can offer, all they have to do is to visit the web page at http://www.worldsoftwarellc.com.

There are a lot of solutions and services World Software LLC, or WSL can offer to their existing and would-be clients. Examples of their solutions include system planning, prototype creation, selection of optimal technologies, testing, support, production, documentation, and many more. With the company’s highly skilled professionals and their technology-driven services, clients of WSL are able to deploy, maximize, and manage information systems solutions effectively.

The designs of enterprise applications created by World Software LLC all conform to the principles of SOA or Service Oriented Architecture. Through these principles, their clients are guaranteed of architectures and applications that are more service focused. Because of the SOA Middleware solutions this company has provided their clients with, their customers are able to make use of the new and their existing software applications with ease and convenience, making it work for them effectively.

For people to learn more about the SOA Middleware solutions provided by WSL, which is pronounced as “Whistle”, they can actually make use of the phone number provided to call them. Aside from that, an email address is also provided at the web page. Through this company, businesses would be able to take advantage of Performance Optimization, Cost effective and Scalable Solutions, Consistent Quality Levels, Proper Risk Management model, Increased Uptimes and Consistent Performance, and Rigid QA Process.

Source:http://www.release-news.com/index.php/business/63639-soa-middleware-solutions-offered-by-world-software-llc.html

Software company Midwinter Financial Services believes it holds the key to adviser efficiency and the cost-effective delivery of advice.

The software company today released new functionality it claims will ‘revolutionise’ financial planning in Australia by dramatically cutting the average time taken to produce a full Statement of Advice (SOA).

Until now advisers using Midwinter software for product replacement and strategy advice support were required to output their recommendations – often through cutting and pasting – into SOA templates external to the software.

The group has now created PlanBuilder, which it describes as a full SOA generation system, linking back to the existing product replacement and strategy advice modules of its Reasonable Basis software. The upgrade allows the information collected during the strategy process to be migrated into an SOA template within the software.

PlanBuilder also taps in to another new module called ObjectivesBase – a database of terminology commonly used by advisers to outline client objectives and advice recommendations. Advisers can add to or edit the database but it can also be controlled at a dealer group or compliance manager level.

At a demonstration of the software in Adelaide yesterday Midwinter Financial Services director Matthew Esler asked advisers and paraplanners how long it would take to create an SOA for a couple, implementing superannuation planning, transition to retirement, investment gearing, debt management and personal insurance advice. The replies came in at around two or three days, or longer where the relevant product or research data wasn’t on hand. Esler argued that with Midwinter software that SOA could be created in only hours.

If accurate, such a reduction in the time taken to deliver advice would have significant implications for the revenue generated by advice firms, as well as the types of clients they may be able to service.

“If you can produce a lot more advice, it means your costs can come down. It means [practices] can generate more margin, but it also means they can then target lower-net-worth clients,” Esler said.

That could prove fruitful in an environment where many advice practices are struggling with how to deal with ‘C and D’ clients.

“Some advisers will say: ‘I can’t deal with a client with less than X capital and income because it’s not worth my while. [The client] can’t afford to pay for the advice because the advice takes me so long to produce. If complex advice that now takes two or three days is reduced to one or two hours, that means I could produce [up to] four complex plans each day, rather than one every three days.’”

As well as allowing advisers to reconnect with lower-net-worth clients, Esler said it also means advice practices “can become profitable again”.

Source:http://www.moneymanagement.com.au/news/Software-unlocking-adviser-efficiency