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Savance announces today that Jo-Kell signs up to purchase OrderSavant and represent the product to the Array community. Jo-Kell's IT Manager, Phil Hagan, is a well-respected member in the Activant user community and is an important win for Savance. Stacey Pandeloglou, Savance's sales rep from DTG, states, "having Jo-Kell on board will help other distributors recognize the overwhelming value in focusing on what is already working and incrementally investing in your future."

A new Windows service that automatically or manually synchronizes your Active Directory has been released. This service allows you to interactively configure which OU's and even users you want to include or exclude in the sync. It also allows you to configure which fields from AD you wish to sync. This is a great way for any organization to maintain their EIOBoard users. Coupled with Windows Authentication, this requires zero administrator support to keep users up to date. Read more information about it here.

Savance and Distribution Technology Group (DTG) have completed an agreement whereby DTG will represent Savance products and services that are being offered to the electrical distribution marketplace. Stacey Pandeloglou, longtime distribution industry veteran is the principal at DTG. Stacey has provided technology solutions to distributors for over 3 decades during his distinguished career with Trade Service Systems (now Activant), RouteView, ESC and other distribution-centric technology providers.

According to Steve Bardocz, President of Savance, “Stacey brings a level of industry expertise and strong relationships that Savance is proud to be associated with and we feel that Stacey’s rich experience and distributor rapport will help expose our products to those who can benefit from them the most. Our company is the perfect candidate for a best-of-breed technology company like DTG to represent since we are the only distribution software vendor who does not follow the ‘our way or no way’ philosophy.”

Stacey states, “My vision for the formation of DTG coincides perfectly with Savance’s capabilities. They literally have something to offer for every distributor. Most importantly, I am a firm believer that technology should leverage the customer’s investment in their business, processes, and data and that technology should pave the way toward an improved tomorrow. Savance was built around this idea. The core values of Trust, Understanding, Simplicity, and Independence are embedded in our business practices, partnerships, and customer service.”

About Savance
Savance is a business software and technology firm with a mission to help companies accomplish more with fewer resources. Savance started with the idea that technology and business processes should be improved upon instead of ripped out and replaced. They believe that change should be brought about at an ideal rate in order to maintain the proper balance between allowing your business to operate smoothly and giving you that edge over your competition. Savance offers a variety of distribution software including an ERP system, a state-of-the-art windows front-end for legacy systems, a web customer store front, a document imaging system, a mobile sales tool, a cycle counting tool, a warehouse management system, an electronic in/out board, an electronic time card system, and much more. Read more about Savance at http://www.savance.com.

About Distribution Technology Group
Distribution Technology Group was founded by Stacey Pandeloglou to represent best-of-breed, distribution-centric technology solutions to the hard goods distribution industry. DTG is committed to offering personalized solutions that maintain the distributor’s natural business process flows and protect the distributor’s existing technology investment. For more information, call Stacey at (757)-491-4978 or email him at stacey - at - dtgworldwide.com.

WorldWide Marketing Solutions has been in business for almost a decade serving the needs of our distributor clients.

Other DTG Technology partners include Trade Service Corporation.

Stacey Pandeloglou
President
Distribution Technology Group
(a Division of WorldWide Marketing Solutions, LLC)
757.491.4978 Office
757.435.1733 Mobile
720.294.5957 e-Fax
stacey - at - dtgworldwide.com
www.dtgworldwide.com

Savance releases a new Outlook Add-in Interface for EIOBoard that will make Savance the only in/out board software vendor to offer five interfaces for one price. Savance now gives users the flexibility to use an application, a web browser, a mobile device, the Outlook add-in, and an SDK without purchasing additional modules. In addition, users can implement the kiosk at an additional charge to further facilitate status updates. Read more at www.eioboard.com.

The much anticipated new Outlook Interface has been released for download. This interface will be included to all customers with their purchase of EIOBoard at no additional expense. This initial release of the Outlook Interface included many of the core features of the Application interface, such as changing your status, finding others' contact info, checking others' status, and synchronizing contacts and your calendar. Please click on this Outlook Interface link and pull down the webpage to try it out! Savance is excited to offer this brand new EIOBoard Outlook interface to existing customers as well as potential buyers as yet another interface included for one low price.
Requirements:

• Outlook 2000, XP, 2003, or 2007
• Outlook 2007 for dockable status pane support (earlier versions pop up the status form in a separate window)
  
• EIOBoard Version 5.0 running on IIS with .NET 2.0 to support the required webservice

LaSalle Electric Supply (www.lasalleelectric.com) commits to a major web initiative to increase their web presence and increase their business through e-commerce. The project includes a in-depth internet advertising campaign on select items, thorough logging before and after using Google Analytics (www.google.com), a completely redesigned site from a graphical prospective, implementation of a content management system, and integration of Savance's web storefront.

LaSalle's Vice President, Phil Schwaiger, states "we are excited to increase our company presence, have a good understanding and finite data on our return on investment, have complete control of our website, and most importantly, to increase our bottom line. Before Savance came, we had a static site that was always out of date. We had an online store, but no one used it because it lacked user-friendliness and useful information. Savance offers us a way to easily update our website and maintain a user-friendly storefront with little to no maintenance."

The site is scheduled for Phase I (campaign, traffic logging, web storefront) launch in December, 2007 and Phase II (graphical redesign, content management, and fully integrated web storefront) launch at the end of April, 2008.