What Has Been Done Or Is Being Done In Servoy

Examples of Current Customer Projects
The following are descriptions of applications that are being developed in Servoy; or systems written in Servoy that have been deployed and are already in production:

  • Globis, Globis NV, an Independent Software Vendor (ISV) in Belgium, develops and sells business solutions for production and service oriented companies. One of the core products of the company is an ERP system that can be adapted to specific industries. Karel Van den Berghe, CEO of Globis: "We chose Servoy for a number of reasons: First we needed better scalability than our current 4GL-tool supplier could offer us, secondly we needed more functionality in browser-based applications, and last but not least we were looking for a partner that we can work with very closely.

    Servoy's ISV Assurance Program gives us the attention and help that an ISV needs to make such an import migration from a 4GL to a Java based IDE. What we like about the ISV Program is that it strongly focuses on transferring as much knowledge and best practices as possible in a short timeframe. Servoy's ISV Assurance Program enabled us to rewrite the base of our ERP system in less than 6 months. What other company out there is willing to go to those lengths to help guarantee your success? None that I know of."

    Jan Aleman, CEO of Servoy: "Globis is our first ISV Partner in Belgium and we are very proud to partner with them. Their professional approach towards software development is impressive and has helped them in being able to create an ERP system in Servoy in a very short timeframe. Because Globis is already a recognized vendor in the ERP marketspace in the Benelux (Belgium-Netherlands-Luxembourg) they are quickly enabling additional growth for Servoy in the industry. We appreciate their partnership with Servoy."

    Are you looking for an ERP system that matches your business? Contact Globis for an appointment at www.globis.be and tell them Servoy sent you!


  • CFDP Assurance, a French Insurance company specializing in legal protection, chose Servoy to start the re-development of their applications. Servoy and Erdi One -- one of the Servoy French SAN members -- will provide CFDP Assurance with the functionality of including in the same solution their insurance needs for CRM; contracts; accounting; and an extranet for distributors. They selected Servoy 3.5 with its enhanced AJAX functionalities, and Microsoft SQL Server 2005 so that they could share the same development platform; data; business logic; and GUI (code/forms/etc.) deployed inside in the rich Java Client environment (130 clients) for CFDP's inside needs; and web browser deployment for 500 distributors or roaming employees. Deployment is planned for the 1st quarter of 2008.

  • Newbase, a Dutch provider of CRM and ERP applications, has re-developed their applications in Servoy. Newbase, famous for it's rich functionality and user-friendly interface, was previously based on a 4GL technology -- making it difficult to deploy to customers over the web. With Newbase serving many large international customers such as: Bose; Carglass; and RTL, it was time to start looking for alternatives. Servoy offers Newbase the ease-of-use and productivity of their original 4GL, while solving the deployment and scalability issues that 4GL environments suffer from.

  • Betagraphics, a company specializing in IT Infrastructure Projects & SLAs (Hardware/Software/Services) has developed of their internal ERP system in Servoy.

    Hans Nieuwenhuis says: "We have mainly used Oracle Forms and FileMaker; and were looking for a modern tool that has the productivity, reliability and ease of use that Oracle Forms offers -- in combination with a user-friendly interface like FileMaker. Servoy offers this combination; as well as solving the Oracle Forms aging problems. In the past three years, we have evaluated and tested three major ERP packages, including Microsoft Dynamics, only to find out that none of them is really suitable for our line of business. The biggest problem of ERP applications is that they are either very service-oriented (time and billing); or they are very product-centric and have inflexible business rules. For example: With Dynamics, we would need to first move products into our warehouse before we could sell them to customers. In our line of business, this is not the case: Our purchases are mostly based on what we first sell -- not on what we first move in stock. By writing our ERP in Servoy, we can build the application exactly as we need it to work."

  • Brilliant Hotel Software, an independent software vendor (ISV) located in Holland with subsidiary offices in the USA, Canada and Germany, rewrote it's major software product with Servoy. Originally written in a 4GL environment called FoxPro, they have chosen to take advantage of the Servoy ISV Assurance Program to help them ensure a fast re-write of their flagship product. The Brilliant Group is an internationally acclaimed software developer specializing in products for the hospitality industry. Their main products are Brilliant PMPRO for hotel front-office operations; and Brilliant POS+ for food and beverage operations. The main reason for switching to Servoy is the announcement by Microsoft that they are discontinuing support for the FoxPro product line. Switching to .Net or Java is not an option for ISVs because of the loss in productivity they will face. For more information, please contact Andy Rooswinkel at arooswinkel@servoy.com

  • ArchiOffice, an independent software vendor (ISV) located near Chicago and recently acquired by BQE, rewrote it's major software product with Servoy. Originally written in a 4GL environment, they have choose to utilize the Servoy ISV Assurance Program to help them ensure a fast re-write of their flagship product. ArchiOffice has hundreds of Architect companies as their customers with thousands of end users. Their software streamlines the architect's organizational and management tasks in order to provide more time to spend designing. ArchiOffice is looking at making their software more standards-based; more scalable; and easier to deploy by moving to Servoy. For more information, please contact Yvo Boom at yboom@servoy.com

  • TMA Systems, an independent software vendor (ISV) located in Tulsa Oklahoma, is rewriting their major software product with Servoy. TMA markets facility asset management software solutions for organizations that want to effectively manage their physical assets and maintenance operations. TMA's customers include companies such as: American Airlines, Walgreens and Boeing. Their client/server version was originally written in a 4GL environment called Omnis; and the web version was written in ASP .Net. The reasons for rewriting the software are mainly cost driven, productivity, extensibility and deployment. With the Servoy ISV Assurance Program to help them, TMA Systems will be able to ensure a fast re-write of their product. For more information, please contact Yvo Boom at yboom@servoy.com

  • DataBridge, an independent software vendor (ISV) located near Milan, Italy, has rewritten 2 more major software products with Servoy. Originally written in Thoroughbred (a Basic programming language), DataBridge has chosen to sign-up for the Servoy ISV Assurance Program to help ensure a fast re-write of these two products. The firm has eight (8) internal programmers who are utilizing Servoy's multideveloper feature to help them code rapidly. For more information about Servoy Multideveloper, please visit here.

    DataBridge has become a Servoy Alliance Network (SAN) Partner and is also offering bespoke (customized) development to other companies. For more information about the Servoy Alliance Network (SAN) membership, please visit here.

  • STB is an independent software vendor (ISV) in Europe with a unique product that provides a Human Resources Management (HRM) application, as well as a Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system made especially for the non-profit sector. With over 5,000 users, STB was the largest FileMaker Pro vendor in the Netherlands. In order to scale to larger clients and more users within an organization, they are in the process of migrating to Servoy as their development and deployment platform. STB signed up for Servoy's ISV Assurance Program to ensure a smooth migration of their applications. Servoy placed personnel at STB's site in order to help retrain their 5 developers as well as a team of free-lance developers; and provided a "jump start" to make sure that their 6 applications within the flagship product got off to a fast and successful start. STB is also using the multideveloper feature with much success. For more information about Servoy's ISV Assurance program, please click here.

  • The City of Hope, a leading Southern California biomedical research and treatment center and hospital for cancer and other life-threatening diseases. Jan Aleman, CEO of Servoy, visited with David Gonzales at the City of Hope this month. Mr. Gonzales reports that the pilot project went well and has been received with great enthusiasm. He says that the initial project took just under 36 hours to write, but he believes it would take less than 10 hours now that he understands Servoy better. Mr. Gonzales is currently working on another internal application -- much bigger and more complex this time. "I am writing a full-fledged billing system next." If you would like more information, or have a similar project you are developing or are interested in developing, please send an email to sales@servoy.com.

  • Man@Work is a company that organizes events in Belgium. Over the past year, they have successfully developed and deployed a web application combined with a back and front-office application using Servoy's technology.

    Bart van Orshoven, CEO of man@work: "Initially, we were inclined to build the web application part in Servoy after having developed the front and backoffice in Servoy. We also considered PHP's web technology, since unlike Servoy, there is no charge for PHP deployment. To be sure we were making the right decision, we decided to have a closer look at the real costs of an application. PHP might be free-of-charge -- but to develop, maintain and use PHP does cost human resources. Taking all the costs of development and deployment into account, we concluded that Servoy was significantly cheaper, and decided to develop our web application in Servoy. One of the most powerful features of Servoy, in our opinion, is that you run your entire operation on the same application (same code base). Many of our competitors have one application for the front-office; one application for the back-office; and a different application for the website. Having one application with a single code base, greatly reduces initial development costs, and even more so, the ongoing cost of the software application. If we change a business rule, we only have to add it in one place -- making the development process easier and less error-prone; enabling us to react much faster to market circumstances than any of our competitors can.

    The application is very unique, allowing a full-circle management of events -- from the organization of the actual event, to the ordering of tickets, to registering people at the event itself. For example, we organize dating events with the application: a person buys a ticket online and fills-in his/her profile, after which the Servoy application generates a unique PDF with a barcode that gets emailed out as the confirmation. The back-office application will then match that user to other people. Once the matches are setup, the application prints an overview for the staff involved in the local event. Visitors who come to the event, bring their printed barcode which is scanned and linked back to the system using the front-office application. During the event, users can fill-in feedback forms based on their findings which are processed directly after the event -- and before they are home, their matches have arrived for the next contacts." ICT Direct, a Servoy Alliance Network member, has assisted both in development of this feature and in the procedure of getting the next set of contacts emailed in time.

  • Plan4U's application consists of both a front and a backoffice application. End users logon to the website to make an appointment -- which gets scheduled based on the user's preferences. The system is capable of matching employee properties and skills with the wishes/needs of the customer. For example: Suppose you are a customer who wants to schedule an appointment with a particular type of loan advisor. The system will automatically select the most qualified employee, based on various soft and hard criteria. For companies that have cash register requirements, the system includes full cash register functionality -- including integration with hardware such as Barcode scanners; touch screens; customer display poles; cash drawers; etc. The software is completely multi-company (shop) and multi-chain aware. At the chain level, it is possible to see a live overview of what is going on in every shop. The product also has backoffice features to manage personnel; availability; products; stock-control; and more.

    Because the software is delivered as a Software as a Service (SaaS) application, it is also suitable to be used in small shops where no local server or IT staff is available. Smaller shops do not have to invest in their own servers; backup and recovery procedures; or IT staff. And because the software is charged per month, there is no costly initial investment that has to be made in order to use the software.

    Plan4U's software is already being used in production by large chains including one of the largest banks worldwide: ABN AMRO. The entire package was developed in less than 3 months. To view screenshots of Plan4U's application, click here.

  • The City of Hope, a leading Southern California biomedical research and treatment center and hospital for cancer and other life-threatening diseases is writing a pilot project in Servoy. The initial project will be an internal application that will enable users on both Mac and PC computers to view graduate school admissions submitted to this prestigious organization. Once the pilot project proves itself, the institution will evaluate Servoy's efficiency as a development and deployment platform in consideration for other applications. If you would like more information or have a similar project, please send an email to sales@servoy.com.

  • Choices Software, Inc. has recently added four success stories to their website -- including the success story about Kone, the world's leading elevator and escalator company (listed on the Helsinki Stock Exchange). Kone has 60 branch offices throughout the US, and uses Choices Agency Anywhere software to issue thousands of Certificates annually. Agency Anywhere was developed using Servoy. Agency Anywhere is currently available as a Java Smart Client; and will soon be released in a Servoy 3.0 Web Client version as well. For more information, please contact Dean Westover from Choices Software or send an email to sales@servoy.com.

  • InnerWorkings, who recently had a successful IPO (NYSE: INWK), rewrote a major part of their core application -- PPM4&trade, a proprietary software application and database -- using Servoy in record time. InnerWorkings has developed a sophisticated database platform that enables customers such as John Deere, Circuit City (NYSE: CC), and Vonage (NYSE: VG) to place bids on print projects like direct mail; brochures; books; packaging; and catalogs. These bids are then routed to a network of more than 2,700 print suppliers. The InnerWorkings application was rewritten from a proprietary 4GL environment to Servoy over the last few months. Because of the recent IPO, more details cannot be disclosed about the project. For more information, please email sales@servoy.com.

  • Devoon is a Dutch leading market supplier of software for Lawyers and Notaries. Devoon has rewritten their software in Servoy in less than a year and has already deployed the software to hundreds of clients. The product is capable of scaling to very large installations and covers:

    • Scheduling of laywers/notaries
    • Registration of Clients
    • Dossier management
    • Document management
    • Generation of document models
    • Digital archive
    • Incoming and outgoing email
    • Invoicing
    • Agenda
    • Advanced reporting
    • Online help

  • Ayton develops, markets and sells a software package called Flexplan. Flexplan is a very extensive software package that allows companies active in healthcare to schedule personnel. The package is the result of years of research by the companies director Marc Huizer. Marc has been active in the healthcare industry for a very long time and as an interim director re-organizing many healthcare companies he realized that one of the key problems in healthcare is the correct scheduling of personnel. Often personnel woks only part-time and personnel often has skills that can be employed in different departments. The challenge is to schedule such that the HR capacity is used optimally. Flexplan contains a set of algorithms to enable this and allows for advanced adjustment. It is very easy to manually adjust the scheduling advise the software gives. Personnel can also login to the system over the web to indicate availability (or unavailability).

    Marc Huizer says: "When we started development we were not sure if we should develop it only as a client-server application or also as a Service (SaaS). With Servoy's technology we could decide to choose later: from the same code-base it is possible to deploy both ways. Once we got close to completion last year a couple of our customers were very interested in deploying as a Service so we decided to offer both the classic deployment paradigm (client/server) as the modern SaaS model to our customers. We were surprised to see that a lot of health care companies were so interested in deploying as SaaS initially, but if you look at the benefits of SaaS it really makes sense for health care to employ SaaS: at the end of the day their core business is not rolling out applications but making patients better and with SaaS they have one thing less to worry about.

  • The United States Geological Survey (USGS) has been working on a very interesting plugin utilizing Servoy to map drill holes and wells across the Los Angeles region. USGS hopes to link data from various SQL databases via Servoy to a GIS system that will then map the holes/wells in real time. One of the key reasons USGS choose Servoy was the quick and helpful responsiveness of Servoy's support team to their questions about development. Look for a future Servoy success story and some very interesting screen shots.

  • Sony Entertainment is creating a solution in Servoy to help keep track of the myriad of facts, figures and constantly changing data on the NBA basketball teams. These numerous and often changing factoids need to be constantly updated in order to keep their Sony PlayStation NBA game on the cutting edge. Watch for future details in the Servoy Success Stories section.

  • Dakim creates therapeutic mental stimulation devices designed to improve memory and quality of life for seniors and particularly for Alzheimer's patients. Dakim is developing their back office suite of support products in Servoy including: a CRM; device management; data entry; and reporting modules. Three of the main reasons Dakim choose Servoy as the application builder are Servoy's ability to deploy seamlessly via the Internet, its superior security functionality and Servoy's ability to run on Macintosh, Windows and Linux platforms with no recoding. A future success story about Dakim and Servoy will be posted on the Servoy website.

  • DNA Diagnostics Center (DDC), the world's largest private DNA paternity testing laboratory, has started their first two Servoy projects. The first project is a Call Recording & Quality Standards solution that allows for searching and accessing recorded telephone conversations in a database and replaying the conversation on Mac OS X clients. This system is designed to enable the training department and call center managers to rate calls according to departmental quality standards. The second project is a Document Imaging and Management solution that will assist the company in going paperless. A Servoy plugin was created to control the scanning of paper records from a high-speed scanner directly into Servoy as multi-page PDF documents. Servoy also will act as a front-end application for managing search and retrieval of documents at different security levels. DDC plans to incorporate OCR (optical character recognition) into the plugin to allow for text searching of the PDF documents.

  • Ledergerber Solutions, based near Munich, is a developing a Servoy product benchmarking and comparison application for the Hella Group. With its group headquarters in Germany, Hella KGaA manufactures lights and electronics for the automotive industry; as well as aftermarket garage and automotive products. The Hella Group, ranked as one of Germany's 100 largest industrial companies -- the consolidated turnover in fiscal year 2004-2005 was 3.1 billion Euros -- employs over 24,000 people at more than 65 manufacturing facilities, production subsidiaries and joint ventures throughout the world. For more information on the Servoy application being developed by Ledergerber Solutions, please contact Thomas Ledergerber.

  • adBlocks, providing workflow automation for the advertising sales industry, has completely rewritten their premier Sales Force Automation (SFA) application adSails in Servoy; and plans to deploy the new adSails in the 2nd Quarter of 2006 . Founded in 1994, adBlocks maximizes efficiencies and drives incremental ad revenues for some of the largest media companies in the world, including: TimeWarner Cable, Comcast Spotlight, and Charter Media. adSails has become a solution for over 60% of the cable industry and is now used to sell outdoor, internet, magazine, and digital media advertising. To read the Servoy adBlocks Success Story, click here. You can also check out an online video of the new Servoy-based adSails here.

  • Plan4u is deploying a Cash Register System developed and built in Servoy -- starting the first pilot program in shops running Plan4u's system. The cash register system offers hardware integration using JPOS with a cash-drawer; receipt-printer; touch-screen; barcode-reader; and a customer information pole. The application can run in stand-alone mode; on a network; or over the internet as an ASP-based solution. If you are interested in more information about this application, please contact sales@servoy.com.

  • Based in the Netherlands, NEM BV and its sister companies -- a total of 350 employees -- have ordered a site license for the Servoy product suite. NEM BV is an engineering company that specializes in Heat Recovery Steam Generators (HRSG) used to power gas turbines and domestic waste incinerators. With a market share of more than 20% and the large number of facilities used for maufacturing pressure parts, NEM is considered to be a leader in their field. After a thorough evaluation, NEM's testing determined that using Servoy will result in 50% less development time than employing other technology platforms such as Microsoft ASP.NET. The first application scheduled to go into production handles time registration and will be deployed over the internet.

  • Space Airconditioning is developing a warehouse application that will use WiFi-enabled barcode scanners employing Servoy Headless Client (SHC) technology to scan incoming goods. The Windows CE WiFi devices will have a live connection to the production system -- enabling realtime validation of the incoming goods. Based on shipping bills generated from an SAP system, the data is linked to Servoy which handles all the processing and reporting. Thanks to SHC, very little development work is needed to deploy existing business rules to mobile devices equipped with barcode scanners. If you are interested in utilitzing SHC technology for your Servoy applications, contact info@servoy.com for more information.

  • The Support Group is building an application for Manhattan Shade & Glass (MSG). MSG uses Great Plains for its financial administration. After investigating the fastest and most cost-effective approach to enhance their Great Plains application with workflow and order entry functionality, MSG choose Servoy as the development tool of choice. By using SQL to read the data directly out of Great Plains tables, and an XML connection to insert data, Servoy integrates seamlessly with Great Plains -- while maintaining the existing business rules in the Great Plains environment. The benefits to MSG are twofold: much faster development in Servoy than with the proprietary 4GL programming language of Great Plains; and direct savings by eliminating the need to purchase expensive Great Plains seat licenses for order entry staff. If you would like further details, please contact us via email at sales@servoy.com.

  • Servoy signed an agreement with EDS@TEMA, a large Italian ISV. EDS, located in Venice with over 40 employees, will rewrite its current WIN-Fashion POS (Point Of Sale) application. The point of sale application is currently installed at 750 EDS customers -- including the Levi Strauss, Dockers, Kookai, GAS and Dainese store chains. The WIN-Fashion POS application was written originally in AcuCobol. The two main reasons given for deciding to rewrite the application in Servoy are: easy development in a Java-based environment, and zero-deployment over the Internet. AcuCobol developers can easily make the transition to developing in Servoy -- they are already familiar with deployment from a single code base. If you would like further details, please contact Andy Rooswinkel, Business Development Director by phone at +31 33 455 9877 or via email at arooswinkel@servoy.com.

  • A Fortune 100 company, providing branded products to consumers all over the world, has started their first Servoy project. The company will convert an existing desktop database-based application to an Oracle backend using Servoy as the front-end. The application will display Molecular Structures through an open source molecule visualization Java applet (Jmol). Servoy will automatically retrieve values from the Oracle database and pass the data off to the Java applet (running entirely within the Servoy application). The applet will render the entire Molecular Structure of the compound, enabling all kinds of measurements and analysis. We will release more information on this transaction later this year. If you would like further details, please contact us via email at sales@servoy.com.

  • Servoy signed an agreement with an ISV with an installed base of around 4,000 seats, who will convert their application to the Servoy platform over the next few months. The company's customers use the platform in three ways: as pure ASP (Application Service Provider) run from the ISV premises, as an ASP running on the customer's own servers and as a client-server desktop application. If you would like further details, please contact us via email at sales@servoy.com.

  • JPR Engineering is building a Job Tracking application for the Multimedia Division of Verizon. Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ) is one of the world's leading providers of communications services. The application is an end-to-end job tracking solution -- from first quote through final invoicing -- along with full CRM, job ticketing, and built-in GL, A/R, and A/P. It also provides employee scheduling and tight integration with WAVE's Mediabank Digital Asset Management package.

  • DataBridge, maintaining offices in Milan Italy, is an independent software vendor having thousands of customers with more than 10,000 users; and is a market leader in Forwarding and Travel Agencies. DataBridge offers more traditional software solutions as well as ASP-developed applications. DataBridge has made Servoy their strategic development platform of choice.

  • American Trash Management, (ATM), who provides trash compactor monitoring technology for companies such as Albertsons; Macy's; Johnson Controls; Siemens; JC Penney; Hitachi; Sony; and CNN, decided to build their data collection system using Servoy. According to Scott Brown, CEO at ATM: "With Servoy, we will be able to collect the data transmitted by our on-site compactor monitor in real-time, allowing us to perform advanced calculations to precisely predict when compactors need to be emptied. Rebuilding our system with Servoy will also allow us ultimately to set up our system on our customers' own computers, allowing them to run our application in-house."

  • NDC is building a user interface for collecting part measurements and other production data using Servoy. NDC manufactures unique components for the medical device industry using nitinol technology. The company employs around 400 people, and the system will initially be used by around 100 operators and engineers. Further expansion of the system is being investigated.

  • JPR Engineering has completed the "Tsunami Job Control - Admin (TJC Admin)" for Supercolor Digital. Supercolor Digital, one of the country's largest Grand Format Output shops, runs a highly automated workflow. The Servoy-based TJC Admin application allows Supercolor to manage that workflow. The "Tsunami Job Control - Admin" can be used to:
    • Add new clients and specify how uploads from those clients will be integrated into Supercolor's Digital Asset Management system.
    • Set up automatic notification via email to the Supercolor CSR for each client for each job/upload submitted.
    • View jobs, close jobs, schedule automatic archiving.
    • View uploads and related information, such as upload location within the asset management system.
    • Specify print output destinations to which files matching certain criteria can be sent automatically.

  • JPR Engineering has completed its "Request For Estimate (RFE) Version 2" for Colorgraphics. Jerry Robinson, the CEO of JPR Engineering, says: "This is a port of a high-end Filemaker application we built for Colorgraphics that allows their 200-person sales force to request estimates from their in-house estimator, build and print/email/fax proposals to customers, and manage orders. The application also includes full contact synchronization with Microsoft Outlook."

  • JPR Engineering won a project bid for building a large application for Dakim, Inc. which will run at Assisted Living facilities, retirement homes, and ultimately at-home residents. The targeted audience is mainly Alzheimer patients. The system administrates the application of cognitive mental stimulation to Alzheimer's sufferers to help retard progress of the disease.

  • Automazione Aziendale and Ecodata starts development of GUFOR. GUFOR will allow 60 forestry control offices around Regione Trentino to dispose, keep track and summarize the wood cuts in their controlled forest area. The central office will offer cross statistics, graphs and analytics.

  • Sanoma Magazines in Belgium, part of the listed SanomaWSOY, is one of the major publishers in Europe with more than 17,000 employees and a turnover of 2.4 billion euro. Sanoma Magazines is making use of Servoy for a number of internal applications.

  • The Support Group is building an application for Manhattan Shade & Glass.

  • A large US company, focused on network access control for large enterprise, decided to redevelop its Customer Service Systems in Servoy. Their VP Customer Service states: "We are very excited to use Servoy as the tool to redevelop our systems. It provides us with an extremely flexible tool and will solve a lot of the maintenance issues we currently face".

  • Dr. Maison & Partner GmbH released their powerful CRM application that runs on Linux, Windows and Mac OS X. Multiple database backends including Oracle and SQL Server are fully supported in this first release. A quick overview of the CRM solution in production can be viewed in the Servoy Gallery.

  • ICT Direct starts development of a Event Management system. The system includes a personalized mass mailer feature that sends out over 40,000 email messages with personalized PDF attachments that contain a special barcode link back into the system.
    Update June 2005: The system has been taken successfully into production.

  • EPRA launches their new website in the Far East. This website is entirely managed with a Servoy solution.

  • Choices Software, Inc. starts development of a PDA version of their insurance agency Servoy application, Agency Anywhere. May update: The Servoy project was finished in only 2 weeks. Screenshots can be found in the Servoy Gallery.

  • U.S. Geological Survey, has built a GIS system in Servoy for browsing (and editing for privileged users) geotechnical borehole data (oil, water and research wells) of southern California. The system includes a GIS data viewer that can load both image and vector data through the Servoy plugin architecture. As a plugin, the GIS data viewer object model is made scriptable so that the mapping functionality can be accessed programmatically from Servoy Developer -- allowing for maps that respond to queries and a tabular view that is aware of map selections, etc. USGS plans to offer a public solution to view GIS data in the near future; and to make the data viewer plugin public (perhaps in early autumn) as well. Screenshots can be found in the Servoy Gallery.

  • Italians to use Servoy for Mayoral elections. Comune di Nuoro, an Italian municipality, used Servoy to administer and publish the results of their Mayoral elections. In two days, the service processed 2.7 million requests and served 350,000 pages. The Mayor had the following to say: "I congratulate you for the easiness and quickness you let us citizens to be informed moment by moment during these elections. Bravissimi!"

  • Michael Frishkorn of Efonds24: "With Servoy 2.2's module-based development, we were able to combine an off-the-shelf Servoy based CRM product from Dr. Maison & Partner and enhance its functionality with customized forms, reports and functions created by our internal IT department. Module-based development also keeps us compatible with future releases of the off-the-shelf product, while allowing us to keep our custom code. We also use Servoy 2.2's Headless Client to integrate our website with Servoy: if a new customer signs up through the website, his/her data is immediately visible to the people working with the back-office application."

  • Space Airconditioning plc, a very large distributor of air conditioning in UK has started development of an ERP solution to manage sales; logistics; CRM; and purchasing for their entire business. When the project is finished, over 200 users will be much more efficient than they are right now.

  • The Support Group is building an application for an adult magazine. By law, the magazine is required to store all photos taken of their models; and all articles published, in a huge database. They must be able, at any time, to prove that none of the models were underage when the pictures were taken -- otherwise the government has the right to take the magazine's website and any other media "off line" immediately.

  • Infoform is developing a comprehensive laboratory application including stock management and e-procurement for a well-known transnational company. Oliver Melet of Infoform has chosen Servoy as development platform for this project because of the numerous advantages: very rapid development, the support of SQL databases, zero deployment, integrated internationalization and because Servoy is making use of major industry standards. Infoform will implement the laboratory app at four sites worldwide (scheduled: December 2005 - February 2006).

  • Trivium, a Progress ISV and specialist in software for solicitors / law firms, has started to develop a new Servoy application for the Notary market in the Netherlands -- containing everything to run a notary business.

  • Mareco Integrated Logistics is one of the biggest reefer-container forwarding companies of the port of Antwerp, Belgium. It is a fast-growing company and recently opened up an office in Sao Paolo, Brazil to meet the needs of the South-American Market; and will open another office in Buenos Aires, Argentina. About 3 years ago, Willcom, the software vendor for Mareco, developed a complete operational system for the Antwerp office in Filemaker Pro. In opening the Sao Paolo office, Mareco had two choices: implement the same FM Pro system and exchange data from one office to the other; or the alternative -- build a entirely new system in Servoy and host the system on a central server. Part of the decision to use Servoy, was that Filemaker had become rather slow as a result of storing a large amount of records in several databases. Mareco sends over 10,000 invoices and ships more than 25,000 containers a year! Willcom built the complete Servoy solution in 28 days -- making use of our in-house developed, database-driven navigation and user system. Besides a productivity advantage, the new software can easily be deployed by new customers, such as Mareco, on the same server. New customers can get started in just a few minutes!

  • EPRA takes a new CRM solution built in Servoy into production.

  • A subsidiary of a US listed company in the media and entertainment industry is building an application in the Servoy development environment that connects all the locations of the company. The company sends an enormous number of files (pictures, movies, documents, etc) between their locations -- files with sizes of 1GB and larger. A comprehensive application was needed to manage these large image transfers, complete with full tracking and tracing functionality.

  • Kramp The Kramp Group, headquartered in the Netherlands and maintaining 8 locations across Europe, has a key position in the wholesale market for technical spare parts. A part of Kramp's daily operation is keeping 100,000 or more product ids up to date for different countries -- each with its own set of catalogs and websites. This time-consuming job which was done primarily by hand was prone to errors. To avoid further mistakes and save on labor costs, Kramp decided on a centralized product data management (PDM) application developed in Servoy. With this PDM and publishing application connecting directly to the existing Oracle database of EMI -- warehouse management software in use, Kramp is saving many thousands of dollars.

  • Adrian McGilly (www.McGilly.com "Our client National Homecraft is a franchise that provides energy-efficient roofing solutions for home owners. The Servoy solution we've created for them includes a call-center solution, where leads are collected and assigned to the proper franchise office. For franchise offices not yet using the new solution, the call center can fax and/or email the leads directly from Servoy. Within the franchise offices in Florida and Georgia that are using the solution, users can assign leads to salespeople; create contracts; place purchase orders; invoice customers; receive payments; assign projects to installer crews; and review project commissions."

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