RepFiles has launched the newest component to its mobile application: RepFiles PC. RepFiles PC gives users the ability to sync RepFiles content to a desktop or laptop computer with just a few clicks of a mouse. Outside and inside salespeople...

One of the key initiatives at Trimble right now is implementing BIM (building information management) technology into its software. Tod Moore of Trade Service says that while Trade Service does not yet have specific fields in its product records...

The Industry Data Exchange Association Inc. (IDEA), Arlington, Va., announced that more than 50 electrical manufacturers have now achieved the group's Industry Data Warehouse (IDW) Platinum Band of Excellence. These manufacturers have helped...

Epicor Software Corp., Dublin, Calif., says Crescent Electric Supply Co., East Dubuque, Ill., has selected the Epicor Eclipse ERP system to replace the custom in-house ERP system it has been using since 1965. A company release announcing the...

The software side of business in the electrical industry continues to evolve as the major system providers add heft, breadth and new capabilities through acquisitions. Last week, Epicor Software Corp., Dublin, Calif., added a specialist in...

Epicor Software Corp., Dublin, Calif., forged a strategic alliance aimed at enhancing customer relationship management (CRM) and sales force automation (SFA) capabilities for the company's Prophet 21, Eclipse and Prelude system customers. The...

Talking to the software companies, one quickly gets the sense that they're on edge, that mobile devices represent a profound change that will affect their viability. They realize that failing to get mobile right could at the very least set...