Customer Testimonials

Dexter & Chaney

"PROIV gives our product, Spectrum Construction Software, the platform- and database-independence that its competitors lack. He says: "Our customers enjoy long-term stability. Forefront has supported them through all their server upgrades, their changing choices of database, and all of the platform developments that have occurred over the past 20 years. At no point during that period of technological upheaval did we have to rewrite the basic logic or code of Spectrum Construction Software. PROIV took everything in its stride."

"Our competitors take a couple of years out to rewrite their applications for each new environment," says Mark, "whereas we've been able to devote development resources whole-heartedly towards the broadening of functionality. PROIV's platform-independence gives us the freedom to work on customers' business issues without the distractions of changing technology."

"I know of one competitor that right now is having to recode for thin client. But not us, we're eight years ahead. With PROIV, it was straight out of the box and that was way back in 1997."

Mark Dexter, Dexter & Chaney

"We tend to release a major upgrade once every eighteen months, yet customers never have to pay. Each new release comes free as part of the annual maintenance contract. The economics are simple: PROIV gives us faster delivery from a smaller investment - savings that we can pass straight on to the customer."

"With PROIV, we can develop in so many ways. We'll have a Linux version out towards the end of the year. None of our competitors support more than one platform, and we're looking forward to exploiting the web services in PROIV Version 6. Of course it helps that we have such a close working relationship with PROIV. They're a fine organisation and we appreciate the partnership we share with them."

Brad Mathews, Vice President, Sales and Marketing. Dexter & Chaney

Tower Hill Insurance Group

"PROIV Active Web gives us better throughput and faster development With this single, easy technology we reduce data entry and avoid replication - not just here at Tower Hill, but also at our agencies."

Brian Elsmore, Chief Information Officer, Tower Hill Insurance Group Inc

Wall Street Systems

"We use PROIV because of the tremendous productivity it provides. Even as technology has moved on, PROIV continues to give us the ability to deliver software at a rapid pace."

"PROIV provides Wall Street Systems with a quick and easy development environment, enabling us to stay on top of the market and in step with our clients' needs. PROIV continues to be one of our primary server development tools."

Mark Tirschwell, Chief Technology Officer, Wall Street Systems

Skatteetaten

"We are required to maintain applications for ten years, so we need a reliable partner with the commitment to support us for the long term. I'm convinced that we have that partner in PROIV."
Jan Arne Bergundhaugen, Deputy IT Director, Skattedirektoratet

"People are surprised when they learn that there are only ten people in the development team. If it wasn't for PROIV, we'd need many more hands to absorb and implement the annual round of fiscal changes within the timescales set by the Directorate of Taxes."

Hans-Petter Hagen, Technical Development Manager, Skattedirektoratet

NorthgateArinso

"The beta version of PROIV Version 6 exceeded our expectations in almost every respect. In particular, the multilingual capacity allows us to position ResourceLink for a wider international market. It's a feature that makes a huge difference to our growth prospects."

Martin Mann, ResourceLink Development Manager, NorthgateArinso

NorthgateArinso is a leading global Human Resources software and services provider, offering innovative HR business solutions to employers of all sizes, including Blue Chip companies, Public Sector organisations and many small to medium enterprises.

Thelys

"For an ambitious company like ours, the Multilingual component is crucial for expanding our market. None of our competitors offer multilingual applications, whereas we can now look at selling applications in Poland, Rumania and Spain."

Frédéric Boudineau, Product Manager, Thelys, France

Thelys is the French company behind i3, a project management application widely used by public utilities such as Gaz de Strasbourg. Thelys is keen to build a Europe-wide market for i3.

Citroën

"PROIV gave us cradle-to-grave fleet-management software. For example, a request for a new car instantly raises an order at the Citroën factory, while vehicles that have reached the end of their fleet life transfer directly to our Vehicle Remarketing Operations, such as our online auction site."

"PROIV's hosting performance is excellent. I've not lost a single night's sleep worrying about application availability; I know we're online day and night."

Divisional Support Controller, Citroën UK

Kawasaki

"PROIV continues to give us an edge over our competitors. We can build applications faster than they can and, because so much of our system is supported by PROIV, our portfolio remains viable longer."

"New features in PROIV ensure that we can continue to adapt to the needs of our users and customers. When change comes, we're ready for it."

Vice President of Information Systems, Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.A.

"During the upgrade, we had tremendous support from PROIV. Their staff were with us on-site for three weeks, after which we ran our own testing for an additional three weeks."

Kevin Coombs, Senior Systems Analyst, Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.A.