In his prepared statement, Tognoni took a slap at both desktop and cloud products in the U.S. "ERP solutions available in the U.S. have a one-size-fits-all mentality, whether they are generic multitenant SaaS solutions being used by everyone, or '80s-era client-server solutions with hard-coded features and workflows," he said. That announcement coincided with the roll out of JeevesERP Version 4. Enhancements include improvements in VAT reporting for companies operating in the European Union, new reconciliation features, shipment planning and distribution requirements planning, a net requirements-driven Available to Promise feature, enhanced pegging tools, giving production managers earlier deviation detection and a new SQL mapping tool. Tognoni became CEO in August 2012 after Battery Ventures purchased Jeeves. He was CEO at Consona from 2003 through 2012 and was there with Consona used Battery funds to purchase the former Made2Manage. Consona later merged with CDC Software to form Aptean.
JEEVES OPENS AUSTIN, TEXAS, HQ Featured
Jeeves Information Systems, a financial software company based in Stockholm, Sweden, has opened its United States headquarters in Austin, Texas. CEO Jeff Tognoni said the new office will serve existing customers of JeevesERP in this country while he is also looking to market the product line more aggressively here. Jeeves is targeting small to midmarket manufacturers and distributors. Tognoni touted the ability of users to develop a highly customized system on top of a standard feature set.
