Beringer Associates Blog

AltiGen Releases MaxMobile for Blackberry

dbuggy — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 15:49:45 +0000

MaxMobile BlackBerry is now available for download!

The challenge for business owners and IT management alike is how to leverage mobile phones to improve business communications – and retain important PBX functionality without driving costs through the roof.

MaxMobile finally delivers on the promise of converged communications. As the industry’s first true mobile PBX solution, MaxMobile provides a suite of applications to extend complete business PBX functionality to smart phone devices. Unlike the 1st generation products which used a low level web client, MaxMobile applications were designed to natively run on each of the popular smart phone platforms – including iPhone, BlackBerry, Google Android, and (soon) Windows Mobile – taking full advantage of their respective capabilities with a familiar, intuitive user interface.

With a simple one click log in MaxMobile registers the smart phone as the business PBX extension and dynamically redirects all PBX extension calls to the mobile phone – completely transparent to the calling party. Outbound calls can be directed through the PBX or connected directly via the cellular network. Offering all critical PBX functionality, integrated with advanced smart phone features, MaxMobile converges all business and mobile communications on a single device.

With MaxMobile employees are not only more productive, they’ll never miss an important call again. Businesses further benefit from reduced telecom costs, greater control of mobile expenses, elimination of the cost of desktop phones and simplified system management.

The following Blackberry devices have been tested and are supported:
Curve 8520, 8310, 8900
Storm 9530
Storm 2 9550
Bold 9700

For more information or a demonstration contact us or call 800.796.4854

Microsoft Honors Beringer for achieving President’s Club for Second Year

admin — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 20:08:14 +0000



Beringer Associates, Inc. a Microsoft Gold Certified and Dynamics CRM Partner has been named to the 2010 Microsoft Dynamics President’s Club for the second consecutive year. President’s Club for Microsoft Dynamics honors high-performing Microsoft Dynamics partners whose commitment to customers is reflected in their business success and growth. This prestigious group represents the top 5 percent of Microsoft Dynamics partners worldwide. Membership is granted based on continual, committed efforts aimed at offering solutions that meet the needs of customers.This acknowledgment came during the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC), Microsoft’s annual premier partner event, taking place this year in Washington, D.C. “Microsoft is proud to recognize Beringer Associates, Inc. for its outstanding sales achievement,” said Doug Kennedy, vice president of Microsoft Dynamics Partners. “This honor is a direct reflection of Beringer’s outstanding group of employees and management team, all of whom should be very proud of this accomplishment. Beringer Associates, Inc. plays a very important role in the growth and success of Microsoft Dynamics. “We are very happy to be named to President’s Club for a second consecutive year. This is a reflection of our teams dedication and committment to delivering highly impactful solutions built on the Dynamics CRM platform.” Beringer Associates, Inc. is a consulting and professional services firm specializing in helping businesses evaluate, plan and implement CRM solutions. We have a full staff of professionals dedicated to our Dynamics CRM practice including support engineers, dedicated Project Manager, implementation consultants and programmers.
Beringer Associates, Inc. \| 1591 Hylton Road • Pennsauken, NJ 08110 \| 800.796.4854 \| www.beringer.net

Last few days for Microsoft Big Easy Rebate Program

dbuggy — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 14:33:45 +0000

We are down to the last few days where you can earn a rebate on Microsoft licensing purchases. We utilize this promotion often to help pay for Professional Services on Microsoft Dynamics CRM projects. The rebates can be very substantial, for example but 20 seats of Microsoft CRM and receive a $3400 rebate. If you add another qualifying product (SQL Server, Exchange Server, Office, etc.) the rebate increases significantly.

Big Easy Details:

For every qualifying product you purchase, Microsoft pays you partner subsidy funds that can be used with a Microsoft Partner of your choice to help with the implementation of your Microsoft solution including software, hardware and services.

What is a Subsidy?
A subsidy is a check made payable to the Microsoft partner of your choice. This subsidy can be used to enrich and implement your Microsoft solution. The subsidy allows you to purchase additional products or services from the Microsoft partner of your choice thus lowering your Total Cost of Ownership.

Want More?
You can increase your subsidy by choosing:

Products from more than one product group.
Licenses with Software Assurance.
Advanced or Enterprise Editions.
How do I take advantage of the Big Easy Offer 4.1?

Contact us at 800-796-4854 for a quote on Microsoft licensing
Make a qualifying purchase between June 1, 2010 and July 2, 2010.
Receive your rebate

Make your cell phone your office extension

admin — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 16:02:51 +0000

AltiGen’s MaxMobile Communicator (MaxMobile) application, installed on a cell phone running Google’s Android operating system, Blackberry or iPhone makes the cell phone a fully capable office phone extension and serves as a “desktop” call control client, allowing you to access, configure, and perform most of your company’s PBX functions directly from the graphical user interface in MaxMobile. This includes call handling, call forwarding, extension monitoring, conferencing, conversation recording, directory and contact lookup and dial, and contact editing. MaxMobile runs on any supported mobile phone device that is using the Android operating system, Blackberry or iPhone. When you log in, it connects your cell phone to your company’s MAX Communication Server (MAXCS) as a native extension of the system.

If you have a desktop phone in the office, then when you’re logged out of MaxMobile, the calls made to the extension are routed to your desktop phone. As soon as you log in to MaxMobile, the calls are routed to your cell phone.

Never miss a call again! For more inforamtion or to schedule a demonstration please call 800-796-4854.

Unified Communications Webinar July 1st

admin — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 15:12:12 +0000

　Have you recently received an end-of-life notice from your current telephone or call center provider?　

　Beringer Associates offers a software based phone system solution that:

Eliminates expensive hardware obsolescence

Provides out of the box integration with Microsoft applications such as Microsoft Exchange and the Microsoft Office Communicator

Allows you to activate your iPhone, Blackberry or Google smart phone as your office phone

Can leverage Virtualization technology for disaster recovery

Provides significantly lower total cost of ownership compared to traditional hardware based phone systems　

Learn more about True Unified Communications in our Webinar.

Date:
Thursday, July 1st
Time:
1:00 PM- 2:00 PM EST
Venue:
Live Webinar　

Determining true customer profitability

dbuggy — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 12:05:54 +0000

In today’s tough economic climate distributors we work with are concerned about the true profitability of each customer. Determining the true (or net) profitability of a customer involves combining sales data with activity based data. We have built a module inside Microsoft CRM for Wholesale Distribution solution that will keep track of net customer profitability. This solution assigns costs to each activity type (inside sales call, customer service activity, RMA, credit card fees on an order etc.) These costs can be set by activity type and can vary by employee. Each time an activity is logged against a customer in the CRM system the cost is calculated and added to the running net profitability. Each evening the system calculates true customer profitability using gross profit from orders and activity costing and displays the net profitability of each customer. Each evening all customer accounts are assigned a static rank (A, B, C, D) using net profitability. Workflow alerts can also keep your teams informed automatically as customer profitability changes. Find out more about Microsoft Dynamics CRM for Wholesale Distribution by visiting our web site:> http://www.beringer.net/MSCRMIntegration.aspx or by calling us to schedule a demonstration - 800-796-4854

GoldMine Version 9 is on the way!

dbuggy — Tue, 04 May 2010 02:34:56 +0000

The next version of GoldMine (Version 9) is on the way. There are several key features included in this version. Additionally if you are on Premium Edition and current on software maintenance you will be entitled to version 9 as part of your maintenance subscription.

Features of version 9

Dashboards! Yes finally there are dashboards in GoldMine. Several out-of-box dashboards with drill down capabilities will be available as will a dashboard designer (admin) tool.

Updated Outlook Integration – A new GoldMine pane will be available inside Microsoft Outlook. This pane will display information from GoldMine and allow users to interact with GoldMine from within Outlook (create contacts, link emails, etc.)

Compatibility – GoldMine version 9 will be compatible with Windows 7, Windows Server 2008, Office 2007 and 2010, and will support 32 and 64 bit operating systems.

Stay tuned, demonstrations will be offered soon.

Microsoft Dynamics CRM for nonprofits and nongovernmental organizations

dbuggy — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 13:39:18 +0000

On April 7th Microsoft released a version of Microsoft Dynamics CRM tailored to the needs of nonprofits and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs). The solution provides out-of-the-box constituent relationship management functionality as well as customizations for donation and pledge management, basic membership management, basic volunteer tracking, campaign management, dashboard reports, and support for online payment solutions.

Out of the box functionality:

Donation and pledge management

Basic membership management

Basic volunteer tracking

Campaign management

Excel dashboard reports

Payment solution for online donations

For nonprofits and NGOs interested in the on-demand deployment, the solution is available through Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online — an on-demand service hosted and managed by Microsoft. Pricing for Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online for qualifying nonprofits and NGOs is $9.99 per user, per month.

A free trial is available at https://offers.crmchoice.com/nonprofitform/?campaignid=E85FD3F9-39D9-DE11-B5AA-001B7841C76C

Beringer Sponsors Microsoft Distribution Solutions Summit 2010

dbuggy — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 00:06:18 +0000

If you are in the distribution business this event is for you!

We hope you will be able to join us for this FREE inaugural event where industry thought leaders will discuss industry trends and critical business issues and offer solutions for your specific business problems.

Attendees will hear:

How to improve operations and reduce costs- especially in today’s tight economy
Ways to enhance your relationships with customers
Tips to streamline processes for improved productivity

The 2010 Summit includes:
Keynote Address: BRENT GROVER – (Evergreen Consulting)
2005 NAW Institute for Distribution Excellence Fellow*
The Sacred Cows of Wholesale Distribution
(*Brent was honored as one of only four Fellows by the NAW Institute Research Group)

Breakout Session on key topics impacting distributors including:
Consumer Packaged Goods -HOW TO GET MORE OUT OF YOUR EDI SOLUTION: How to more effectively use EDI documents to grow your business and increase your profitability.

Apparel -SUSTAINABILITY – BEING A GREEN DISTRIBUTOR IN TODAY’S ECONOMY:Learn the path to economic sustainability while going Green.

Food & Beverage -SUSTAINING PROFITABILITY AND CUSTOMER SERVICE IN THE FOOD & BEVERAGE INDUSTRY:
How to build loyalty, value & safety through technology.

General Distribution -EXECUTING ON THE FORECAST:
By reducing inventory carrying costs and increasing margins you affect your bottom line more than you do with
increased sales-learn how to increase profitability by doing both.

And many more!

Additionally we will be showcasing our version of Microsoft Dynamics CRM built for distribution businesses. This solution will help you perform targeted marketing, improve lead follow up and forecasting, enhance customer relationships and provide world-class customer support.

Click HERE to register for this FREE event!

AltiGen Annouces End of Life for AT510 Analog Phone

admin — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 20:17:45 +0000

Bulletin: AT510
Summary :End of Life Announcement

AT510 End of Life AnnouncementThe AT510 will be discontinued by March 31, 2010 or when the existing inventory runs out. Whichever happens first. Upgrading to AltiGen’s line of VoIP phones is the recommended migration path.

Important: there are limited quantities remaining of the AT510 – if you anticipate the need for units by the end of the quarter, please place your orders as soon as possible. All products will be shipped on a first come, first served basis.

If you have any questions please call Beringer Associates at 800-796-4854.