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System integration software provider D-Tools, Inc. and Tigerpaw Software, Inc., a leading developer of end-to-end business management solutions, announced jointly yesterday that they have completed the integration of their products D-Tools System Integrator 5 and Tigerpaw CRM+ to form one solution for system integrators and custom installers of low-voltage systems.

Applications covered by the new product include design, estimation, documentation, project management, CRM, and business process optimization applications. D-Tools System Integrator 5 is assist users in generating data-driven floor plans, schematics, line diagrams, functional views, and visual proposals for commercial and residential projects. The Tigerpaw CRM+ program features applications in contact management, marketing automation, sales/pipeline management, service management, technician scheduling and dispatching, and inventory control.

The combined product promises to allow system integrators to create designs, proposals and sales orders using D-Tools SI 5, then convert those sales orders into projects within Tigerpaw CRM+. Invoices can also be generated along project timelines. Other functionality provided by the product includes complete service department automation; inventory management; change order management; subcontractor management; exchanges and RMAs; serial number tracking; and service contract management.

The partnership between the two firms began one year ago. The collaboration will be presented to the public at the CEDIA Expo 2006 in Denver, September 14-17. (In booth #126, to be exact.)