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2008 News

Smartphones take computer power out of the office
By Simon Hendery - NZ Herald
22 August 2008

New uses for cellphones are lifting productivity and cutting costs... This Herald article looks at some of the current issues surrounding business software, including the growing use of mobile computing. Following are some exercepts about Greentree's contribution to the growing mobile arena...

...one of New Zealand's largest business software companies, Greentree, plans to launch a mobile platform in October which will give customers phone-based access to a wide range of its applications.

Greentree chief executive Peter Dickinson says that as well as the productivity advantages of enabling field staff to feed information into the system throughout their working day - rather than having a backlog of data entry to do at the end of it, there is also growing business interest in "remote management" functionality. This is the ability for managers to use their mobile to receive real-time reports summarising important business metrics, or to receive an alert on the device if the office system records an unusual event - such as sales staff lodging a particularly large order at a discount price.

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Ryman on top as fast creator of share value
By Tamsyn Parker - NZ Herald
3 July 2008

This recent NZ Herald article headlines long-time Greentree software users, Ryman Healthcare has just made the top of the NZ list for being the fastest creator of share value in the latest BCG report. Having good business processes and financial reporting and analysis functions plays a significant role in creating value in a company and Greentree has no doubt made a valuable contribution to Ryman in this respect...

Ryman Healthcare has topped a list of New Zealand's 15 largest listed companies for being the fastest value-creator for shareholders over the last five years.

Boston Consulting Group's latest value-creators report found the retirement village operator delivered an average total shareholder return of 49 per cent per annum in the five years to the end of 2007.

During that time Ryman's revenue grew at a compounded annual growth rate of 25 per cent while maintaining an ebit (earnings before interest and tax) margin of 18 to 25 per cent - a performance which saw its market value grow from $165 million to $1.03 billion.

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Greentree delivers BPM layer
By Randal Jackson - Computerworld Magazine
16 June 2008

Peter Dickinson - CEO, Greentree International Greentree has developed a business process management layer for its software that turns it from a transaction and processing system into a fully fledged business control system.

The software is in beta and will go to general release in August.

"It runs across the entire product and allows both internal and external processes and events to be managed," says chief executive Peter Dickinson.

"You can create any rules. We've gone for a tightly integrated approach. This means rapid development of processes because the product doesn't need to be taught or have any complex mapping built."

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Southern man still alive — and kicking
By Jo Bennet - Computerworld Magazine
3 June 2008

The big goodbye bash for 500 that recently saw Robbie Deans, the former All-Black and Crusaders coach who has now taken on the Wallabies, farewell these shores show the ditch between the two islands is almost as deep as the one to the west.

Graham Hill (Greentree Channel Manager), Robbie Deans & Philip Morgan (Enabling)

Paul French, software company Greentree’s communications chap, revealed that the divide still runs very deep indeed. Among the banter at the event, the MC told the partisan Southern Men at the bash that the only three northerners allowed in the room were Greentree’s Graham Hill (Greentree was the event’s sponsor) and honorary southerners Colin Meads and the Mad Butcher.

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SellAgence is geared up for new business in 2008
Grocers Review Magazine
May 2008

Technology enhancements will help deliver superior service to brand principals and trade customers.

“We feel the technology enhancements within the business have been absolutely critical.”

SellAgence is geared up for new business in 2008 Sales and marketing agency SellAgence Ltd has completed an intensive year of technological investment, to create a platform for growth in 2008 and beyond.

The enhancements will also help deliver superior service to its brand principals and trade customers, and include a new ERP system and sales reporting, an e-commerce solution, enhanced process mapping and the roll out of PDA devices to the SellAgence field team.

In March 2007 the first major change was completed. To create an agile business system environment, SellAgence, in conjunction with systems parter Verde, implemented Greentree to replace its existing tier-one ERP system.

Greentree provided the ability to rapidly and efficiently add new principals and this was immediately put to the test. The system integration of the Kodak business began as soon as Greentree went live and trading commenced on 1 May - just 60 days later - an impressive result considering the scale and complexity of the business....

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Getting a handle on the business
By Darren Greenwood - Computerworld Magazine
18 January 2008

This recent article looks at "off-the-shelf" financial management information systems (FMIS) and how easy they are to use and maintain. Greentree users SellAgence are companies interviewed, there are also some comments from Greentree's CEO Peter Dickinson.

““The cost of ownership has plummeted [since implementing Greentree].”

While some firms go for larger tier-one systems, marketing company SellAgence switched from Oracle to Greentree, feeling such a large system was “overkill” for their needs. IT manager Mark Emirali says the company’s whole IT system was overhauled, not just ERP and switching to Greentree delivered more efficiencies.

On seeing some Greentree sites, company executives were won over by Greetree’s ease of use, ability to migrate from one system to another, and ability to drill down for information. Verde was chosen as implementation partner.

Greentree was delivered “out of the box” and since its implementaion in early 2007 has been cost effective, needing fewer staff to support it. It had similar functions to the old Oracle system and has also been able to expand to cope with major new clients, such as Kodak.

“The cost of ownership has plummeted,” Emirali says.

SellAgence is also integrating Greentree with electronic data interfaces and data warehosusing tools, with other modules planned for the future. It has also virtualised Greentree onto other servers, boosting its disaster recovery capability.

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2007 News

Global brand management company SellAgence gains a world of efficiency with Greentree
iStart Magazine
December 2007

The Auckland-based FMCG brand services business found switching to Greentree reduced cost of ownership and improved its responsiveness to customers’ needs...

“Greentree was a good fit for our business with most of the functionality there from day one, so we’re looking to drop a zero off the cost of ownership.”

Global brand management company SellAgence gains a world of efficiency with Greentree Global brand marketing management company SellAgence partners with client companies to design and apply the service elements required to maximise their category and brand growth in the New Zealand operating environment.

SellAgence has more than 95 full-time and part-time employees to service the New Zealand market and provides market management services for global brands, such as Procter & Gamble, Ferrero and Kodak, managing around $250 million in retail sales for clients.

It had been running a tier-one ERP system but needed to trim IT costs without reducing functionality.

Mark Emirali, SellAgence’s IT systems manager, explains that with a staff of only around 100 “we needed an implementation partner that exactly understood our business. Greentree partner Verde worked really closely with us and ensured there was no disruption to our business.”

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Positive Result for Greentree in UK Lab Test
Report by David Carter - accountingweb.co.uk
October 2007

Greentree is experiencing significant growth in the UK market. This is strongly supported by a review and lab test of Greentree's Financial Suite that has garnered much praise from the UK reviewer...

"Clearly, Greentree is a product of the first rank."

The overall standard of the software is very high, but certain features call for particular praise. Examples are: the use of coding hierarchies (“trees”) for reporting; different screen layouts for entering different types of transaction line; the ability to post to several companies within the one transaction; and the GL Enquiry screen being effectively a window onto the entire GL database.

Greentree offers a full range of modules in addition to the accounting ledgers covered in this review. The developer’s representative showed me the CRM module which looked extremely good, suggesting that a similar standard prevails across the rest of the range.

Greentree is little known in this country [the UK]. However, it should be stressed that it has an established track record as a premier supplier in Australia/NZ.

And as I have argued elsewhere, with the private equity industry now targeting software companies, buying from a long-established and well-known UK vendor is no longer quite the safe option it used to be.

UK reseller Prerogative says it is promoting Greentree to more experienced and therefore more discriminating customers. This makes sense.

"If you are the sort of user who is looking to work with a small supplier of top quality business software, then Greentree can be strongly recommended."

David Carter

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Beyond the Basics
NZ Business Magazine article by Vikki Bland
October 2007

Vikki Bland reports on the major developments in accounting software over the past 12 months and how you can tell when it's time to upgrade.

The way forward
Peter Dickinson, CEO of Greentree, says overly-simplified software systems don't cut it today either - solutions needs to be easy to use, but not feature-light. He says Greentree is to release a full EDI (electronic data interchange) product to enable small businesses to easily connect and do business electronically with bigger buyers; and while electronic commerce has traditionally been the domain of large enterprises, it is smaller businesses that have the most to gain.

"There's a need to provide sophistication without complexity. A lot of small businesses actually do some clever things and they need clever systems to support that. 'Dumbed-down' or really lightweight products usually mean lots of functional gaps and that forces the small business to set-up costly manual processes around the core system."

Peter Dickinson - CEO of Greentree

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Gigantic innovation leap in store for Greentree
Scoop - Press Release:
Foundation for Research Science & Technology
30 July 2007

Financial and business management software company Greentree is developing unique technology that will provide automatic testing for new programmes so it can pump out software upgrades on a daily basis.

The technology would also smooth the way to ensure compatibility of add-ons and upgrades for customised and standard software packages.

The advanced capability means Greentree is set to take greater market share internationally with its business software which incorporates financial, distribution, supply chain management, point of sale, manufacturing, project costing, customer relationship management (CRM), services and asset management, HR, payroll and eCommerce options.

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Greentree readies for growth spurt
The Dominion Post article by Tom Pullar-Strecker
30 July 2007

New Zealand's answer to SAP, Auckland-based enterprise resource planning software vendor Greentree, will invest $1.1 million on improving its software to help meet its ambitious goal of growing its customer base from 800 to 10,000-plus customers.

The company, which employs 42 staff, has received a $350,000 grant from the Foundation of Research, Science and Technology to develop a sophisticated testing tool.

Greentree chief executive Peter Dickinson says the tool will improve the reliability and compatibility of updates and enhancements to its software, making it safer to push these out more regularly.

"We already have very automated systems for deploying updates and we release them every night and that has the fantastic benefit that customers get new features quickly. The downside is if you 'break anything'.

"What we are looking to do with this grant is to put in incredibly clever testing tools so we can put out the most bulletproof software quickly."

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Greentree's super-integration clinches buy decision ahead of SAP, Navision & Pronto
July 2007

Estimating, calculating and quoting labour costs are core business activities for Armflame a gas and pipe Installation Company in Queensland Australia. With over 30 field staff covered by multiple pay and award agreements the calculation of labour is complicated. This being the case it’s not surprising that John Todd, Armflame CFO required any new software system to automatically calculate and charge back payroll costs to the job without having to re-key data. What was surprising for John was that only a handful of software vendors had actually figured this out.

Having experienced several software and systems implementations over the years, John knew exactly what he was looking for from a software supplier. The key attributes were the ability of the supplier to quickly grasp requirements and explain in plain-vanilla English exactly how the offering would meet those requirements. John and his team of eight ERP evaluators invited product demonstrations from Greentree, SAP and Pronto but the stand-out performer on a number of key factors was Greentree. Navision was looked at but eliminated as it did not have an integrated payroll system....

“Greentree will give us the ability to add value to our business, control our job cost and improve the way we do business over the long term, but also with some quick short term gains.”

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Kiwifruit heavyweight Seeka does some smart IT picking
iStart magazine article
June 2007

The business responsible for more than a quarter of this country's kiwifruit production turned to Greentree when it needed to improve some vital business systems...

Seeka supplied about 28% of New Zealand's total kiwifruit production last year, most of which was exported to Japan and Europe.

Kiwifruit heavyweight Seeka does some smart IT picking A recent technology revamp within Seeka was driven by the need to reduce costs across the business, particularly administrative cost, by rationlizing the number of manual processes.

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Think small, Verde urges
NZ Reseller News article
May 2007

Greentree partner Verde has reached its 100th customer milestone and the company is fining a strong customer base with mid-size firms who want business software systems that are locally developed, according to a Verde director.

Verde director John Fothergill (centre) presents champagne to Sellagence's Barry Fallwell (Financial Controller) and Mark Emirali (IT Systems Manager)

Consumer good importer and marketer SellAgence recently adopted Greentree software amid a search late last year for a system with lower maintenance costs, says Verde's John Fothergill...

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Greentree - listening to your needs
May 2007

This year's Business Software Guide, released by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia, features comprehensive coverage of Greentree and their Australian Greentree Business Partners.

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SellAgence opts for local solution over tier-one Oracle
Greentree selected as replacement for E-Business Suite
Computerworld article by Ulrika Hedquist
30 April 2007

SellAgence, a provider of market management services for manufacturers, has ditched its existing Oracle E-Business Suite software and replaced it with a solution from local business management software vendor Greentree.

SellAgence provides market management services for global brands, such as Procter & Gamble, Ferrero and Kodak, managing around $250 million in retail sales for clients.

Mark Emerali, IT Systems Manager - SellAgence SellAgence’s new Greentree business software is a full suite, backed by a financial base, and incorporating inventory and a business intelligence system. It was implemented two months ago at a fraction of the cost of the existing system, says Mark Emirali, IT systems manager of SellAgence. The implementation “wasn’t that difficult”, he says, and the new system is simple enough for people to quickly learn how to use, he says. “The learning curve wasn’t huge,” he says.

A number of different drivers led to the decision to replace Oracle with Greentree, says Emirali. Firstly, the Oracle solution was too large for SellAgence, which employs 100 staff, he says...

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GT3, it's not a car...
The Channel article
April 2007

After four years of development business software specialist Greentree has unveiled its latest version - GT3.

Greentree Marketing Manager Paul French says that GT3 is much more than just a version release. "It's not just a static release, as Greentree are pushing ahead with continuous product developments. GT3 creates a platform for business process management and mobile applications, both of which will be progressively rolled out, " he says.

French says Greentree works closely with its customers and partners and continuously canvases customer wish lists.

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'Unleash your Business' with GT3
March 2007

Announcing the launch of GT3 – the latest version of the Greentree business- building solution.

Given Greentree’s innovative constant improvement and continuous software release approach, as opposed to the typical industry annual release, you may be asking why create a fanfare around just 1 release, why GT3?

We are celebrating all of the wonderful functionality that has been added to the Greentree product over the last couple of years, some of the examples of this include the new Manufacturing suite (see article on the addition of Quality Control), Approval and Alerts, Web Services Connectivity and the new HR suite. A huge driver in this continuous improvement is our customers' needs and inputs combined with our own innovations.

What better way to celebrate this GT3 achievement than with a great new product look plus many areas of improved visibility of information. Check out Graphs, Data Explorer and Business Intelligence and the many new capabilities in GT3.

And now “back to the future”. The release of GT3 is definitely not a static point and there will be no waiting for the industry typical “next year until the next release”. Greentree is pushing ahead with its continuous product improvements and other major initiatives and GT3 creates the platform for Business Process Management and Mobile Applications – both of which will be progressively rolled out during 2007.

The 'New' Look

Wow, Greentree GT3 introduces a fresh new look that begins when users startup Greentree, through the login screen, background and then on to all the forms and menus. We have designed this new look to be easy on the eye and yet provide a colourful working environment for you to use. But wait, there's more, the impact doesn’t just stop with the look and feel, users will now find colourful graphs on the each of the masterfiles that present visually compelling information specific to that item.

This serves to indicate how Greentree reveals the value beyond just what you see on the surface.

We have also introduced a number of exciting new capabilities in GT3 that will make using Greentree and finding information even easier. For example you will now find a new option on the file menu called "Menu Search". Have you ever been daunted by trying to find a particular menu option? Well now we have made that easier. With ‘Menu Search’ type in the first few letters of the menu option and press enter, and all menu options that contain those letters will be displayed and you can select and action the one you want.

As can be seen from this screen, we have undertaken a complete facelift of Greentree forms. From a new soft graduated colour background for each form and tab, through to colourful and larger set of Icons on the menu bar. And to enhance consistency, all masterfile forms now come standard with transaction launch buttons on the side bar (excludes Fixed Assets which will follow shortly).

Each form will also include a Related Tab to enable visibility and drill through to ALL related activities, from all suites for that item. Also, an Analysis Tab is now available on many of the forms to show 'contextual Intelligence/trends' related to that instance. Note that this can be turned off per user.

A key objective was to incorporate some of the direction of ‘Vista’ while still providing an uncluttered yet functional user experience. We think that difficult dynamic balance has been achieved and we hope you feel the same.

Related media stories:

Print: New Zealand Herald - "Greentree expands"

Kiwi Software Provider Surges into Sydney
July 2006

Greentree International has just announced a further expansion into the Australian business software market, building on the momentum that has netted more than 2000 customer organisations across Australasia.

To support its expansion, Greentree has appointed three new resellers in Sydney following significant customer demand for its software products. The new partners include Verde Group, Addax Business Solutions and Star Accounting Solutions. The new partner appointments add to Greentree’s existing Sydney network, which includes Kinetic Information Systems (Newcastle) and GT Business Solutions.

Announcing the Australian expansion, Greentree’s Executive Director, Peter Dickinson, said, “Greentree is surging into Sydney and we are expanding our Australian partner network to meet the strong customer demand for our business management software applications..."

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Related media stories:

Australia:
Web: ARNnet - Greentree plots Sydney growth
Print: Australian Reseller News - Greentree partners converge on Sydney
Web: CRN - Greentree partners surge into Sydney

New Zealand:
Print: Greentree gears up for Australian push

GlobalTech forms new Greentree partnership
July 2006

GlobalTech Solutions - new Greentree Business Partner in Auckland & Christchurch Greentree International and GlobalTech Solutions Ltd are delighted to announce their newly formed partner status.

GlobalTech Solutions are a New Zealand company with offices in Christchurch and Auckland, they specialise in providing software solutions strategies for small to large enterprises and have a wide portfolio of clients across a variety of industries.

Their client list includes respected organisations such as Jade Stadium, Lynn River, Corson Grains, Stonewood Homes, Christchurch City Mission, Burnside High School and South Port NZ.

Tim Ryley, GlobalTech Founder says “we kept hearing good things about Greentree so decided to pursue becoming a Greentree channel partner. We had a close look at the product and we were impressed with its flexibility and integration. Amongst other reasons this makes it the right fit for a large proportion of New Zealand businesses...”

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Related media stories:

New Zealand:
Web: M-net - Greentree partners with GlobalTech
Print: NZ Reseller News - Greentree gears up for Australian push
Print: The Channel - Greentree gets another boost

'Tasmanian Greentree Software Development Centre' announced
Tasmania, 6 July 2006

Tasmanian information technology (IT) company Synateq and Greentree International today announced a major new $2-3m investment for the state ICT industry, unveiling the Tasmanian Greentree Software Development Centre in Hobart.

Greentree software development centre announced for Tasmania - pictured are Chris Rasmussen (Synateq), Deputy Premier Bryan Green & Peter Dickinson (Greentree International)

Deputy Premier, Bryan Green, Minister for Economic Development and Resources, said, “The establishment of this development centre underscores the growing importance of Tasmania’s burgeoning technology to Australia’s ICT industry.”

“Synateq and Greentree have invested in local innovation and jobs...”

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Related media stories:

Australia:
Web: Computerworld - 'R&D centre gets mobile'
Print: Computerworld - $3m R&D centre opens in Hobart
Print: Australian Reseller News - R&D centre opens in Tasmania
Rust Report - Kiwi backs Tassie software centre

New Zealand:
Web: Auckland software firm expands Aussie footprint

MIS votes Greentree one of top 25 NZ ICT vendors
MIS NZ Magazine Article by Divina Paredes & Vikki Bland
May 2006

Greentree is delighted to have been voted one of the 25 most strategically important New Zealand IT vendors by MIS New Zealand magazine. They share this honour with Navman, TelstraClear and Weta Digital among others.

The ten judges hail from both the public and private sectors, and hold senior management & IT positions. They based their decisions on those vendors who have experienced exponential growth locally and internationally.

These 25 New Zealand companies have been deemed to be very important to NZ IT user organisations that value the advantage of working with companies attuned to the needs of the local business community, and are flexible and innovative at the same time...

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Greentree stages apocalypse
New Zealand Reseller News Magazine Article by Kate Palmer
May 2006

Financial software company Greentree is still on a buzz after a very successful conference earlier in the year.

Delegates at the Greentree Partner Conference enjoy the adrenalin rush of the Rapids Jet experience Paul French, Greentree marketing and communications manager, says the event went a long way towards breaking down barriers. "That's not to say things weren't good before. One of the key outcomes is that our partners are really beginning to collaborate on deals," he says.

French admits Greentree drove its partners through an intensive three days of training sessions but says there was plenty of fun to be had on the side...

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Greener Pastures for Business Partners
Australian Reseller News Magazine Article
March 2006

Australian Reseller News Investing in success was the catchcry of the recent Greentree Partner Conference at the Wairakei Resort in Taupo, New Zealand. About 80 of the business software company's partners from Australia and NZ hit the town for the four-day event, which was the first partner event for three years.

Endeavour Solutions team receive the award for best marketing Information sessions were based on sales tactics, partner program updates, product roadmaps and software development. Training zones were held on various technologies such as CRM, manufacturing and web services. Speakers included David Morrison-Jones and partner, Verde Limited...

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Who's Who in New Zealand ICT
50 Innovators & Leaders - MIS Magazine Article
March 2006

Peter Dickinson - Greentree International Peter Dickinson reckons he was fortunate to have a maths teacher who believed computers were going to change the world and had organised a computer club, "quite revolutionary" because this was circa 1969. Since then, Dickinson immersed himself in the world of ICT, and was the founding president of the New Zealand Software Exporters Association, now the New Zealand Software Association. He has been CEO of Greentree for the past three years...

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ERP Landscape - A Year in (P)review
iStart Magazine Article
March 2006

Greentree passed a significant milestone when it broke the 500-site barrier in Australia and New Zealand in 2005, and the company now reports that is getting close to 600 customers in Australasia. In December the company was named - along with Google - as one of the 25 "rising stars" in the computer industry by a leading Australian IT magazine. According to Greentree this accolade was prompted partly by the company's high win-rate, currently running at 12 - 15 new sites a month, which equals the local sales performance of the industry's giants...

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Rising star status helps company to branch out
NZ Herald article by Owen Hembry
January 2006

Software maker Greentree International is counting on its new "rising star" status to boost its credibility overseas.

Peter Dickinson - Greentree International The Auckland maker of resource planning software was recently named one of the information technology world's "25 Rising Stars" by the Australian edition of Managing Information Strategies.

Having amassed 600 customers in the region, Greentree was among the firms that showed signs of seriously influencing how technology is bought and used, the magazine said.

Chief executive Peter Dickinson said the accolade should help the company in its next phase - expanding into the United States and British markets ...

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2005 News

Counting the Beans
NZ Business - Accounting Software Guide
Article by Vikki Bland
December 2005

The latest NZ Business magazine includes an accounting software guide, and features Greentree among the vendors it profiles.

Peter Dickinson, Executive Director of Greentree is quoted on a number of occasions, including saying "financial software needs to support all company operations and extract critical business information"...

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Greentree Award at Massey University
December 2005

Greentree is developing relationships with students at Massey University in Auckland , who are currently studying Object-Oriented Software Development. Teams who have achieved excellence in completing an assigned project will received a $500 cash award from Greentree.

This opportunity will not only increase exposure to Greentree and Jade, but also supports and encourages student's initiative in choosing to work in Jade. The knowledge students are imparting has great commercial value to us and the entire JADE developer community by increasing the depth of knowledge on effective Object Orientated design as well as the awareness of and skills in JADE within the IT marketplace.

Greentree voted one of the global 25 “Rising Stars”
MIS Strategic 100 magazine article - www.misweb.com
November 2005

Greentree International has been recognised by Managing Information Strategies (MIS) Magazine, Australia’s leading IT management magazine, as a global top 25 ‘Rising Star’.

MIS Magazine awarded the prestigious accolade as part of their annual Strategic 100 list of information technology innovators and leaders. MIS Magazine is part of Fairfax Business Media, and is published in Asia, Australia, New Zealand and the UK.

Paul Smith, Editor of MIS Magazine says “the companies selected are adjudged to be the most strategically important for CIO’s to keep abreast of.” That is those that show signs of seriously influencing the way technology is bought or deployed. These global ‘Rising Star’ companies were selected by analysts, IT directors and the MIS editorial team. The expert panel makes the selection from companies around the globe with over 3000 IT vendors vying for selection.

The significance of the positioning for Greentree should not be underestimated. The list places Greentree in the company of fellow ‘Rising Stars’ such as Google. Greentree are the only NZ vendor on the MIS 25 ‘Rising Stars’ list, such recognition is rarely bestowed from outside the domestic market. To add even more good news into the mix, Jade were voted as one of the most strategically important ANZ 25....

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Greentree puts boot up resellers
NZ Reseller News article by Louis van Wyk
November 2005

Greentree resellers from New Zealand and Australia invited to a recent sales training event at a retreat in Albany would have been mistaken if they thought they would just spend a few hours in sessions before retiring for drinks by the pool.

Instead they were in for an intensive four-day sales training boot camp, featuring numerous workshop exercises, product quizzes and presentations to a fictitious board of directors, made up of external industry directors.

“There is a reason we called it a boot camp. It was hard work, not a golf junket,” says Graham Hill, Greentree channel manager for Australasia...

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Latest NZ Business Software Guide features Greentree
NZ MIS Magazine
November 2005

Greentree features strongly in this annual edition of the Business Software Guide for New Zealand, both in terms of advertising and editorial mentions...

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Greentree's 500th Site: Select Managed Funds
NZ Business article - Daring to be Different
September 2005

When Melbourne-based Select Managed Funds recently chose Greentree for its workflow design, eReporting, financial and payroll requirements - it became the latest in a long line of companies worldwide to make the switch to the business management software - number 500 to be exact...

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NZ software finds home in Botswana
Computerworld article by David Watson
September 2005

This article reports on how Greentree operates in Africa . Thanks to Addax, Gallery Gold is using Greentree to consolidate its disparate financial management system to a single platform, they said “One benefit is the global, real-time access to data...”

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Greentree sales growth continues
August 2005

The first quarter of Greentree's new financial year has seen another wave of momentum with most Partners having signed multiple new sites. Particularly pleasing is the wide geographical spread of success throughout NZ, Australia , Fiji and the US . We have now reached and passed the 500th customer site milestone and are currently adding 15+ sites per month.This coming quarter looks like it will be our best ever with a lot of solid business leads looking to sign up in the next couple of months. Go Greentree!

New Greentree Business Partner in NSW
August 2005

Kinetics Information Systems Pty Ltd is an experienced newcomer to the IT scene in the Newcastle region of New South Wales . Kinetic have more than 20 years' experience implementing ERP systems - including 15 years with Greentree's predecessor CBA and more than seven with Greentree. The team has international experience in many industries, with businesses of varying sizes.

Principal Profile
The Director Alison Burt has a background in ERP systems analysis, design and implementation, specialising in business financial systems. With a proven implementation methodology, she has the skills, knowledge and desire to make businesses work better.

Having lived, studied and worked around Australia and in New Zealand , Alison has returned to the Newcastle region, bringing her experience home to provide quality software solutions and support to local businesses.

With her team at Kinetic, she instills her own considerable knowledge and enthusiasm for the Greentree product and combines it with local insight and responsiveness.

For more information on Kinetic Information Systems, visit their website: www.kineticis.com.au

Partners at root of Greentree success
NZ Reseller News article by Louis van Wyk
July 2005

Highlighting our dedicated partners gained another PR release in the New Zealand Reseller News on July 08. This article describes how pure channel business model has taken Greentree from a home-grown business software house to compete successfully against larger global rivals at home and abroad...

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Small ERP player growing alongside giants
Australian IT article by Simon Hayes
July 2005

The first of many press articles regarding Greentree sales success has appeared in print and online. An article about Greentree titled Small ERP player growing alongside giants heads the front page of the Business section of Australian IT on JULY 05, 2005. The article was published in The Australian as well as online at AustralianIT.com.au. The Australian is the country's national daily and is widely recognized as its foremost agenda-setter.

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Enterprise Applications Both Large & Small
National Business Review article by Stephen Ballantyne
July 2005

A news article for Greentree appeared in the National Business Review Technology section on July 15, 2005. The article contrasts the success of dissimilar software vendors in the industry using SAP and Greentree as examples.

The article highlights that “SAP and Greentree maybe chalk and cheese but they are both proving a success.” and that “Greentree has a particular point of advantage – it's made with Jade. Thanks to Jade, Greentree software is reliable, flexible and easy to configure and maintain.”

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Greentree Partner, Endeavour, expands South
July 2005

Endeavour Solutions has a strong commitment to the Greentree product and with more than 80 Greentree customers spread throughout New Zealand, Endeavour has plenty of experience as well. Most of Endeavour's success has been in the Auckland market but with a working relationship established with Christchurch CBA reseller Reid Wray, expansion to the South Island was inevitable.

Endeavour has now opened an office in Riccarton, Christchurch to service CBA customers converting to Greentree. There are four customers in the midst of converting to Greentree; among them a 60-user site with offices in Christchurch, Rotorua and Auckland. Chris Miller, Endeavour's Managing Director said “it was important to meet the needs of the Christchurch customers with local support, not just a remote service from Auckland ”

“We have a number of CBA customers in Christchurch planning upgrades to Greentree over the next 12 months and we felt it was vital to set up a permanent base in Christchurch. ” Customers find that the step from CBA to Greentree is not as difficult as a conversion to a completely new system.

Local CBA consultants have been trained on Greentree and have already started training customers. The official opening of the office is not until September this year, but Endeavour staff are already enjoying their time in the Garden City.

Greentree listed among top ten for SMBs
MyBusiness magazine - Best Buys feature
June 2005

Greentree is listed as one of the top ten accounting software packages that SMBs should choose from in the Best Buys feature of the June edition of MyBusiness (a monthly trade publication targeting Australian SMEs). Amongst the list are multinational players including MYOB, Microsoft and SAP. The article is titled By All Accounts explains how upgrading accounting software can set your business on a growth path, and how to pick the right one to implement. Important selection criteria include adaptability of the solution and level of support and customization the vendor provides.

The article also point out products from competing vendors in Australia such as MYOB, Quicken and NetAccounts are “not designed for heavy customization”. ERP vendors such as Microsoft, Epicor, Sun Systems, Pegasus, Arrow, ACCPAC, Sage and many others are considerably more costly since they generally require a separate database...

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Manufacturing gets a boost
June 2005

Greentree have recently delivered a number of enhancements to the Manufacturing module, these include:

Batch Sizes on Bills to allow the entry of component quantities for a parent production quantity larger than 1.
Graphical View on Bills to visually discern the structure of all or the current Bill of Materials.
Line Sequencing (alpha numeric) to support the logical process flow for a Factory Order.
Sales Order / Factory Order linking to allow assignment of the ordered quantity to an existing Factory order, or the creation of a new Factory order. Also works in reverse so that when creating Factory orders you can assign items to backordered Sales Order items.

Greentree reaches Ireland
June 2005

Greentree has partners geographically spread across five continents. Underpinning the growing beachhead in Europe is qcl technologies, located in Cork and founded in 1988.

The company has grown steadily and established itself as a dynamic IT solutions provider in the Irish computer market. With over 30 full-time staff, they have built up an impressive client base over the years across a wide-range of industry sectors. qcl have formed strong and lasting relationships with customers by providing add-on services which include consultancy and advice on their IT needs and systems development.

Greentree consultants and implementers at qcl have extensive experience in implementing financial and business solutions to improve a company's efficiency and profitability. They also offer other related services including project management, training and system integration.

For more information on QCL technologies, visit their website:
www.qcltechnologies.com

Greentree launches new Recruitment module
June 2005

The Recruitment module provides the functionality required to streamline and manage your Recruitment process. The Recruitment module enables you to:

Build a database of Applicants, keeping track of their Education, Skill set and Experience.
Define Positions, specifying what the Job entails, capture Responsibilities and Requirements, and who is currently holding each position
Record job sharing details.
Perform a Skill Search on the database of Applicants and / or Employees.
Define Recruitment Processes.
Manage the Recruitment Process for each Position through tracking all steps.
Convert successful Applicants to Employees.

The Recruitment module consists of a great number of lookup fields, which allows you to customize this module to suit your specific Recruiting needs. Greentree standard Trees and User-defined fields are also available.

Read the Recruitment module brochure (PDF)

Greentree on Linux
March 2005

Greentree international is pleased to announce the successful delivery of Greentree on the Linux operating system.

Greentree on Linux is an exciting event as it brings the opportunity for cost effective server platform choice to our mid market customers.

Industry analysts indicate that Linux has a growing following and the market is looking for choice. With this new capability we are now well positioned to be able to respond to the growing number of inquiries we are receiving.

Greentree Director of Product Research and Development, Stephen Sims says "The JADE technology behind Greentree provides a robust and reliable development and database environment that they can be used to build applications quickly and efficiently."

JADE's multi platform experience has provided us with the means to deliver Greentree on Linux with remarkable ease. He continues:

"With Greentree on Linux Servers, our Greentree solution now offers even more. Greentree brings to the mid-market organization, a competitively priced business solution with functional capacity beyond any of our competitors and now with multiplatform choice, and the database included is a compelling and cost effective solution."

JADE 6.0 delivers server side components on Linux and with JADE 6.1 delivering a Linux thin client in 2005, we will have a complete end to end platform. Dean Cooper JADE program Manager says:

"Jade is committed to supporting Linux. With JADE we want to make it easy for customers to deliver their applications on Linux and take advantage of this significant opportunity. Greentree are an innovative and successful Jade Partner with compelling business management product."

What are the latest findings?

IDC (International Data Corporation) expect Linux to account for 29% of server shipments this year. Gartner reported in May that revenue of Linux servers grew 57% in the first quarter of 2004. An InformationWeek Research survey reported that nearly 70% of respondents already use Linux. Linux has established credibility and is growing in the business world. Businesses are choosing Linux because of its cost-effectiveness, security, stability, flexibility and performance. A key driver behind the Linux business growth is support from large vendors such as IBM and HP, as this gives customers confidence to move to the platform.

Greentree Drives Toyota Forward
February 2005

Greentree International has been awarded a contract to provide financial software to Toyota Technical Centre Asia/Pacific Australia, a recently established R&D centre. The centre and its state-of-the-art design facility in Melbourne are expected to employ about 100 people by 2006.

Greentree implementation has been split into two phases, with the accounts payable, accounts receivable, general ledger, fixed assets, and job costing modules already up and running, and payroll and CRM applications due to cut in by July 1 2005. Greentree is working with Melbourne Company Star Accounting Solutions on the implementation.

Read full press release (PDF)

2004 News

Greentree's Channel Growth Continues
September 2004

Greentree has signed up more Australian Partners this month boosting its network of authorised Business Partners across New Zealand, Australia, Asia-Pacific, USA, Canada and the UK.

Prerogative Limited choose Greentree
The Greentree Partner Network has been joined by UK Greentree Business Partner Prerogative Ltd, part of UK parent company Epaccsys. Prerogative is a fast growing and innovative services company who develop, implement and support the Greentree Solution. Prerogative is the UK's founding value added reseller who supports an ever expanding spectrum of clients throughout the United Kingdom and Europe.

Prerogative's qualified implementers of Greentree can meet the needs of small to mid range business across a broad array of industries. Prerogative has its own development centre and support framework to further maximise the returns from the Greentree Solution, and are able to fully customise the system to a clients' specific needs if they are not already catered for.
To find out more about Prerogactive view: Prerogative Profile

Synateq opens branch in Melbourne
Following their flying start with Greentree, Synateq Pty Ltd is now branching out and building a Greentree team in Melbourne. With their headquarters in Hobart, Tasmania, Synateq is a business consulting and IT company providing 'end-to-end' business solutions to a broad cross-section of business demographics, from large corporations to SMEs and through all levels of government agencies.
To find out more about Synateq visit: www.synateq.com

Enabling's merger with Server Group offers nationwide service
September 2004

Enabling's team of 35 can now offer Greentree sales and service nationwide from its offices in Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin (Head Office), Invercargill, and now also in Auckland.

The merger of Server Group and Enabling brings benefits to both companies. For Enabling Technologies it means they now have offices in Auckland, and additional skills added to our already extensive skill base around the country. For Server Group’s clients there is access to the wider network and services Enabling offers and the skills available.
To find out more about Enabling visit: www.enabling.net

Greentree Keeps on Growing!
August 2004

Greentree International moved from city to Albany

In early August Greentree International moved locations within Auckland, New Zealand. The move to Albany was a smooth success, and it's just our address that has changed NOT the phone and fax numbers.

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People power: Three HR packages tested
Steven Turvey, Technology & Business Magazine
August 2004

"In a nutshell, Greentree is a very powerful and full-featured HR package and is not lacking in payroll features."

In a recent article featured in ZDNet Australia, Steven Turvey, of Technology & Business magazine, takes an in-depth look at the why a company's human resource management functions need to be automated and examines what customers need to consider. Payroll for Greentree was one of three packages reviewed.

“The Greentree software had the most extensive feature list of the three packages supplied to the Lab. The list of features went well beyond the scope of this roundup with not only a range of HR features such as payroll, HRM, and OH&S, but also full accounting functionality, supply chain management, and customer relationship management.”

View the Full Greentree Review

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Greentree appoints Netpointers for maximum optimisation
June 2004

Greentree International recently appointed Netpointers to optimise their website. Search engine optimisation (SEO) is about making your website visible to search engines. This means that if a net user is looking for your type of business and plugs relevant search terms into a search engine such as Google, your company will come out with a top ranking – ideally at the number one spot in the results. For a technology-based company like Greentree it is very important to have top rankings in Google and other major search engines.

Greentree’s search engine visibility has improved dramatically since Netpointers was appointed to optimise their web visibility and web presence. A huge 97% of Greentree’s keywords get them a top ten ranking on Google and in just four months Greentree’s newly re-vamped website has gone from zero to 519 in the top thirty placements across 16 highly used local, regional and international search engines.

Greentree's "very, very, responsive" Campaign
June 2004

Greentree International has recently launched an international direct mail campaign to attract new medium sized enterprise customers to its business management solution. Greentree International has a clear mission to all users of its solutions - to listen, respond, and be proactive. These unique benefits are supported by the promise of "very, very, responsive!" The green dog brings this promise to life!

The “very, very, responsive” campaign has been well received in the market as the Greentree Business Partners roll out the initial campaigns across Australia and New Zealand.

POSitively Greentree
June 2004

Greentree International is pleased to announce the launch of its Greentree Point of Sale module. Greentree can now offer a range of Point of Sale solutions to its customers. Point of Sale solutions now include the new Greentree Point of Sale module, a Counter Sales module and the integration with the 3rd party solutions 'Infinity' and ‘FieldPine’.

For more information on Greentree's Point of Sale module, contact your local Greentree Business Partner

Greentree User Group Meetings thrive!
June 2004

There has been a great deal of activity with the Greentree user groups. New user groups were formed recently in Adelaide and Perth, Australia. At these meetings a committee was established and the agenda was set for on-going and regular meetings.

Attendees were able to discuss the Greentree product in depth at the established Christchurch and Wellington, New Zealand, user group meetings. Stephen Sims, Greentree's Director of Product Research and Development, presented the product roadmap at the Australian and Christchurch meetings, and Greentree's Founder Don Bowman attended the Christchurch forum to meet the customers face to face.

Greentree welcomes new Business Partner!
May 2004

We would like to give a warm welcome to Synateq Pty Ltd, the latest organisation to join the Greentree Business Partner Network. Synateq considerable accounting experience and software consultancy backgrounds, and we wish them all the very best for the further growth with Greentree.

Based in Hobart, Tasmania, Synateq is a business consulting and IT company providing 'end-to-end' business solutions to a broad cross-section of business demographics, from large corporations to SMEs and government agencies. Synateq Director, Chris Rasmussen, comments "Greentree is clearly an organisation that is focused on its customers and on winning business and that suits us down to the ground. I have had a lot of exposure to other software companies, and in comparison what I have seen so far from Greentree definitely impresses me.”
To find out more about Synateq visit: www.synateq.com

Greentree growing in Australia
CRN / iTNews Article by Fleur Doidge
May 2004

New Zealand-based ERP developer Greentree International is expanding its channel in Australia, signing two consultancies and seeking a couple more in every major centre.

The Channels Director Australia for Greentree, said the company had signed Adelaide’s Lee Green Consulting and Hobart’s Synateq to its business partner program, bringing its total Australian partner count to 24...

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Greentree grows new branches
ARN Article by Darren Greenwood
May 2004

ERP developer, Greentree International, has increased its Business Partner network by adding two IT consultancies, Sydney and Adelaide-based, Lee Green Consulting, and Hobart-based, Synateq, to its 22-strong active reseller network across Australia.

Auckland-based Greentree claims to have the largest market share of any accounting software provider in its homeland with 6.3 per cent, outranking major ERP vendors including SAP, JD Edwards and PeopleSoft...

View Full ARN Article

Greentree makes the right connection for Leap Australasia
Needed: "a flexible solution to support remote office"
March 2004

One of Greentree's many customer success stories is featured in this issue of the iStart magazine, and on the iStart website. Leap Australasia were looking for a flexible accounting solution that would support their "remote office" strategy...

View Full iStart Article

ERP battle moves to mid-market
March 2004

Greentree's Executive Director, Peter Dickinson is interviewed in an interesting article by iStart about emerging trends in the ERP (Enterprise Resources Planning) space in New Zealand...

At Greentree, however, CEO Peter Dickinson says his company has specialised in the mid-market for 20 years, and he suggests Tier 1 vendors may have a lot to learn about the sector. "Because those vendors are large companies in their own right, they presume that mid-size companies are less sophisticated, less demanding and therefore either require less functionality or can easily change their operations to fit the software."

"In fact, the opposite is true - mid-size companies by necessity tend to be nimble, fast-moving and need systems with the same attributes. The only ingredient usually missing in a SME is the massive business volumes, and therefore the revenues, to sustain expensive solutions."

View Full iStart Article

Greentree - as simple as ABC
February 2004

Adelaide-based Greentree Business Partner, Advance Business Consulting (ABC), has successfully signed up and implemented Greentree's business management software for three South Australian organisations since December 2003...

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Greentree's NZ market share hits 6.3%
- NZ's largest accounting software provider
February 2004

Greentree International currently dominates the market with the largest market share of any accounting software provider in New Zealand. In an extremely fragmented market Greentree holds 6.3%, outranking even the well-known ERP vendors including SAP, JD Edwards and Peoplesoft..

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Greentree appoints new Senior Support Consultant
February 2004

Greentree announces the appointment of a new senior support consultant for their Greentree business management software suite. Tasneem Rajeev (nee Ambawala) will be part of a team responsible for providing 2nd and 3rd tier support to Greentree's extensive reseller network throughout New Zealand and Australia.

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Manufacturing module goes live across Australasia
January 2004

Greentree is pleased to announce that two manufacturers in Australasia have now successfully implemented the recently release Greentree Manufacturing Module. The module integrates seamlessly with Greentree's financial and business management software suites. This enables inventory quantities, product costs and General Ledger balances to be automatically updated through factory order issues, receipts and adjustments.

Related customer success story:
Chemical reaction with Greentree - Tergo Industries Ltd

2003 News

Greentree Software Manufacturing Module
Manufacturer's Monthly Website
November, 2003

Following the successful growth of its business management software suite, Greentree has released its manufacturing module.

Greentree business management software is built around a core financial management system, with a number of seamlessly integrated modules available including distribution, job costing, CRM, SCM and now manufacturing.

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Succeeding in Integration
Australian Technology & Business Magazine
July, 2003

Nothing succeeds like other people's success if you can learn from their experiences, that is. Integration projects can take many different forms. ZDNet Australia's ongoing series presents a real-life Greentree case study, involving the integration of project management and accounting with an industry hub. The article looks at Kinetica an IT infrastructure company based in Sydney with branches in Brisbane, Canberra, and Melbourne. Due to expansion, Kinetica needed to replace its existing accounting software and it selected the Greentree system.

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Greentree Manufacturing Released
July 7, 2003

Greentree launch an integrated Manufacturing solution, with breadth of specific functionality to manage production, control costs and giving the flexibility to respond to industry changes.

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Fully Integrated Payroll for Greentree Available
June 30, 2003

Greentree announces the availability of a fully integrated Payroll for Greentree Module, which extends its capability beyond reliable pay calculation to provide management with reports and breakdowns on payroll cost, human resource attributes and overall organisational capability.

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Jade Academic Acceptance Grows
National Business Review
June 6, 2003

Universities in Canada, Malaysia and Sri Lanka are the latest to have adopted Jade as a tool for teaching concepts in object-oriented database progamming, systems analysis and general programming. Jade is now taught in nine counties in addition to New Zealand, with an estimated 3000 Jade programmers entering the global workforce each year.

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Star makes splash in the US
June 13, 2003

Greentree's Australian Partner, Star Accounting Solutions, has made its mark in the US recently with a couple of big implementations and have made the top story spot on page one of this week's edition of The Rust Report.

The Rust Report is written by Len Rust known as 'the godfather of the Australian IT industry'. The current readership of The Rust Report is over 30,000 with a high pass on rate of 4:1, in fact one company sends it to 5000 customers every week. The readership comprises 60% corporate, with the remainder made of vendors, investors, companies and government departments.

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Data Battles
CACharter - Chartered Accountants 2003-2004 Business Software Guide
June 6, 2003

'Can the potential of information technology be unlocked at last to truly meet the needs of business?'

As you may be aware JADE is behind the technology that allows remote or mobile users secure access to the Greentree system. Using a modern object-oriented database, JADE provides a secure and robust operating environment for Greentree. JADE provides automated data "commit and rollback", minimising the risk of information loss. Those technical gurus amongst you might like to read this interesting article, that puts the case for Object vs. Relational databases, commenting on the huge inertia problem for relational database vendors due to their massive investment in relational technology.

View Full Article: Data Battles (PDF 576 kb) from CACharter - Chartered Accountants 2003- 2004 Business Software Guide.
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Wilcox Grows with Passion and Pride... and Greentree
May 28, 2003

Sustainable growth is the main driver for one of the largest privately owned fresh produce growers in New Zealand. A.S. Wilcox believe Greentree, being a completely on-line, integrated system, has made a real impact in terms of time savings and more informed decisions. more... (PDF 173 kb)

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Greentree nails USA - Extended Report
Richard Wood, ITKiwi
February 27, 2003

It never got there with its DOS-based CBA software. But with the Jade-based Greentree software, Greentree International has broken into the US market on the back of three deals through its Melbourne based reseller partner Star Accounting. These deals add to Greentree's customer base in New Zealand, Australia and the UK.

The largest of the US deals was with computer remarketer Epic Systems, which sells ex-lease equipment from HP and Sun Microsystems. The two other customers are JDMI infrastructures and Century Plating Corporation. more...

View Full Article (PDF135 kb) Reproduced with the kind permission of Richard Wood, ITKiwi 27-Feb-2003

Links:
www.ITKiwi.com
ITKiwi is an independent news portal focused on New Zealand information technology innovation and export. ITKiwi producer Richard Wood writes about IT for the New Zealand Herald, MIS Australia, MIS New Zealand, Sydney Morning Herald/The Age (Melbourne), and Computer Reseller News Australia.
www.starbusinesssolutions.com
www.escorp.com

Greentree branches out west
The New Zealand Herald - Richard Wood
February 25, 2003

Greentree International has landed three United States sales through Melbourne-based reseller chain Star Accounting, which entered the market a year ago. The first and largest of the three deals went live on February 3 at computer equipment refurbisher and remarketer Epic Systems. The other two US customers are Century Plating Corporation and JDMI infrastructures. more...

View Full Article (PDF 101 kb) Reproduced with the kind permission of The New Zealand Herald 25 Feb 2003

Links:
www.starbusinesssolutions.com
www.escorp.com

Greentree shows CRM expertise at
Consal Accounting Software Expo 2003 in Australia
April 1, 2003

Greentree International has recently exhibited at the Consal Accounting Software Expo 11-28 March 2003 at the Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide and Perth show venues. After last years successful Expo, Greentree returned to host seminars on its accounting systems, e-commerce solutions, business and customer relationship management software offering practical and expert advice to Australian businesses.

Released 3rd February 2003

The 13th ONE STOP UPDATE for the
ACCOUNTANT IN BUSINESS

Greentree International will be exhibiting at the Expo at the following venues:
Wellington - 13th & 14th May 2003, Te Papa, Museum of New Zealand,
Auckland- 21st & 22nd May 2003, Waipuna International Hotel

The ONE STOP UPDATE for the ACCOUNTANT IN BUSINESS™ has established the top position in the market for accounting events. The event has grown each year to reach its present size of more than 400 delegates across both venues. Many satisfied delegates return each year to hear cuttingedge topics from the industry's leading bodies and speakers. They have consistently rated the event 'excellent', and report that it assists them greatly with personal and professional development. The networking opportunities are unrivalled, and you will meet many delegates from a wide cross-section of the industry.

We look forward to welcoming you to The 13th ONE STOP UPDATE for the ACCOUNTANT IN BUSINESS in either Wellington or Auckland.

Greentree shows 'co-opetitive' way through IP sharing
Richard Wood, ITKiwi
February, 21 2003

Auckland software firm Greentree International has shown the way in which New Zealand's ICT industry can benefit from closer collaboration, even amongst competing groups, a key issue being discussed within industry circles.

At its partner conference in Auckland last week Greentree resellers were encouraged to collaborate and share intellectual property for the group's greater good. At least four took up the challenge. Fifty partners – two thirds from Australia, the rest New Zealanders - turned up to the four day conference and training event. more...

View Full Article (PDF 142 kb) Reproduced with the kind permission of Richard Wood, ITKiwi 21-Feb-2003

2002 News

Greentree progresses beyond accounts
New Zealand National Business Review - Stephen Ballantyne
November 15, 2002

New Zealand software maker Greentree, one of the best-known local users of the Jade development system, continues to make gradual progress out of the Australasian region and into the wider world, although its latest sale isn't too far out of its territory, if at all: Solomon Islands Telekom has signed on as the 200th customer for Greentree. more...

View Full Article Reproduced with the kind permission of NBR 15 Nov 2002

Greentree announces 200th site milestone
October, 2002

Locally developed accounting software from Greentree International continues to carve out territory in the South Pacific region, signing the Solomon Islands' major Telco provider as its 200th buyer.

Solomon Islands Telekom Company Ltd has a large customer base serviced by outstations on the six main islands of the Solomon Islands. Greentree Executive Director Peter Dickinson says Greentree's ability to provide remote access to powerful financial reporting tools helped clinch the deal. more...(PDF 60 kb)

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Product Review: Greentree Software
The Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia
August, 2002

The Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia carried out a thorough product review on Greentree Business Software and reported its finding in its IT Chapter Newsletter. David Robertson, CA-IT Specialist, reviewed Greentree and in his report he looked at the value added services of Greentree and the points of difference between accounting softwares. He reported, "Greentree software will hold your interest in this regard. The range of financial processes and integrated CRM and Workflow modules place the software firmly in the state-of-the-art category. It narrows the gap for small to medium enterprises (SMEs) between large Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems and mid range software systems relying on third party add on modules."

The Full Review (PDF 70 kb)

CBA 2000 Version 6.0
14 August, 2002

Due to be released at the end of October 2002, Version 6.0 offers a significant number of user-driven enhancements designed to further strengthen the users investment in the CBA product. Greentree has worked to minimise the number of data file changes required to ensure the upgrade is quick and easy to install.

You can get a more detailed list of the enhancements by downloading:
The V6 (PDF 150 kb)

'Big Business Tools at Small Business Prices' with Biz Link & Greentree
April 12, 2002

Brisbane-based accounting firm, Johnston Rorke, has announced the launch of a new internet-based accounting facility, called JR.Bizlink. The system stores accounting information on a centralised computer facility that can be directly accessed and updated by clients. more...

Greentree Empowers Channel
New Zealand Reseller News
February 22, 2002

With a goal of strong and stable growth in the new year, ERP (enterprise resource planning) company Greentree is strengthening its channel in New Zealand as well as in Australia.
It has recently appointed South Island-based Enabling Technologies, Napier-based PricewaterhouseCoopers and Whangarei-based Proact Solutions to sell its solutions. more...

Enabling readies itself for 2002
New Zealand Reseller News
February 22, 2002

Securing a partnership with accounting software vendor Greentree has been a good start for Enabling in the new year. Under the agreement, Enabling will resell Greentree solutions and carry out implementations.
South Island-based chief executive Gary Taiaroa says the partnership will strengthen his company's penetration in the accounting software space. more...

Greentree targets Oz with ERP suite
Australian Reseller News
February 20, 2002

Building on its 3000-user base for its legacy accounting software CBA, New Zealand ERP developer Greentree International has set its sights squarely on Australia for expansion. The company has signed up three new reseller partners, two in Perth and one in Melbourne, and is now on the warpath for mid-market enterprise customers. more...

2001 News

Greentree - selling sophisticated innovation from a classic base
National Business Review
November 23, 2001

Greentree is a classic New Zealand software success story, not only by virtue of having provided a model for others to follow but also because it dates back to the early days of desktop computing in this country. Now it is facing the challenges of moving from an established and highly successful product to a more modern, more powerful product aimed at a market that is similar to its traditional base but more sophisticated and demanding. The key is user support at ground level - meaning more than just running call centres. more...

Greentree has a long track record
New Zealand Infotech Weekly
September 30, 2001

Kiwi developer Greentree International has a long history in the software arena. Based in Auckland, the company was founded by Don Bowman and evolved from a small team of developers in the late 1970s. Its first success was in 1983 with CBA, a financial product that was subsequently sold to thousands of organizations. Several years ago Greentree launched its flagship product suite, developed using another New Zealand technology platform – Jade object-oriented database technology from Cardinal Group. more...

CBA 2000 Version 5.0 Released
August 31, 2001

Greentree International today released an update to its award winning CBA financial software system. Featuring a wide range of user-requested enhancements and new features, the update is expected to meet with approval from the extensive base of users across Australia and New Zealand. more...

Greentree Distribution Modules launched

Greentree International has announced the availability of its distribution modules, following the successful completion of its beta test program. The Inventory, Sales Order and Purchase Order modules offer a wide range of functionality that suit small to medium sized organisations. more...

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