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As a complete system or an ultimate plug in, Envision Contact Management provides all the features of expensive ERP systems

This page provides a partial list of the many Contact Management features. If you don't see one you're looking for, let us know, it probably is available:

  • Information
    • Dashboards – Quickly view important decision making information in intuitive Dashboards.
    • Companies
      • Specify Unlimited Contacts and their associated roles.
      • Sector, Industry, NAICS, and SIC information
      • Manage Companies/Organizations with multiple divisions, locations, or any and multiple hierarchal structure.
      • View Google Maps, Microsoft Live Maps, or other Address Locations.
      • View D&B Information
      • Extend Companies into your own software as Customers, Vendors, Suppliers, etc.
    • Contacts
      • International Name and Address formating
      • Relationships – Specify the business, family, or other relationships that one contact has with others. Great for tracking relationships like corporate hierarchy, customer households, and much more.
      • One contact, many roles – Enter contact information only once and reference that contact for various roles that they may have.
      • View Google Maps, Microsoft Live Maps, or other Address Locations.
      • Extend Contacts into your own software as Employees, Customers, Vendors, Suppliers, etc. Specify their roles in the company, in a specific sales cycle, or in any kind of work flow.
    • Unlimited Addresses, Phone Numbers, Emails/IM/Internet Addresses, Web Addresses, and other Definable Contact Mediums
    • Company and Contact Quick Search Boxes – The Search contact box on the toolbar and in other parts of the system can be used to quickly find a contact. enter partial or full name or other information related to contacts and the system will present a selection window with all contacts it finds. To quickly open a contact that you have searched for previously, simply use the drop down to select the name you want.
    • Company Wizard – Allows for intuitive, stepped entry of all Company information
    • Contact Wizard – Allows for intuitive, stepped entry of all Contact information
    • Contact Builder
    • Distribution Lists
  • User Experience
    • Windows, Windows On Web, and Mobile Interfaces
    • All the Standard User Experience Features you would expect from an Envision Accelerator System
    • Common and expected UI elements such as Window Layout, Titles, sizing, mouse operations, etc.
    • Beginner to Expert User Interface Support
    • Record locking and Data Integrity controls
    • Multiple open window support, navigation, and management
    • Centrally managed, security driven, data sensitive command controls with dynamic and user customizable menu bars, toolbars, and dialog bars.
    • Support for high speed, heads down navigation and data entry
    • Ready to use components and controls
    • Robust System Browser
      • Multiple Browsers open at one time
      • Tabbed browsing
      • Definable, end–user customizable navigator
      • Multiple definable Explorer Bars with position to and filter search selection
      • Multiple pre-defined and definable Task Panes for History, Hot List, Favorites, and Folder level access to the system
      • List and grid view Content windows with Configurable View searches and Column displays.
      • Other pre defined and definable content windows such as Web Browser, 5250 access, image browsing, custom business content, etc...
      • Multi–level Preview Pane support for detail data display and sub-browser access to related data.
    • Multi–window Detailer with built in record navigation and and sub-browser access to related data
    • Search and selection browsers
  • Other Modules
    • Zip/Postal Code System
    • Remarks Module
    • Skins
    • Property/Code Tables
    • Options
    • Job Logging and Record Locking
    • Security
  • Supporting Tables
    • Company Types (Company, Non-Profit, Organization, Public, Private, Government, etc.)
    • Name Titles (Mr., Mrs., Ms., Dr., Prof., etc.)
    • Name Suffixes (Sr., Jr., Esq., M.D., etc.)
    • Marital Status (Unknown, Single, Married, Separated, Divorced, Widowed, etc.)
    • Industry With NAICS Codes
    • Sectors With NAICS Codes
    • SIC Codes
    • Contact Relationships (Business: Supervisor, Boss, Co-worker, Subordinate, etc. | Family: Parent, Child, Mother, Father, Son, Daughter, etc.)
    • Time Zones
    • Letter Salutations/Greetings (Dear, Greetings, Hello, etc.)
    • Letter Closings/Valedictions (Regards, Thanks, Sincerely, etc.)
    • And More
  • Windows Desktop and Web Integration
    • Contact Management Integration Bus
      • Provides secure, single point of access to information and user interfaces
      • User interface components and controls can be opened or embedded and used by other outside systems.
      • Transaction monitors and logs let you know who is accessing what from where and when.
      • XML based data integration.
      • Bus can be utilized client-side in Windows and server-side from Windows, Web, System i, Web Services, and more.
    • MS Office
      • Include Contact Management modules as folders within Outlook Folders
      • Create/open Contacts from Outlook Contacts and vice versa
      • Create/open up Companies from Outlook Contacts
      • Create/open up Contacts directly from an email using the email address
      • Merge contact information into MS Word documents, Excel spreadsheets and PowerPoint slideshows
    • .Net Interface Wrapper provides a standard .Net development interface to the Contact Management Integration Bus
    • Active-x Interface Wrapper provides a standard Active-x interface to the Contact Management Integration Bus
  • Envision Accelerator Integration
    • Plug into any Accelerator developed system in minutes
    • Modules can be quickly, easily, and seamlessly integrated and extended throughout any Accelerator system
  • LANSA, VLF, and RAMP Integration
    • Access Contact Management data directly to LANSA-based Server side or through Integration Bus
    • Integrate directly into any Visual LANSA, LANSA WAMs, and Visual LANSA Framework System
    • Extend legacy system information in RAMP
  • Performance
    • Large Transaction Volume Handling
    • Scalable to multiple databases and multiple platforms
    • Network Sensitive Application Design
    • Client/Server Database Considerations
    • Performance and Memory Management
    • Application Data and Display Integrity

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LANSA Development
Much of our work over the last sixteen years has been built around the LANSA Products, and we have formed a distinct presence in the LANSA Community. During that time, we have worked with many Clients in many different industries and with many different needs on there LANSA development. We have even worked directly with the LANSA support and development teams including beta testing of the latest products long before they are released to the public. We have a long history of firsts in LANSA Development and continue to innovate with new software and tools making significant advances year after year.
Our LANSA development solutions focus on simplifying the development process. They are specifically geared towards the programmer and development team to help accelerate and simplify the software development lifecycle. These products will change the way your in-house development process works and allow you to deliver projects more quickly and efficiently than ever before.

Envision Enterprise Solutions
Our Envision line of software applications can be used immediately off-the-shelf or customized to further meet your specific business needs. The Envision Enterprise Solutions include Contact Management, Zip/Postal Code Management, Team & Project Management, Freight Management System, Universal FTP (UFTP), and Parish Management System.

Accelerator Development Solutions
These solutions focus on empowering software developers to build business software quickly and with productive user interfaces. They are specifically geared towards the programmer and development team to help accelerate and simplify the software development lifecycle. These products will change the way your in-house development process works and allow you to deliver projects more quickly and efficiently than ever before. We offer several different Accelerator Development Solutions to meet your needs: Accelerator for Visual LANSA (A4VL), Accelerator for .NET, Business Objects & Services (BOS), Icons for LANSA, Accelerator for LANSA Reporting(EVLR), 5250 Universal Work-With Utility

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At Surround Technologies, our mission is to help companies worldwide to discover all that software can offer their business by realizing the full value, return, and potential from their software investments.