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• Press Release: Don't let travel costs limit training -- Sep 05, 2008
  Between rising fuel prices and the extra fees charged by airlines, more and more distributors are cutting training from their budgets. It's not the educational programs they can't afford, but the cost of travel. While this may be a short-term fix for the bottom line, it could end up costing your business much more in lost productivity. Fortunately, you don't have to break the bank to ensure your employees have the training they need.
• Press Release: ASA Names Activant Exclusive Recommended Technology Provider -- Aug 06, 2008
  Wholesalers to Benefit from Access to Technology
• Success Story: Activant Prophet 21 Helps Bell Electrical Supply Empower Its Workforce -- Aug 01, 2008
  "Doing more with less" has proven a blessing rather than a curse for the Santa Clara, CA-based electrical distributor, and Activant Prophet 21 made it possible. Its data management and reporting capabilities have also allowed Bell to run its business smarter, giving the company better leverage with suppliers, and its power gives Bell plenty of room for future growth.
• Success Story: Activant Eclipse Helps OneSource Distributors Trim Costs and Improve Processes -- Jul 31, 2008
  What?s the most productive thing the employees in your company could be doing right now? Stocking the warehouse? Delivering orders? Sending out invoices? Maybe. But the truth is, there?s probably no better measure of productivity than sales per employee for OneSource Distributors.
• Success Story: Activant Eclipse Helps Kovalsky Carr Electric Supply Get Quick Relief For Operations Headaches -- Jul 31, 2008
  It's the mark of a successful businessman to be able to look at his company's problems and see them as opportunities. That's what the president of Kovalsky Carr Electric Supply in Rochester, NY., did. And in its first four years with Eclipse, the company saw its GMROI increase by 51% and its gross profit per employee rise by 76%.
• Success Story: Activant Eclipse Helps Standard Electric Supply Work Better And Better Every Day For 10 Years -- Jul 31, 2008
  Standard Electric spent a year evaluating several of the leading software packages for distributors. "There were five or six different packages we looked at, and at the end of the process, we decided that long-term, Eclipse would best meet our needs," company President Larry Stern said.
• Press Release: Distribution Executives Invited to Discover Why Business as Usual Doesn't Cut it Any More -- Jul 29, 2008
  Executive Sessions Give Distributors Tips on How to Strengthen their Businesses
• Press Release: Distributors Continue to Invest in Software Despite Economy -- Jul 23, 2008
  More Than 1,375 Distributors Choose Activant Prophet 21
• Press Release: Activant Releases D2K Version 6.0 -- Jul 08, 2008
  Activant Solutions Inc. announced the availability of Activant D2K version 6.0. The newest version of D2K includes many new and enhanced features suggested by the user base.
• Press Release: Activant Releases D2K Version 6.0 -- Jul 08, 2008
  Activant Solutions Inc. announced the availability of Activant D2K version 6.0. The newest version of D2K includes many new and enhanced features suggested by the user base.
• Press Release: Technology: The Value of Internet Trading Networks for JanSan Distributors -- Jul 08, 2008
  Internet trading networks allow jansan distributors to create partnerships with other distributors to streamline sourcing and allow everyone to maintain their area of expertise.
• Press Release: Technology: Software as a Service Gives Small-Scale Distributors a Leg Up -- Jul 08, 2008
  Until recently, small-scale wholesale distributors had very few options in terms of investing in a viable ERP system, but with the advent of advanced technology, comes greater choice.
• Press Release: Activant Releases D2K Version 6.0 -- Jul 08, 2008
  Activant Solutions Inc. announced the availability of Activant D2K version 6.0. The newest version of D2K includes many new and enhanced features suggested by the user base.
• Press Release: Activant Releases Turns Version 5000 -- Jul 08, 2008
  Solutions Inc. announced the availability of Activant Turns version 5000. The newest version of Turns includes many new and enhanced features suggested by the user base.