Configure One Releases Concept Version 9.0

OAK BROOK, IL, November 19, 2010 (Press-News.org) Configure One , a leading provider of web-based product configurator and electronic catalog software, today announced the availability of Concept Enterprise Product Configurator and Concept E-Catalog Version 9.0.

Version 9.0 represents the most comprehensive release in the company's history. "Our strategy has always been to respond to customer and market demands, both technical and functional," said Mike McDonnell, Configure One's vice president of product development. "We have built on Concept's proven capabilities for streamlining the quote-to-production process with the addition of new and enhanced functionality encompassing virtually every area of the product."

Configure One has always been an advocate of customer-driven development, and believes that customers are seeking a more collaborative relationship with their software vendors. "Our customers have made a significant investment in Configure One software and it's our mission to continually enhance our products. We maintain close contact with our customers and collaborate with them to ensure we continue to meet their business needs, and help them to maintain a competitive advantage. One of the things we hear regularly from our customers is the challenge associated with addressing the 'last couple of percent' of their configuration needs. Version 9.0 is the solution to that challenge," said McDonnell.

Version 9.0 contains both new features and enhancements to existing functionality. According to Dan Howe, vice president, professional services "In addition to expanded functionality in Version 9.0, almost every area of the software has been improved upon in terms of ease-of-use, increased performance, greater scalability, and speed of implementation. With Version 9.0, companies can manage an even greater amount of their business with Concept, and more thoroughly and accurately model their enterprise processes and requirements in Concept."

This release of Concept makes improvements throughout the application, from the Real-Time 2D, Compass (offline) and Publisher modules, to enhanced reporting, data management, performance, and scalability.

About Configure one
Configure One is a leading provider of web-based product configurator and electronic catalog software. Configure One's Concept Enterprise Product Configurator , Concept E-Catalog , and Concept E-Commerce products are enterprise applications that enable companies to efficiently sell and process orders for configurable, multi-option, and customizable products and services. Configure One's customers are able to increase revenues while reducing costs by automating much of the sales, order entry, and engineering processes. Customers include industry leaders such as ABB, Emerson Electric, British Telecom, Danaher, Dover Corporation, Stryker Medical, Sumitomo, and Thomas & Betts.