Oct. 21, 2010 (Business Wire) — Pilgrim Software, Inc., a world-leading provider of Enterprise Risk, Compliance and Quality Management (ERCQM) software solutions, today announced a strategic partnership agreement with Portford Solutions Group, Inc., a California-based systems integration software provider. In conjunction with Portford Solutions’ value-added reseller services, Pilgrim will deliver its products to an expanded base of enterprises in the pharmaceutical, food and beverage and other regulated manufacturing industries sectors.
Pilgrim’s integrated risk, compliance and quality management software solution helps organizations remain compliant, minimize risk, reduce costs, and operate more effectively. Pilgrim was selected as a partner by Portford from among numerous ERCQM providers for its depth and breadth of integrated solutions and responsiveness throughout the selection process.
By combining its proven solution with Portford’s track record of success as a business-focused software systems integrator, Pilgrim will be able to serve additional markets with its globally recognized automation platform. Portford, in turn, will extend its capabilities as a full-service enterprise compliance and quality management (ECQM) services provider by leveraging Pilgrim’s solution suite.
“Following a detailed assessment of competitive solutions, we selected Pilgrim and are delighted with our decision,” said Bruce Bolton, Co-founder and Partner of Portford Solutions. “We firmly believe in partnering with other best-in-class technology providers to help solve the manufacturing industry’s information technology challenges. By teaming together as strategically aligned solutions providers, Pilgrim and Portford will be able to effectively reach those enterprises that can readily benefit from ERCQM solutions to attain their quality, compliance, and operational goals.”
Together, Pilgrim and Portford Solutions will provide automated, compliance-driven enterprise software solutions to Life Sciences industries, including pharmaceutical manufacturers, health care providers, food and beverage manufacturers and other industrial manufacturing enterprises.
“Pilgrim shares Portford’s vision when it comes to meeting critical industry needs, so partnering with Portford made absolute sense,” said Prashanth Rajendran, Pilgrim Software’s Chief Operating Officer. “We look forward to building a very productive relationship between our two firms which will give our mutual customers the ability to develop sound solutions to increase automation, support, compliance, and productivity.”
About Portford Solutions
Portford Solutions is a world-class consulting and technical services provider to Life Sciences enterprises. Portford Solutions provides a complete, end-to-end Compliance and Quality Management service set to its customers, including strategic consulting, enterprise and SaaS solutions, validation consulting, and document management. Portford Solutions has offices located in Ontario, CA and Irvine, CA. Website: http://www.portfordsolutions.com/.
About Pilgrim Software, Inc.
Pilgrim Software, Inc. is a world-leading provider of Enterprise Risk, Compliance and Quality Management solutions for global organizations. Through its integrated platform, Pilgrim helps organizations manage industry and regulatory compliance, address potential risks, reduce manufacturing costs and improve customer satisfaction. Pilgrim has been named North American Enterprise Compliance & Quality Management Company of the Year – Best Practices by Frost & Sullivan, and winner of its 2010 North American Best-In-Class Customer Value Enhancement Award in the Enterprise Risk, Compliance and Quality Management Market for the Life Sciences Industry. For more information, visit Pilgrim Software’s website at http://www.pilgrimsoftware.com/.
Hosted Document Management Solutions
/in News, Software /by Bruce BoltonPortford Solutions and EMC Software is pleased to announce the availability of subscription based ApplicationXtender software licensing to our industry leading suite of hosted services. Over the last few years a growing number of customers have benefited from securely managing their documents and data via “the cloud” powered by Portford’s state-of-the-art data center. ApplicationXtender is an ideal hosted solution for customers that require an instant document management solution that minimizes the costs and risks of paper while increasing productivity by streamlining the capture and management of documents. ApplicationXtender scans, stores, retrieves, and preserves information, while providing role-based access from either a desktop interface or web browser. A hosted ApplicationXtender document management solution can instantly provide your organization with the following benefits.
• Unlimited points of secure access
• Predictable monthly operating costs
• Infinite salability
• Automatic upgrades to the latest versions of AX
• Minimal internal technical resources and infrastructure
• Quick deployment and instant results
Portford’s hosted document management solutions are a perfect compliment to our quality document conversion services. For customers that use Portford’s document scanning and hosting services, all it takes is an email or phone call to schedule a pick up of boxes or legacy file formats. The next days documents can be accessed securely via the web. This can be an ideal solution for organizations lacking the IT and records management resources required to implement an end to end document management solution internally. Hosted services customers can opt to bring their hosted solution in-house at any point after the first year without penalty or data transfer charge. Portford’s dedicated technical support staff can work with your IT department to export documents and data or even deliver all hosted content via sFTP or external drive.
Hosting Services are a perfect solution for organizations that are quickly outgrowing their IT infrastructure or simply looking for a quick and cost effective way of securely managing documents and information between remote offices. Contact your dedicated Portford account representative today to discuss how hosting can improve your business.
For more information on Portford’s Hosting Services email info@portfordsolutions.com today.
Panasonic’s KVS5055C Scanner Delivers Superior Value
/in News /by Bruce BoltonCustomers have made Panasonic’s KVS5055C hands down the best selling scanner since it was released this past summer. Whether you are looking to replace older scanner hardware or adding document scanning capacity boost your business efficiency with an A3-size, High Speed document scanner. The fast 90 ppm* scan speed and 200-page Automatic Document Feeder of the KV-S5055C make it ideal for both large-volume and distributed scanning environments. Panasonic’s unique paper feed mechanism also minimizes the possibility of damaging important documents and ensures precise feeding to make your office work even more efficient.
Contact info@portfordsolutions.com or visit Panasonic’s web site at www.panasonic.com.
Enterprise Risk, Compliance, and Quality Management Solutions
/in News /by Bruce BoltonOct. 21, 2010 (Business Wire) — Pilgrim Software, Inc., a world-leading provider of Enterprise Risk, Compliance and Quality Management (ERCQM) software solutions, today announced a strategic partnership agreement with Portford Solutions Group, Inc., a California-based systems integration software provider. In conjunction with Portford Solutions’ value-added reseller services, Pilgrim will deliver its products to an expanded base of enterprises in the pharmaceutical, food and beverage and other regulated manufacturing industries sectors.
Pilgrim’s integrated risk, compliance and quality management software solution helps organizations remain compliant, minimize risk, reduce costs, and operate more effectively. Pilgrim was selected as a partner by Portford from among numerous ERCQM providers for its depth and breadth of integrated solutions and responsiveness throughout the selection process.
By combining its proven solution with Portford’s track record of success as a business-focused software systems integrator, Pilgrim will be able to serve additional markets with its globally recognized automation platform. Portford, in turn, will extend its capabilities as a full-service enterprise compliance and quality management (ECQM) services provider by leveraging Pilgrim’s solution suite.
“Following a detailed assessment of competitive solutions, we selected Pilgrim and are delighted with our decision,” said Bruce Bolton, Co-founder and Partner of Portford Solutions. “We firmly believe in partnering with other best-in-class technology providers to help solve the manufacturing industry’s information technology challenges. By teaming together as strategically aligned solutions providers, Pilgrim and Portford will be able to effectively reach those enterprises that can readily benefit from ERCQM solutions to attain their quality, compliance, and operational goals.”
Together, Pilgrim and Portford Solutions will provide automated, compliance-driven enterprise software solutions to Life Sciences industries, including pharmaceutical manufacturers, health care providers, food and beverage manufacturers and other industrial manufacturing enterprises.
“Pilgrim shares Portford’s vision when it comes to meeting critical industry needs, so partnering with Portford made absolute sense,” said Prashanth Rajendran, Pilgrim Software’s Chief Operating Officer. “We look forward to building a very productive relationship between our two firms which will give our mutual customers the ability to develop sound solutions to increase automation, support, compliance, and productivity.”
About Portford Solutions
Portford Solutions is a world-class consulting and technical services provider to Life Sciences enterprises. Portford Solutions provides a complete, end-to-end Compliance and Quality Management service set to its customers, including strategic consulting, enterprise and SaaS solutions, validation consulting, and document management. Portford Solutions has offices located in Ontario, CA and Irvine, CA. Website: http://www.portfordsolutions.com/.
About Pilgrim Software, Inc.
Pilgrim Software, Inc. is a world-leading provider of Enterprise Risk, Compliance and Quality Management solutions for global organizations. Through its integrated platform, Pilgrim helps organizations manage industry and regulatory compliance, address potential risks, reduce manufacturing costs and improve customer satisfaction. Pilgrim has been named North American Enterprise Compliance & Quality Management Company of the Year – Best Practices by Frost & Sullivan, and winner of its 2010 North American Best-In-Class Customer Value Enhancement Award in the Enterprise Risk, Compliance and Quality Management Market for the Life Sciences Industry. For more information, visit Pilgrim Software’s website at http://www.pilgrimsoftware.com/.