WESTPORT, Conn. and CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Jan. 11, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Proposal Software, Inc., The Leader In Proposal Productivity(tm), will be showcasing its innovative Proposal Management and Production System (PMAPS(r)) at the Financial Research Associates 3rd Annual Investment Managers' Summit 'Mastering RFPs & Consultant Databases'. PSI's Director of Financial Markets and panelist, Wendy Cheng-Wong, will be discussing PMAPS(r) to FRA members on Tuesday, January 15 at 1:15 p.m. as part of her participation in the 'In Search of the Best Tools for RFP Excellence: Boosting Your RFP Success By Leveraging Your Infrastructure and Tools,' session. The Summit is being held at the Hyatt Regency Cambridge Overlooking Boston, in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
"Proposal Software, Inc. is the developer of the leading proposal management platform Proposal Management and Production System (PMAPS(r)) and provides the 'best in class' comprehensive proposal management platform in use by over 200 major companies worldwide since 1994," said John A. Laurino, CEO of Proposal Software, Inc. PMAPS(r), now in its tenth generation, is an "industrial strength" and comprehensive proposal management solution. It was developed for large-scale organizations that are consistently responding to a high volume of Requests for Proposals (RFPs) and Requests for Information (RFIs) to successfully maintain sales momentum.
The latest and tenth generation release of PMAPS(r), containing over 150 productivity improvements from its previous version, enables users to integrate, exchange and coordinate data with a variety of external database formats, particularly CRM platforms. PMAPS(r) is integrated with several powerful sales and marketing tools including eASE Exchange, used by asset managers to streamline the burden of updating consultant databases with asset, performance, characteristics, and other requested data. The proposal-related data stored in PMAPS(r) can be synchronized with most other user software and database platforms including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, XML, SQL, DBF, and ASCII using the internal PMAPS(r) Data Bridge module. These enhancements will be highlighted at the 3rd Annual Investment Managers' Summit.
The 3rd Annual Investment Managers' Summit provides RFP professionals with practical, executable strategies and techniques designed to increase a company's ability to produce high-quality, high-impact proposals effectively and efficiently.
About Proposal Software, Inc.
Proposal Software, Inc. provides the 'best in class' comprehensive proposal management platform. Clients include leading financial services, healthcare, investment management and a wide cross-section of Fortune 1000 corporations including Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, ING Investment Management, BlackRock, Baring Asset Management, AAM-Investment Management, Fred Alger $ Company, and the WellPoint family of healthcare companies. Additional information on PMAPS(r) is available at www.proposalsoftware.com
About Financial Research Associates, LLC
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