D-Tools announced today the availability of SI 2015, a major release that delivers powerful features and enhancements to its award-winning System Integrator (SI) software platform.
This new release includes the a mobile install feature, as well as deeper integration and enhanced cross-functionality with QuickBooks, AutoCAD, and Visio, plus the new Mobile Quote companion app for iPad. With this combined feature set, the D-Tools SI software platform provides increased functionality to integrators, consultants, tech managers, and advisors, enabling them to be more productive and efficient, thus improving their workflow and enhancing the value of their overall offering.
“To see SI 2015—with its Mobile Install and Mobile Quote features, and newly enhanced QuickBooks integration in action—is to understand the incredible functionality and unrivaled toolset it provides to those that implement it,” said Adam Stone, president and founder of D-Tools. “Whether you are a business owner, sales professional, project manager, designer, engineer, or installer, SI 2015 will have a dramatic impact on your business efficiency and profitability.
Now available, the newest iteration of the D-Tools SI software platform features several noteworthy new features, including Mobile Install (MI). Building on the architecture of D-Tools cloud infrastructure, SI 2015’s MI gives users the power to publish install tasks and service orders to a portal powered by the D-Tools cloud that can be accessed by technicians and installers in the field from any smartphone or tablet, as well as to send and receive device-level notifications. SI 2015 users can also schedule installs and make updates to a centralized calendar, then broadcast those appointments and changes out to their team in real time, using the new MI feature. These adjustments will automatically synchronize with the SI 2015 platform for accurate time and installation tracking, allowing for more efficient bookkeeping.
SI 2015’s enhanced integration with QuickBooks and other accounting software allows integrators to track inventory and order status, sync vendors, and more. Highly effective AutoCAD (including AutoCAD 2015) and Visio-based drawings provide clearer and more concise communications between team members and consultants for more effective project management.
D-Tools’ Mobile Quote is also available as a companion iOS app for SI 2015. A workflow-enhancing application, Mobile Quote represents a opportunity for systems integrators, consultants, tech managers, and advisors to work with customers in the field to secure an accurate and immediately deliverable system design quote, before the customer has time to second guess the decision or seek alternative resources.
“We encourage both D-Tools users and non-users alike to take the time to demo SI 2015, learn about our recent enhancements and innovations, and see firsthand how easy it truly can be to automate business practices, eliminate redundancies, and become more operationally streamlined by using the D-Tools software platform,” said Stone.
