Serenic has teamed up with Zap Technology to create an integrated nonprofit business intelligence solution as part of Serenic Navigator. Using the powerful capabilities of Zap Business Intelligence for Microsoft Dynamics NAV, Serenic’s product management team is working with a number of early adopter customers to identify metrics that will help our customers boost productivity and effectiveness.

Business Intelligence software helps your organization automate management reporting, alerts, report scheduling, and what-if analysis. ZAP further points out that “all users are empowered to create their own analytics, and power users appreciate the simplicity and flexibility of creating complex analytics and automating workflows.”

Zap Business Intelligence for Microsoft Dynamics NAV allows you to:

• Automate reporting workflows and save time and money spent on manual reporting.
• Analyze your business from any angle, including unlimited multi-dimensional analysis and cross ledger analysis.
• Make performance information pervasive with dashboards, scorecards, and key performance indicators.
• Perform analyses that make a difference to the bottom line, such as cash flow analysis and inventory analysis.

So why use Serenic’s BI solution?

We know the nonprofit industry, so we’re working hard to bring you a tailored, industry-specific BI solution that minimizes the time, cost and effort you’ll need to implement BI. Our ultimate goal is to enhance Zap’s existing BI solution to include a nonprofit financial management cube and a set of pre-packaged analytics specific to the nonprofit sector, including reports, dashboards, KPIs, and scorecards.

In the meantime, Zap’s patent-pending and award-winning technology provides several innovations that cover the full spectrum of BI needs – everything from building a cube, to providing pre-packaged analytics, to easy creation and use of analytics so your business users can take full advantage. There are many BI solutions on the market, but many are technically complex, only provide partial capability, and most can’t easily cater to the unique and powerful features of an embedded NAV solution such as Navigator. We’re confident that the combination of Serenic and Zap will meet your BI needs in the easiest and most effective way possible.

Stay tuned to new information posted on the Serenic website and, if you have questions in the meantime, contact Serenic Client Account Manager Sue Kim at skim@serenic.com or call 720-362-5114.

Welcome to the team, Grant!

Please join us in welcoming Grant to Serenic as the Channel Sales Manager for Africa. He brings a wealth of knowledge in software, including the successful launch of the Navision practice (from the ground up) in South Africa. Grant’s education includes accounting, marketing and business development, but his passion lies in IT and selling: “I changed my course of study and found a position with a listed IT company in Johannesburg, South Africa as a sales and marketing executive. That is where my love for IT and complex sales cycles and markets began.”

Grant opened an office in Cape Town to help support partners in the area. Since then he has been involved in channel development, business development and direct selling across various product offerings including Microsoft Dynamics, Oracle, SAP and Syspro. According to Grant, “I look forward to taking on the task of Serenic channel manager for Africa as I believe that Serenic has the focus and the offering to continue the success already achieved and to make a difference on the continent.”

On a personal front, Grant is just as busy outside of work keeping up with his 3 teenagers. If you don’t see him body boarding in the cold Atlantic water, he’s usually keeping his kids out of trouble or trying to keep up with their busy social lives. But when he really needs time to himself, Grant let us in on his secret spot: “When I need to take a break and find some time for myself it is usually on one of the many beautiful golf courses in Cape Town, not to say that my golf reflects this though!”

We are very proud to announce that South Africa-based AdvanceNet has joined the Serenic Navigator reselling partner network!

Based in Sandton, South Africa, AdvanceNet has been implementing customer centric solutions, including Microsoft Dynamics NAV, across more than 30 countries in Africa since 1997. As a reseller, AdvanceNet will be able to deliver our entire suite of financial management solutions to organizations across the continent.

Read more about our new partnership with AdvanceNet.

We are kicking-off the partnership by hosting a joint event in conjunction with SANGONeT at St. Peters Square in Paulshof, South Africa. The seminar, May 5^th from 9 am until 12 pm, will focus on the accounting and financial management needs of NGOs in South Africa. For more information on the seminar visit our website or email info@advancenet.co.za.

Hope to see you there!

Please join us in welcoming Kristine Simon, Sales Engineer to the Serenic team!

Kristine is based out of Corona del Mar, and as a long-term veteran of the ERP software and consulting industry, she brings a great deal of sales and marketing background, having worked for firms such as IBM, Price Waterhouse Coopers and Platinum Software (now Epicor).  Also, having just completed a multi-year experience as a key board member of two notable not-for-profit organizations on the west coast, Kristine brings a fresh perspective on the business challenges faced by non-profits and NGOs today.  Kristine sees how accounting solutions such as Serenic Navigator can indeed add tremendous value to their mission and meet their financial management needs. Welcome, Kristine!

We are very pleased to announce that we have teamed up with another company–Netherlands-based implementation partner, Cherry-T (pronounced “charity”)!

Cherry-T, founded by Jan Kees Hage and Ruben Verzijl, closely supports the implementation of its Cherry-T Suite for organizations in the fields of international aid, health, nature and the environment and social welfare, providing consulting, implementation, service and support, customization and user training to its clients.

Our CEO and President, Randy Keith, is especially excited to combine the “years of experience in business optimization and automation for nonprofit organizations” of Cherry-T with Serenic Navigator capabilities. Cherry-T Managing Director, Ruben Verzijl agrees that “Serenic Navigator is a key part of our offering, since it is specifically designed for nonprofits and is completely built and integrated into the Microsoft environment. Nothing gives us more satisfaction than helping an organization effectively use its financial resources for the purpose for which they were given, and Serenic is an experienced and reliable partner with a similar mission.”

We look forward to delivering nonprofit financial management solutions to international clients with Cherry-T by our side!

Click here for more information on Serenic Software’s partnership with Cherry-T.

The Serenic team couldn’t be happier about the positive reviews we’ve been getting, but more importantly, the fact that these positive reviews ultimately benefit nonprofit organizations world-wide that are using Serenic Navigator 2009. This week, Dynamics World shared their results for the Best Microsoft Dynamics Add-On competition, and Serenic made the “ultimate list”!

With Serenic Navigator 2009, our solution is actually embedded within NAV, providing comprehensive and fully integrated functionality to our nonprofit customers.

We thank the Microsoft Dynamics team for the recognition, and for taking the time to thoroughly review the numerous solutions using Microsoft Dynamics NAV.

For more information on our newest product, Serenic Navigator Online, check our product page!

The CPA Technology Advisor recently released their reviews of nonprofit accounting software systems, and Serenic Software was 1 of the 11 featured. On top of that, Serenic Navigator was given an overall rating of 5 stars (out of 5)—a number only given to 2 other accounting software products!

The review was based on nonprofit products in 2010, and included assessment of the following features*:

• Basic System Functions
• Core Not-for-Profit/Fund Accounting Capabilities
• Management Features
• Financial Statements and Reporting
• Integration/Import/Export
• Help/Support
• Summary & Pricing

*In-depth details of each section can be found here.

We are very excited to be recognized for Serenic Navigator’s easily customizable platform, well-organized reporting methods, and overall simplicity to help larger organizations benefit from increased efficiency and scalability. You can find a more comprehensive review of Serenic Navigator here—we thank everyone for the constant support and CPA Technology Advisor for the stellar review!

Don’t forget to check out Serenic Navigator Online—the streamlined SaaS version of our Navigator fund accounting product for smaller organizations, designed to get your organization up and running quicker and at a lower price.

Please join us in welcoming the newest addition to Client Services, Wayne Mah.

Wayne Mah, Support Technician

Wayne is joining the team as a Support Technician.  Prior to joining Serenic, Wayne was most recently employed by Upside Software, Inc., as a Senior Technical Analyst. Prior to that, Wayne worked for Treo Consulting, Inc. for five and a half years and Vision Pay for one and a half years as a Systems Analyst.

Wayne brings to Serenic experience in desktop support, IT Management and software development, including experience with C/SIDE.

We are excited to have Wayne on board to augment Serenic support as we continue to grow and strive to be the leader in the NFP/Governmental software market space.  Wayne will be based in Edmonton, Alberta and work out of the Edmonton office.

Welcome to the Serenic team, Wayne! We hope you enjoy Alberta