August 18, 2008

Unanet Announces Availability of New Software Release for Project Services Organizations

Unanet Technologies, a developer of services automation software that helps organizations manage people and projects for improved profitability, has released Version 9.1 of its market leading project portfolio management and tracking system.

Unanet’s solution for project-based organizations is available both On Demand (Software as a Service) and Enterprise (installed on customer premise).

The latest release offers significant enhancements designed to help project managers get real-time insight into anticipated cost and status of their projects. New capabilities support project expense forecasting, resource planning and management, and enhancements for reporting on project and person performance.

To support detailed planning of time-phased project budgets, expenses and Other Direct Costs can now be planned by expense type in a grid just like a spreadsheet, with summarization by project and task. User expense reporting has been further improved with enhancements to ‘wizards’ which automate accurate expense capture in compliance with Per Diem rules, and methods to ensure flexible and correct allocation of expenses across multiple billable and non-billable projects on the same expense report.

Unanet is recognized for its strengths in real-time reporting and these capabilities have been further enhanced. Managers can now see profitability and performance by labor category and person. Variances between plans, budgets and actual effort and expense can be analyzed on a periodic basis at whatever level of detail or summary is required.

Resource management capabilities were also improved in this release including planning people in spreadsheet format in days, weeks, months or quarters. Managers can see the detail underlying resource utilization, overloads and commitments in a single report. Managers can also see the liability associated with accrued leave.

Fran Craig, Unanet President and CEO commented “This latest major release of Unanet software reflects our continued commitment to innovation in delivering solutions for project-based organizations. More than 540 customers are realizing the benefits of Unanet project-based software to increase management insight, streamline processes, reduce costs, and thereby improve profitability.”

About Unanet Technologies

Unanet provides superior Services Automation software which maximizes staff utilization, reduces administrative costs by 90%, improves invoicing by 10X, and supports forward decision-making for improved profitability. Unanet’s 600 customers include government contractors, consulting/services organizations, internal IT (Information Technology), and high-technology product companies. Unanet's suite includes resource management, opportunity/project management, timesheets, expense reports and collaboration with real time information and analytics, easy to use interfaces, and outstanding support. Unanet is available either as an Enterprise license (self-hosted software), or the On Demand License (hosted Software as a Service (SaaS)). http://www.unanet.com.