GlobeStar Systems

GlobeStar Systems

Type	Privately Held
Industry	Event notification solutions for: Healthcare Public Alerting & Emergency Management Property Management & Hospitality Manufacturing Mining Oil & Gas Retail
Founded	1992
Headquarters	Toronto, Canada
Key people	David Tavares, Founder and CEO Mary Digioia President & CFO John Elms, President, Connexall USA Inc Mary Baum, Chief Marketing Officer Jason Wilson, Vice President, Research and Development Yihan Zhang, Vice President, Engineering & Service Operations
Employees	102 (2011)
Website	http://www.globestarsystems.com/

GlobeStar Systems, is a multinational communications company that develops and sells communications integration software, which monitors, captures and manages alarms from various and different systems.^[1]

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Headquartered in Toronto, Canada, GlobeStar Systems, along with Tel-e Technologies, Tel-e Connect Systems Ltd. and Canada Pure belongs to the Tel-e Group.

History

GlobeStar System’s latest release (2011) is Connexall 4.3, an event notification management solution scaled to meet the needs of large healthcare organizations. Connexall Lite and Care versions are also used in long-term care facilities. Connexall solutions are designed to improve patient care and safety while allowing organizations to better leverage existing technologies [1].

GlobeStar Systems was founded by David Tavares in 1992. The name “GlobeStar” was originated from the company’s intent to be a Global company and that GlobeStar sold NorStar equipment.^[2]At that time, GlobeStar Systems’s main unique advantage over its competitors was the invention of the application GolfStar that allowed the use of Tee off (booking by phone) in golf camps possible. Besides this product, GlobeStar Systems also developed ACD-Star, a product that queued phone calls into a small call centre environment.^[3]

In 1999, GlobeStar Systems moved from its office in Calgary to Toronto. Sister companies Tel-e Connect and Tel-e Technologies moved to Toronto shortly thereafter.^[3]

In 1999, Connexall (pronounced "connects all"), GlobeStar’s most innovative application, was created in order to satisfy the needs of its clients in integrating a wide range of communication resources to any system and giving the user the ability to access real time data anywhere in the facility, on the road or out of the country. The name “Connexall” was derived from its purpose of connecting all the systems ^[2][4]

Originally, Connexall was sold under an OEM brand name called “Austco EasyTouch” through the company Austco,^[5] until 2002, when GlobeStar Systems started selling its software as “Connexall”.^[3]

Corporate affairs

GlobeStar Systems is headquartered in Toronto, Canada and has subsidiaries in Europe (GlobeStar Systems Europe) and in the United States (Connexall USA).
Connexall USA, Inc. was founded in 2010 and is based in Boulder, Colorado. Connexall USA, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of GlobeStar Systems, Inc. [2]. GlobeStar Systems Europe has its office in Lagoa located in São Miguel island, Azores, Portugal.^[1]

Products and services

Connexall is an Enterprise Software Suite that enhances your ability to close the communication gap between third party systems within your organization. The application provides a central control point for analyzing workflow processes, reporting on system activity and alerting end users and devices of real-time activities/alarms as they occur.

The software has the ability to receive real-time notification and text and voice messages anywhere in the world.^[6]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} RTP Portugal/Açores (Portuguese)
2. ^ ^{a b} Journal "O Milénio" (2006) (Portuguese)
3. ^ ^{a b c} Giles, Michael & Silva, Mario, "Fabric of a Nation: Stories of the Journey to Canada" (2002), GOLDENeight Publishers, ISBN 1-890412-63-5 (English)
4. ^ New Pioneers Awards 2005 (English)
5. ^ Austco's Website (English)
6. ^ RTP Portugal/Azores (a portuguese TV channel’s website)

External links

• GlobeStar Systems official website (English)
• David Tavares - New Pioneers Awards 2005 (English)
• RTP Portugal/Azores – Article about GlobeStar Systems (Portuguese)
• ENTA school website (Portuguese)
• University of Azores Portal (Portuguese)
• Tel-e Technologies (English)
• Tel-e Connect Systems Ltd. (English)
• Canada Pure (English)