Softshare

Infobox_Company
company_name = Softshare Inc.
company_
company_type = Private
company_slogan = "E-commerce easily"
foundation = 1982
location = Santa Barbara, California
key_people = Frank Gott, founder and president
industry = Computer software
Web applications

products =
homepage = [http://www.softshare.com/ www.softshare.com]
[http://www.catseasily.com/ www.catseasily.com]

Softshare is a privately owned company that develops, distributes, and supports business-to-business e-commerce software and Web applications and provides related services, including value-added network services. In addition, Softshare develops and distributes client-tracking and reporting applications used by business development centers such as the Small Business Development Centers (SBDCs) funded by the U.S. Small Business Administration.

Softshare was founded in 1982 as a division of MCR Technology Incorporated,cite web | url = http://www.catseasily.com/company/| title = "About Softshare"| work = catseasily.com| publisher = Softshare| accessdate = 2007-11-20] offering high-speed computer time-sharing services to a mostly government-connected client base.cite web | url = http://www.softshare.com/company/history/| title = "Softshare History"| work = softshare.com| publisher = Softshare| accessdate = 2007-11-20] Over time, Softshare changed its focus to include Electronic Data Interchange (EDI), a standardized format used by government and commercial entities to exchange business data electronically. Currently, most of Softshare's product offerings deal with the EDI standard in addition to other business-interchange formats such as XML.

Softshare is headquartered in Santa Barbara, California and, in 2005, opened European headquarters, Softshare B.V., in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.cite press release | title= California-Based E-Commerce Provider Opens European Headquarters in Amsterdam | publisher= Softshare | url=http://www.nfia.com/item.php?newsid=117 | date = 2005-01-05|accessdate=2007-11-20]

Products

Softshare's current product offerings include the followingcite web | url = http://www.softshare.com/software/| title = "Product Overview"|format = PDF |publisher = Softshare| accessdate = 2007-11-20] :

*Softshare Athena, a Web-based, online e-commerce/EDI application.
*Softshare Vista, a Microsoft-Windows-compatible desktop e-commerce/EDI application.
*Softshare Delta, an enterprise data translation application that maps between any of the following formats: EDI, XML, flat files, database tables, and text formats such as HTML.
*Softshare Electronic Commerce Server (ECS), an enterprise communications server that manages and routes e-commerce data via prevalent Internet protocols including HTTP/HTTPS, FTP/FTPS, SMTP, and POP3.
*EDI Notepad, a free EDI viewing and editing application that can be downloaded from Softshare's Web site.cite press release | title= 10,000 Downloads for Softshare EDI Notepad |publisher=Softshare |url=http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2007/07/18/2792421.htm | date = 2007-07-18 |accessdate=2007-11-20]
*Softshare 'CATS, a Web-based client activity tracking system for government-funded business development centers, used to record centers' activities and generate reports and export files in formats mandated by various government entities.cite web | url = http://www.catseasily.com/cats/| title = "Softshare 'CATS (Client Activity Tracking System)"|publisher = Softshare| accessdate = 2007-11-21]

In addition, Softshare provides a number of services related to the transmission and transformation of e-commerce data, including value-added network and data translation services.

Awards

*In 2004, Softshare received an accomplishment award from the Association for Cooperative Operations Research and Development (ACORD)cite web | url = http://www.acordlomaforum.org/awards.aspx| title = "Congratulations 2004 ACORD Award Winners!"| accessdate = 2007-11-20] for early adoption of the SOAP protocol for XML-based messaging.cite press release | title= Softshare Wins Early SOAP Framework Adopter Award |publisher= Softshare | url=http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2004/may/1043017.htm | date = 2004-05-24 |accessdate=2007-11-20]

*In 2005, Softshare was awarded the Spirit of Small Business Award by the Pacific Coast Business Times and Los Angeles, California District office of the U.S. Small Business Administration.cite news | first=William R. | last=Etling | title= Softshare expands e-commerce toolbox | url=http://www.softshare.com/news/PacTimes/ | publisher=Pacific Coast Business Times | pages= 7B | date=2005-07-29-2005-08-04 |accessdate=2007-11-20 ]

Notes and references

External links

* [http://www.softshare.com Softshare E-commerce Web site]
* [http://www.catseasily.com Softshare Government Applications Web site]