Pronto Software

Pronto Software Limited
Private
Industry Accounting & Business Software & Services
Founded Australia (1976)
Headquarters Burwood East, Victoria, Australia
Key people
David Jackman, Managing Director
Sam Page, CFO
Products Pronto Xi
Number of employees
320 (23 October 2012)
Website www.pronto.net

Pronto Software is an Australian Enterprise Resource Planning software vendor. Originally trading under the name “Prometheus Software”, the company was sold to Sausage Software in 1999. The name was then changed to 'Pronto Software' following a management buyout in 2002.

Pronto Xi is Pronto Software's main product. It has modules for financials, retail, CRM, supply chain management, warehouse management, manufacturing and facilities management.[1] The current release is Pronto Xi Dimensions[2] featuring IBM Cognos 10.[3]

Pronto Software's 1500 customers include RSEA, Anvil Mining, Hobart Canada, Parksite,[4] Retail Prodigy Group (Nike)[5] and Herschend Family Entertainment.[6]

Pronto Xi 710 is the current product release.[7]

History

Technology

Pronto Xi runs on Linux (RedHat), UNIX (AIX or Solaris), or Microsoft Windows Server 2008. In Unix/Linux deployments, users access the application through a proprietary thin client application which connects to the server using SSH, Telnet, or SSL encrypted Telnet.

Supported databases are Informix Dynamic Server, Oracle, or SQL Server.

Technology partners

Pronto Software is partnered with IBM,[17] Microsoft[18] and Motorola.[19]

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