Rapco & Horizon Music select Stardraw.net

Stardraw.com is pleased to announce that yet another forward-thinking company has selected Stardraw.net as its solution of choice. VTG Corporation has signed a significant development and maintenance contract with software provider Stardraw.com in order to roll out online design applications for custom control and connection panels under the banners of daughter companies Rapco and Horizon Music. Rapco and Horizon Music are two of the largest suppliers of cables, connectors, custom panels and metalwork in the US with outlets in the UK and Europe.

Based on Stardraw.net, the new service is delivered by a web server and works from within a browser so there is nothing to download or install in the conventional sense. It comprises a drag-and-drop interface linked to a complete library of all of Rapco's and Horizon Music's panel products so the user simply selects the panel he or she wants, drags on the connectors that are needed, and sets engraving, finishes, artwork and so on. The resultant design is linked in realtime via XML to sophisticated backoffice systems. Once the design is complete, a separate pop-up report delivers an instant quote. Furthermore, this system can support very complex pricing models, e.g. setup charges, product charges, variable charges (such as engraving by character) and, most importantly, pricing by user profile; discounts may be based on who the user is and the type of account he or she has.

The benefits of this technology are clear. Customers can design, price and order custom panels in seconds, twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, without having to wait for any third party input. From the client's point of view all the guesswork is taken out of the process which improves efficiency enormously. According to Stardraw.com's marketing director Rob Robinson, this is undoubtedly the way of the future. “More and more manufacturers are realising that they need to develop specialized software tools in order to continue to provide the best possible service to their customers. With Stardraw.net we have a fully customizable engine that is ready to be adapted to virtually any specification, and is proven to work, all of which means we are able to deliver new, advanced applications on time, to spec, and for far less outlay than required by traditional in-house development programs. In short, Stardraw.net technology offers a far more efficient, elegant and cost-effective solution for the delivery of customized software.”

Notes to Editor

Since 1995 Stardraw.com has been a leading provider of software solutions to the entertainment technology sector, offering a range of award-winning system design, documentation and control applications as well as providing OEM software solutions for corporate customers. With offices in London and New York, regional partners and an installed customer base of almost 30,000 users spanning 82 countries, Stardraw.com is focussed on serving the international marketplace, and delivers leading-edge solutions that exploit the very latest in software technologies.

For more information contact:		Press contact:
Rob Robinson, Stardraw.com Ltd. 78 York Street London, W1H 1DP England T: +44 (0)207 692 7117 F: +44 (0)207 692 7118 e: rob.robinson@stardraw.com		Kiera Leeming, KLPR Ltd. T: +33 (0)684 06 26 42 e: kiera@klpr.co.uk