2017 July August Marina World

DockMaster ‘returns’
under new partnership deal
MyTaskit, the US organisation known for its comprehensive task coordination
and business management software solutions, has entered into a formal
partnership with Valsoft, a Canadian company specialising in the acquisition
and development of vertical market software companies.
The partnership aims to provide
expanded software solutions to the
marine industry, with DockMaster -
the well-regarded marine business
management software - at the core.
Since 2015, DockMaster has been
known as the operations module
of MyTaskit Pro. As part of the new
partnership, DockMaster will once again
be a stand-alone branded product.
The business alliance gives Valsoft
the rights to the DockMaster brand and
intellectual property, as well as operation
of DockMaster products and services.
The MyTaskit and DockMaster teams
will work together daily, ensuring the
partnership results in continued strategic
development, deployment, support
and integration of both DockMaster
and MyTaskit Pro software products.
Cam Collins, previously senior vice
president at MyTaskit, has been
named president of DockMaster, and
will continue in this role as the leading
executive of operations. Additionally,
Kevin Hutchinson, CEO and founder
of MyTaskit, is joining Valsoft’s board
of advisors. Hutchinson says the
partnership is aimed at continued growth
and enhanced product development.
“When Valsoft approached us,
they were looking to invest in the
continued success of our marine
software products,” Hutchinson said.
“As our discussions evolved, we
found that by committing to a strategic
collaboration, we would be able to grow
the capabilities and demand for both of
our products. This partnership focuses
on delivering more extensive product
solutions to our existing customers
and the marine industry as a whole,
while also opening up opportunities to
partner with other niche marine software
providers.”
Valsoft CEO Ouissam “Sam” Youssef
said his company is looking forward to
a long-term partnership with MyTaskit.
“We approached Mr. Hutchinson
about a partnership between our
two companies to bring back the
DockMaster brand and invest in the
marine industry software leader. We
will carry on Kevin and his team’s
legacy of 100% customer success.
We will continue to work closely with
Kevin, Cam and the entire MyTaskit
and DockMaster team to make sure our
customers have all the tools they need
to compete in today’s technology era.”
Valsoft and MyTaskit have additionally
formed a co-marketing relationship for
MyTaskit Pro’s coordination product,
a task coordination software solution
for marine service companies. This
agreement will support the continued
data integration between DockMaster
and MyTaskit Pro, and both companies
expect future software integrations and
product enhancements to follow.
E: info@mytaskit.com
Digital transformation for modern marinas
“Technology has profoundly changed the way we live, work and do business and marinas are obviously no exception
to this rule. In order to stay in business, we have to embrace change and adapt to new market trends,” says the Croatiabased
Marinacloud team.
This is the philosophy and motivation
behind the Marinacloud project,
launched at METS 2016 and enjoying
growing interest month on month. The
software has been developed by a
team of experienced marina managers
and IT engineers who have spent
years modelling the best operational
procedures of a successful marina in
the digital age. “Our goal was not to
create ‘yet another marina software
package’, but to provide a complete
digital transformation of the way
marinas do business in the modern
age,” explains Marinacloud founder and
CEO Kresimir Zic.
Marinacloud delivers three
fundamental benefits to marina
operators: a significant increase in
operational efficiency; a substantial
increase in customer satisfaction;
and ‘numbers’ - exact indicators of
performance, which
help managers run
a business based
on facts and not
feelings.
The software
improves every
single detail of daily
marina operations:
email integration; automatic invoicing;
customer relations; resource planning;
interactive high-quality vector mapping;
contract management with attached
documents; embedded business
intelligence and reporting; smart alerts;
integration with video surveillance
to monitor berth occupancy; and
its unique award-winning ‘proactive
boat care concept’, which is used for
protocol inspection of every boat in the
marina and produces weekly reports
for customers. The system uses Oracle
MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE
Cloud technology,
which the company
believes is
probably the best
cloud technology
available today, to
ensure business
continuity and
protect data from
any kind of digital threats.
The Marinacloud team is currently
exploring state-of-the-art technology
like Internet of Things, Business
Intelligence and boat automation and
is finding innovative ways to implement
them in order to enhance marina
operations. The team improves its
product with monthly updates.
Marinacloud has recently been
promoted at the MMIAK conference,
Seoul and at Boot 2017, Düsseldorf.
E: info@marinacloud.net
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