Boss adds new Dimensions to software
Technology provider Boss Software has incorporated six new next-generation strategic modelling tools into its Dimensions financial planning system as the first stage of a redevelopment of its entire product suite.
The addition of the six calculators, developed in Microsoft’s .Net technology, precedes a planned redevelopment of the entire Dimensions and Life Research products over the next year.
The calculators will cover allocated pensions, savings and draw-down, superannuation and reasonable benefit limits, savings and gearing, and target and education funding.
Product manager Arthur Koulianos said the calculators would complement the 15 or 20 other calculators in Dimensions, and range from social security through to tax, pensions, and capital gains tax calculators.
Koulianos added that the calculators boost Boss’ ability to compete in the highly competitive financial planning software market.
He said the decision to redevelop Boss products in .Net technology had been driven by competitors and also through feedback from its more than 1,200 customers.
“We had a look at what the marketplace had in terms of these new strategic modelling tools and found it was a significant step above what we had.
“Our customers were asking for more sophisticated analysis in what planners can provide to customers by way of strategic modelling, more functionality, including graphs, and more detailed reporting,” Koulianos said.
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