Dean Evans & Associates, Inc. Announces Powerful Enhancements to EMS Campus(TM) Academic Scheduling and Event Management Software

New Version of Campus Wide Scheduling Solution Providing Increased Efficiency for Busy Higher Education Entities


DENVER, CO--(Marketwire - September 8, 2009) - Dean Evans & Associates, Inc. (www.dea.com) today outlined the new functionality in an update to their popular EMS Campus academic scheduling and event management software. Higher education campuses throughout the U.S. rely on the product to streamline the labor-intensive academic scheduling process, simplify the booking of meeting and event space, optimize classroom utilization and generate automatically updated web calendars.

Early adopters of EMS Campus have been largely responsible for suggesting the new features that are available in EMS Campus 2.1. Among them are:

--  Streamlined processing of changes from SIS
--  "At a glance" reporting of course changes
--  Automated room assignment swapping for courses
--  Increased flexibility in determining course space sharing
    

"The new features that have been added to course synchronizing will make a huge difference for us," says Erin Ridley, User Support Analyst for the North Orange County Community College District. "The district is comprised of three campuses, each with their own database. New functionality in EMS Campus 2.1 will save each campus numerous hours. Our users are very excited about implementing the update and taking advantage of all the enhancements."

Other functionality in the latest release includes significant catering enhancements (such as the ability to define Production Areas), additional facility utilization reporting and "business intelligence" tools, and new mobile device capability.

The company reports that sales of EMS Campus continue to accelerate, most noticeably in recent months. In bringing these customers online, a number of new integrations with Datatel Colleague, SunGard Banner® and Jenzabar® student information systems have been successfully completed.

Detailed information on the new version of EMS Campus is available now in free webinars (www.dea.com/NewsAndEvents/FreeWebinars.aspx), directly from the company's sales consultants and at www.dea.com.


About Dean Evans & Associates

Founded in 1986 and based in Denver, Dean Evans & Associates offers a line of sophisticated software systems for academic scheduling, shared workspace management (office "hoteling"), facility scheduling, resource management and online calendaring. Their Event Management System (EMS) products are ideal for booking the space, services and resources needed for events as well as for maintaining a web-based master calendar. More than 3,600 organizations, including nearly 1,000 higher education campuses, four of the six largest U.S. banks, more than a dozen Fortune 100 companies and hundreds of religious organizations, hospitals, conference centers, cultural venues and sports facilities rely on EMS software. Detailed product information is available at www.dea.com. Or contact the company at 800-440-3994 ext. 863, or sales@dea.com.

Contact Information: Contact: Tom Schek Dean Evans & Assoc. Communications Dept. 800-440-3994 ext. 830