Dean Evans & Associates Inc. Announces the All-New, Redesigned Master Calendar 5.0

DENVER, CO--(Marketwired - Aug 19, 2013) - Dean Evans & Associates Inc. (www.dea.com), a leader in the development of sophisticated web calendaring, room scheduling and event management software, announced today the release of EMS Master Calendar Version 5.0, the latest update to its widely held collaborative web calendar software. The system, which is an all-encompassing calendaring solution, received a complete redesign to the user interface as well as a number of new features including:

• "Fluid" design that automatically optimizes for use on any size monitor or mobile device
• Integrated Google Maps functionality
• New and improved Featured Events reel
• Option to display event times in the user's local time zone
• "Display as Alert" option to call attention to high priority announcements

"Master Calendar 5.0 has been completely redesigned to provide a much cleaner, responsive interface," said Chris Meyers, lead developer on the project for Dean Evans & Associates Inc. "The architecture of 5.0 will make it easier for users to navigate and overall offers a much sleeker design. We are very proud of the final end product."

"When we update and improve upon an existing product it is always with the customer in mind. In fact, many of the latest enhancements were driven by customer requests," said Ed Nowak, VP of Product Development at Dean Evans & Associates. "Our goal with every release is to deliver an exceptional product and with Master Calendar 5.0 we feel that we have done that. We are confident our customers will love Master Calendar 5.0."

Customers with a current Annual Service Agreement can download the new version of Master Calendar in the Support Center area of www.dea.com. If an organization's ASA has lapsed, its representatives can contact their account executive (or sales@dea.com) for information on resuming coverage and receiving this update.

For more information on Master Calendar 5.0 please visit www.dea.com/mc.

About Dean Evans & Associates

Founded in 1986 and based in Denver, Dean Evans & Associates is a leader in the development of sophisticated software systems for a wide variety of tasks including: meeting and event scheduling, resource management, academic scheduling, shared workspace management (office "hoteling"), web calendaring and online registration and surveys. More than 4,000 organizations including many Fortune 100 companies and hundreds of other corporations, over 1,000 higher education campuses, five of the six largest U.S. banks and thousands of conference centers, religious organizations, law firms, hospitals, cultural venues and sports facilities rely on EMS software. The company's products are used in over 75 countries and are backed by an award winning Customer Support team. In 2012, Dean Evans & Associates, Inc. was named a "Top Workplace" by the Denver Post. For more information visit www.dea.com and follow Dean Evans & Associates Inc. on Twitter and LinkedIn.