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PDAs boost profits for software provider
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DATABASE Business Systems, the Livingston-based software provider, is predicting strong growth for its new mobile solutions division during 2006.
According to MD Colin Ferguson, operators are keen to take advantage of all the latest software applications for handheld PDA (personal digital assistant) technology.
"Our clients have been asking us to develop this side of our business and we've now got a new website and a division of the company established to deliver applications to serve the need," says Ferguson.
Our experience indicates that people are using in-cab PDAs at a basic level at this stage to capture vehicle defects, timesheets and Working lime Directive hours. There is some demand for proofof-delivery capture. though this remains in its infancy" Following a couple of years of business consolidation. Ferguson says DBS's revenues and profit continued to grow during 2005. He expects this growth to continue this year: -We've expanded into bigger premises in Scotland and now have offices in Oxford and London.
"We're also looking to recruit some new people into key areas of software development and programming."
• Contact: www.DBSmobile.com