Sage Summit Recap

We set up our booth at Sage Summit 2009 with fairly low expectations of any kind of turnout. As the doors opened for the Tradeshow we were surprised to have several visitors to our booth. But more than that, the people that were there, seemed to be there hungry to find solutions to better their business. And as the conference progressed, we received plenty of traffic to our booth.

Our iPhone App for hh2 Remote Payroll was a huge success there. Even though all we had was a poster and a live demo on my laptop and iPhone, we impressed everyone who stopped by. Some people asked us if we’re also going to build an interface for the Blackberry, but we had to tell them that it wasn’t in our immediate plans. Several others left excited because their company had already made the switch to iPhones and couldn’t wait until the final release. One lady asked if she could take home our poster because it was perfect to show her colleagues back at the home office.

It was fun to stand out and really be different from the rest of the solutions there. By adding the iPhone as a new client interface for our hh2 Remote Payroll software, we are boldly stating the claim that the iPhone is ready for the construction industry. And boy did we get some attention. The Otterbox cases allowed us to drop our phones on the hard floor and show the durability of the cases and the phone inside.

We also got the chance to demonstrate the software, including the iPhone App, to several key Sage Executives who stopped by our booth. We just couldn’t have bought that kind of face time. Strengthening our ties with Sage will help us accomplish our goals of developing outstanding web services for the construction industry and making them affordable for companies of all sizes.

While there we got to see some of the sites and restaurants of Atlanta Georgia. We ate one night at a small but very nice diner called Wysteria. The seafood there is excellent. I personally ate the Skate which is kind of like Stingray, but to me, it tasted like halibut. Another night we ate at another seafood place called Six Feet Under. It too had excellent food. We ate the Snow Crab Legs there. Very Good.

All in all is was a very productive trip. Made some friends, forged some partnerships, found several very intriguing prospects, and sure made some impressions on the people we met with.

Sage Summit 2009

hh2 Web Services is headed to Altanta Georgia next week for Sage Summit 2009. Held from the 9th through the 12th of November, this is the conference where customers of Sage come to see the latest from the software they depend upon. We will be exhibiting in booth #810. We’ll be showing off an early beta of our iPhone app for hh2 Remote Payroll. If you are going to be attending the conference, we would love for you to come and see us. We can also break out and give one on one cusultations between Trade Show Exhibition times.

hh2 Web Services

Let’s explain a little bit about hh2 Web Services. hh2 Web Services is a suite of tools that come in the form of a fully hosted website that helps companies in the construction industry better collaborate with thier employees out in the field. We work primarily with companies using Sage Timberline Office as their accouting system. We could technically plumb the integration with any construction accounting system, but hey, Sage Timberline Office is the standard, and it will keep getting better…trust us. The current modules include the following:

• hh2 Remote Payroll – An online web service designed to capture, approve, and report on payroll data from anywhere in the world and integrate it into the home office accouting system.
• hh2 Human Resources – An online web service designed to manage employee information and make it available, securely to those who need it, where ever and when ever they need it.
• hh2 Field Reports – An online web service allowing field or office personnel to manage daily project information into a legal log so the the events of the day can be archived for managerial or legal use.

These modules work together in a single website that we host. A synchronization client makes sure the data on the website and the data in the accounting system stay synchronized. There’s a lot more to say about it, but you can check it out for yourself at http://www.hh2.com/.

Welcome to hh2 Power Tools

This is the official blog of hh2 Web Services. Here we will discuss technology trends that we have learned through our own blood, sweat and tears. We hope to inspire all who use technology to use it more effectively, and to look to technology and web based collaboration to streamline your businesses. But more importantly, since we provide web based technology to the construction industry, we hope to provide some best practices for companies that use Sage Timeberline Office, an accounting and estimating system dedicated to the construction and real estate industry.