Two Companies Sign On as CTOS Signatories
Contrax Systems and VLV Vantage Point have pledged to support the Collection Technology Open Standard (CTOS), signing on as signatories.
The goal of the CTOS is to protect users' rights, to allow them to retrieve their data from industry software systems by any means they see fit, and to make sure that collectors’ businesses are not subject to the whims of their vendors.
The CTOS itself offers 10 guidelines and specifications that define what it means for collection technology to be open. The CTOS Board broadly defines open software as providing ample access to your data, easily communicates with other software platforms, and allows for customization by users. Such open software protects the rights of software users, enhances innovation, and generally lowers the cost of doing business, as measured in both time and dollars. To earn signatory status, a user or vendor must subscribe to at least seven of the 10 suggested criteria.
To sign on as a signatory, click here.
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The goal of the CTOS is to protect users' rights, to allow them to retrieve their data from industry software systems by any means they see fit, and to make sure that collectors’ businesses are not subject to the whims of their vendors.
The CTOS itself offers 10 guidelines and specifications that define what it means for collection technology to be open. The CTOS Board broadly defines open software as providing ample access to your data, easily communicates with other software platforms, and allows for customization by users. Such open software protects the rights of software users, enhances innovation, and generally lowers the cost of doing business, as measured in both time and dollars. To earn signatory status, a user or vendor must subscribe to at least seven of the 10 suggested criteria.
To sign on as a signatory, click here.
CollectionTechnology.net is a proud presenter of the 2010 Collection Technology Summit. Click here for more details.
Tags: contrax, ctos, signatories, vlvvantagepoint
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Comment by JJ Hornblass on November 25, 2009 at 2:19pm - Kudos to both companies for making a commitment to this important initiative.
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Comment by Jeremy Mapes on December 1, 2009 at 10:27am -
Questions for the site...
1. Do you have a hyperlink to the full list of CTOS signatories?
2. The list of requirements that the signatories must meet is impressive from a perspective of being open and I applaud them. How is conformity verified that they are conforming?
I'd like the list of signatories because I have a very large client that is looking at potentially their "next" software package. I believe that a company that meets these standards, can handle the high number of users effectively, and has a robust core package would be someone that my client would be interested in doing business with.
All of the large companies I talk with say that they will never (if they ever have) be held hostage to a platform again. So this is a good way to validate that they're meeting a standard of openness. The next question would be how to evolve a certification standard based on the requirements...
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Comment by Mary Wisniewski on December 2, 2009 at 11:42am -
Jeremy -- I can at least answer your first question.
1. We are just now starting the signatory process, so these are our early adopters. Going forward, the updated list can be found here. Also, feel free to circulate the CTOS criteria suggestions.
As to your second question, the CTOS Board is responsible for writing the document and maintaining it. That said, it will be a moderator of sorts for the CTOS.
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