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Studio ManagementSoftware bust feature set.” AVVA obviously has legs, though. The subscription-based AVVA Plus will be launched by the end of the year. It will allow users to “buy the modules they need for the time they need them, which is good for projects,” he says.“AVVA Plus will have a lot of functionality at a fraction of the cost of ScheduAll.” FOXOMS Australia’s FoxOMS (www.foxoms.com) FoxOMS 1.3 features a redesigned scheduler and calendar. for anyone who needs to leverage outside partners,” Ledlow says. “It’s good for bou- tiques and mid-size companies and scalable for bigger facilities. It’s all about utilizing of- fices and resources and collaborating with team members — it gives access to a global marketplace of existing or potential partners. ERMa is already starting to see adoption with numerous broadcasters such as CBS and service providers such as SES World Skies, DCI World Teleport and The SpaceConnection. The latest release, ScheduAll 4.84,“recog- nizes the value of the cloud,” he says.“Our core product is a mission-critical application but for mobility, collaboration and connectiv- ity, there are big advantages to the cloud.”To that end the current version of ScheduAll has enhanced its core with aSoftware as a Service (SaaS) layer that leverages the cloud. The ScheduAll Hitch mobile access platform, available at a low per-user cost, enables free- lance staff, for instance, access to ScheduAll via certain tablets and smart phones. ScheduAll has also introduced AVVA (Accurately Verify Vendor Availability), a free Web-based platform which Ledlow says is “ideal for small facilities. It does basic core scheduling and plays well with ERMa,” al- though “it will never replace ScheduAll’s ro- online scheduling software was still in devel- opment when the financial crisis hit, says company director Tim Mohr. But since his software went live online last January 1st, he has seen “incredible growth and demand” for the new product.“We have been blown away by the interest from hundreds of facili- ties in over 60 countries around the world,” he reports.“We believe that in these uncer- tain economic times our clients are espe- cially looking for cost-effective solutions, and it is cloud-based software like FoxOMS that delivers them long-term savings.” FoxOMS already has a broad array of users from boutiques to “some of the biggest television broadcasters in the 36 Post • June 2011 www.postmagazine.com