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Studio ManagementSoftware Farmers Wife’s Invoice Creator and Bidding screens are shown. world,” he says.“We’ve also had sign ups from performing arts centers and produc- tion-gear hire operators.” After working in the production and post industries for years, Mohr believed he could build a better, more affordable soft- ware solution for people who told him ex- isting products were both pricey and com- plicated to use. FoxOMS takes advantage of cloud com- puting, which Mohr says “is a huge benefit to our clients, saving them from investing in ex- pensive in-house IT servers and support staff. Being online also means that the software is readily available to our clients from almost any- where, at any time, and all without expensive ‘per user’ license fees. It’s completely cross plat- form, running on Mac,PC and Linux, and even some smart phones and mobile devices.” The software was de- signed to be modular, which gives customers the flexibility to “enable the features they need and turn off the ones they don’t,” Mohr says. “Being so customizable helps post production fa- cilities to fit FoxOMS into their workflow rather than trying to fit [themselves] around it.” He says users like the tiered, monthly pricing structure. “They only pay for what they need and can always upgrade as their busi- ness and demands 38 Post • June 2011 grow.We find that many of our clients enjoy talking directly to our programmers with questions and feedback about how FoxOMS can be improved.” The FoxOMS1.3 release introduced “a completely redesigned scheduler and cal- endar featuring drag and drop creating, editing and trimming of bookings,” he ex- plains.“Now updating or extending a book- ing is as simple as dragging it across the screen. Staff members can easily see which bookings and projects they have been as- signed to and clients are able to log in and custom plug-ins for clients who may require very specific integrated features,” he adds. Mohr has been “listening to what the post production industry really wants” from software such as his and, consequently, has “many big plans for FoxOMS.” He says the version currently in development features further enhancements such as invoicing, in- come reports, staff task lists, dedicated mo- bile interfaces, a post production jobs man- ager and additional unique tools to auto- mate data-based origination and associated post workflows. STUDIO SUITE Joel Stoner was an inde- pendent recording engineer when he decided to put to- gether a software tool to manage his schedule and his Studio Suite 9’s Contacts, Calendar and Tasks modules are available as iPhone and Blackberry Web apps. It’s main menu is also shown. engage with the collaboration process, in- creasing productivity and saving valuable time and money for everyone.” Project management comes built in and includes features like customizable fields for project metadata, progress milestone track- ing and integrated live messaging between staff and clients. The layout is very user friendly and can be completely customized with many themes and user preferences available.“And if there is something the soft- ware doesn’t have, FoxOMS lets us write www.postmagazine.com