D-Tools will be celebrating its 25^th anniversary at CEDIA Expo 2023 by showing off its D-Tools Cloud and System Integrator (SI) Version 20, an expanded D-Tools Cloud Service Management Suite, and a partnership with Modus VR.

The company will celebrate its CEDIA Expo 2023 appearance at booth #2743 as a company milestone after making its industry debut at the trade show back in 1998. The anniversary also comes a year after the company’s System Integrator business management software was inducted into the CEDIA Hall of Fame.

According to Tim Bigoness, D-Tools CMO, CEDIA Expo is an event with a very special meaning for the entire D-Tools team. Having introduced its business management platform at a CEDIA Expo 1998 (a whole 25 years ago) the event is somewhat like a recurring anniversary for the now widely popular (and widely lauded) company.

D-Tools’ New Service Management Suite

D-Tools is also marking the milestone with new features to its Cloud-based software, including a new service management suite designed to help integrators create, sell and manage service plans. With recurring revenue and service becoming more important in an industry where hardware margins are becoming slimmer, D-Tools wants its platform to help integrators generate service revenues and improve the client experience.

Service plans can be designed in advance or configured on-the-fly and presented as an option on a project proposal or sold as a separate contract, the company says. Users can schedule resources, document the problem found and work performed, track their time, invoice and even collect payment right on-site, all from a mobile device.

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D-Tools’ web-based, multi-OS solution also facilitates communication and collaboration across an integrator’s workforce with the inclusion of a chat feature that allows for real-time communication.

According to the company, D-Tools Cloud expedites the generation and throughput of proposals to help integrators close deals faster by facilitating engaging multimedia proposals and browser-based visual quoting.

System Integrator V20

D-Tools is also announcing the 20^th version of its System Integrator (SI) software, which the company calls a suite of new sales, project and field service capabilities designed to improve operating efficiency for integration businesses.

According to D-Tools, SI v20 supports integration with Microsoft’s Azure Active Directory for enhanced security and Single Sign-On functionality. The new version of the platform includes improvements to Pricing and Labor, such as the ability to add multiple vendors and labor types to products. The new version also boosts capabilities of Purchasing and Field Service management, along with better performance of features including projects, tasks, checklists, workflow rules and more.

Modus VR for Virtual Reality Walkthroughs

D-Tools will also be showcasing a new partnership with Modus VR, providers of virtual reality technology for designers, architects, integrators and space planners to create spaces in real time with AV and technology.

Through the partnership, integrators can include virtual reality walkthroughs of project designs in their D-Tools Cloud client proposals with the Modus360 software. The software offers 360-degree views to help customers envision the end results while helping installers plan. Modus 360 landscapes can be output and embedded in D-Tools proposals, allowing both integrators and end users to access them.

In a statement, Bigoness says helping customers envision how their homes will look when technologies are installed is one of the most exciting parts of the job. Modus VR, he continues, is just another step towards helping clients interact with the technologies that integrators are offering, leading to, as he sees it, better sales strategies and more successful deals.

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