Today, BasicGov officially launched our fifth web-based software module – BasicGov Licensing. The new Licensing module has a number of features that are going to make your job easier and faster. It combines an easy to use interface with automation features that make renewals a snap and new license applications really simple. The product is highly configurable so we handle almost any license type and fee structure.
Our clients have expressed excitement about this product as it integrates so easily with their existing BasicGov applications through the sharing of the parcel manager and account information. BasicGov already provides solutions to managing permits, inspections, code enforcement and planning so Licensing adds an additional dimension to our product line that makes revenue collection fast and easy.
We will also be announcing several new modules soon that will allow our customers to push even more capabilities in the cloud.
Here’s my story about developing our new Parcel Updater for municipalities and going from Intern to Product Development Specialist.
I joined CloudBench Applications (BasicGov) in July 2009 as an Intern while wrapping up my Bachelor’s degree in Applied Science from the University of British Columbia. Before being promoted to Product Development Specialist in October, I was responsible for a variety of tasks the most critical of which was building a tool that would help our clients load their data into our systems within a few button clicks. This tool, which was later dubbed the “Parcel Updater“ took 3 weeks of intense development and captured the interests of several existing and new clients after its release. I really enjoyed being able to put my 5 years of programming experience to work on this project.
The Parcel Updater has some interesting features; for example it can load thousands of data within a few minutes, it takes few steps to run, it can send email notifications, it does not require Microsoft Access or Excel to be installed, and it is compatible with Microsoft Windows’ XP and Vista. So far many of our local government customers are finding this Parcel Updater tool really helpful.
CloudBench Applications has a small but excellent and easy to work with team, deals with very interesting technologies and frameworks, and has great growth potentials. Besides that, they believe in the “work hard play hard philosophy” ;)
As such it was not difficult for me to make a decision when I was offered to stay with the company late September.
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