DDi System said its Distribution Management Software (DMS) helps showroom distributors achieve greater efficiencies through a variety of features including special order payment tracking, showroom inventory tracking, real-time buyer notification and sales order updates.

Vormittag Associates Inc. (VAI) announced its System 2000 Enterprise Portal was awarded the Annual Long Island Software Award (LISA) from the Long Island Software & Technology Network (LISTnet).

ASI Controls, which provides digital controls for building environments and manufactures original equipment in the HVAC sector, released an updated WebLink HMI.

York International Corp.'s Unitary Products Group (UPG) announced improvements to its dealer extranet site, www.upgnet.com to include an image archive, which allows York Liberties™ dealers to gain access to a library of product, logo and consumer imagery for use in a variety of customized sales and marketing materials.

Wrightsoft released Right-Sales™, an automated sales tool for HVAC business owners that automates the entire sales process, from the sales lead to a signed proposal.

FastEST Inc. released a new residential plumbing version of the FastPIPE Estimating System designed for generating materials, labor and bid pricing for single- and multi-family residential jobs.

Hart & Cooley introduced an online graphics library to let authorized distributors search and download product graphics for use in advertising, promotions and catalogs.

More distributors are offering items outside of their usual product lines to please customers and increase sales.

CPI is developing a new software based on its Construction Maestro® building system estimating program and Basic Radiant™ heating system to provide lumber companies and building contractors with a fast estimating and ordering tool for the construction and heating systems of warehouses, barns, garages and shops.

Activant Solutions completed its tender offer to acquire the outstanding common shares of Speedware Corp.