Founded in 1993, Automation Centre LLC is a privately held independent software vendor located in Tucson,

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. Their first product, Tracker Suite, was released in 1994. Tracker Suite is a groupware solution for the Lotus Notes/ Domino messaging platform. The first release of Tracker Suite provided functions for time reporting. As development continued, new components were incorporated into Tracker Suite, including modules for project management, HR, help desk services and others. In 2001, Automation Centre released a similar groupware product for the

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/ Exchange messaging platform, called TrackerOffice. In 2006, Automation Centre released TrackerSuite.Net, a purely Web based suite of integrated business applications similar to Tracker Suite, but with

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capabilities. Automation Centre collectively brands these solution sets as Tracker. The company was notified in the 2014 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Cloud-Based IT Project and Portfolio Management Services.

References

* Penington, A. (2002, August). Building Character: Art Imitates Business Life for this Entrepreneur. ''Entrepreneur''. Retrieved March 16, 2011 fro
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* Sodoma, B. (1998). Automation Centre: Founder Trades Tennis Nets for Internet. ''Inside Tucson Business''. p. 6.

External links

* {{Official website, http://www.Acentre.com/ Software companies based in Arizona Companies established in 1993 Companies based in Tucson, Arizona Software companies of the United States