Every year IDG nominates companies for outstanding IT performances. Due to extensive knowledge and experience combined with hard work Mr. Thom Birkeland, Pagero’s CTO, has received the prestige’s award ” IT-Architect of the year 2008”.
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The 30th October IDG organized ”IT Business Awards” at Café Opera in Stockholm, where the IT-sectors most notable companies and persons received awards in various categories. Mr. Thom Birkeland from Pagero AB proudly accepted the award as ”IT-Architect of the year”, with the motivation:
“With a well documented knowledge within object oriented analysis and design including complex architectures, this years IT-architect has been the driving force in a creative, value enhancing and unique solution within global e-invoice solutions”. |
Mr. Thom Birkeland |
Developing Pagero e-invoice
Mr. Thom Birkeland is responsible for Pagero’s R&D team who has developed a new, ERP independent, world class and scalable platform – Pagero Online including the service Pagero e-invoice – handling electronic data interchange between companies. The goal was to create an easy, flexible and cost efficient way of handling large volumes of format conversions (originating from very many companies), document routing, intercompany netting-, external print- and e-archive services in a fully fledged solution based on SaaS (Software as a Service).
Currently Pagero e-invoice is an integrated part of several ERP vendors, e.g. IFS globally and Jeeves. Also, Itella (the Finnish Post) cooperates with Pagero enabling small to medium sized companies to send e-invoices to Swedish government agencies. Itella was awarded, by ESV (Swedish National Financial Management Authority), to provide the Swedish government bodies with an Electronic Processing of Invoices System. Furthermore, Pagero and Swedbank have developed a direct communication bridge connecting Pagero’s platform with Swedbank’s backbone, to accommodate true e-invoicing (B2B).
The distinguishing factor between Pagero and traditional EDI/VAN-solutions are several. One is that the installation and go live process is not more complicated than downloading a thin client from Pagero and installing it. If the ERP-system is not able to send XML or EDI files they simply use Pagero Virtual Printer (printer diver) where the print file (postscript stream) is sent to the Pagero Network (Pagero Online), interpreted, converted into e.g. XML or EDI file and sent to the invoice receiver. Also, Pagero Online is connected to several EDI/VAN networks enabling communication with already established EDI connected companies. Pagero’s solution is a ”many-to-many” architecture in contrast to current ”point-to-point” more expensive project oriented solutions.
About Mr. Thom Birkeland
Mr. Thom Birkeland has worked within systems development for many years and has spent his recent years focusing on development, reviews within IT architecture and security for transactional based systems handling of large volumes with high scalability and accessibility. Mr. Thom Birkeland has e.g. created the IT-architecture for the well known fashion company PRADA and their Epicenter Store in New York, USA.
Statement from Mr. Thom Birkeland
– Receiving this award is a great honor! It is an acknowledgment, both for me personally and my colleagues, that we have performed well. Thanks to a competent team of senior system developers and a smart platform methodology with modern technology we have succeeded in developing the next generation of e-invoicing (and e-order) solutions. The acknowledgement of all our work in this forum is much appreciated. Tank you all!