Severa
Encyclopedia
Severa is a professional services automation (PSA) tool used to manage projects, customers, sales, time tracking and billing. Severa is also known as business software for Project Management
(PM), Project Portfolio Management
(PPM) and Customer Relationship Management
(CRM).
Accessed online through the Web
, Severa is a hosted solution, Software as a service
(SaaS), Cloud computing
or software on-demand, where the software and data are maintained in a secure, remote server and available through a computer’s web browser from anywhere at anytime.
Since there is no need to download and install software Severa can be seen as easy to deploy. Over 6,000 companies around the world use Severa to handle over 170,000 projects, 280,000 invoices and 13 million work hours.
Severa is used by small to medium sized businesses, and optimized for service-based organizations such as PR, advertising, design, IT, engineering, law and architecture firms.
Severa has been the recipient of many awards including the Deloitte Technology Fast 50 and the Red Herring Global Finalist in 2008.
API which allows customers to share data between Severa and other software applications.
Invoices can be created in 12 languages, including English, Finnish, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Dutch, Danish, French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish and Russian.
, Department of Computer Sciences.
Severa grew at a staggering 1500% over five years to become the premier PSA tool in Finland. In the summer of 2010 Severa was acquired by Visma
. Severa continues to grow and develop for the benefit of its customers, and now has offices in Lappeenranta, Helsinki, Stockholm, Oslo and Copenhagen.
Project management
Project management is the discipline of planning, organizing, securing, and managing resources to achieve specific goals. A project is a temporary endeavor with a defined beginning and end , undertaken to meet unique goals and objectives, typically to bring about beneficial change or added value...
(PM), Project Portfolio Management
Project Portfolio Management
Project portfolio management is a term used by project managers and project management organizations, , to describe methods for analyzing and collectively managing a group of current or proposed projects based on numerous key characteristics...
(PPM) and Customer Relationship Management
Customer relationship management
Customer relationship management is a widely implemented strategy for managing a company’s interactions with customers, clients and sales prospects. It involves using technology to organize, automate, and synchronize business processes—principally sales activities, but also those for marketing,...
(CRM).
Accessed online through the Web
World Wide Web
The World Wide Web is a system of interlinked hypertext documents accessed via the Internet...
, Severa is a hosted solution, Software as a service
Software as a Service
Software as a service , sometimes referred to as "on-demand software," is a software delivery model in which software and its associated data are hosted centrally and are typically accessed by users using a thin client, normally using a web browser over the Internet.SaaS has become a common...
(SaaS), Cloud computing
Cloud computing
Cloud computing is the delivery of computing as a service rather than a product, whereby shared resources, software, and information are provided to computers and other devices as a utility over a network ....
or software on-demand, where the software and data are maintained in a secure, remote server and available through a computer’s web browser from anywhere at anytime.
Since there is no need to download and install software Severa can be seen as easy to deploy. Over 6,000 companies around the world use Severa to handle over 170,000 projects, 280,000 invoices and 13 million work hours.
Severa is used by small to medium sized businesses, and optimized for service-based organizations such as PR, advertising, design, IT, engineering, law and architecture firms.
Severa has been the recipient of many awards including the Deloitte Technology Fast 50 and the Red Herring Global Finalist in 2008.
Editions
Severa is scalable with three editions, Professional, Business and Enterprise, designed to meet customer needs based on the company size, desired features and support options. Add-on features are available, and can be tested during the free trial period.Web Services
Severa has developed a web serviceWeb service
A Web service is a method of communication between two electronic devices over the web.The W3C defines a "Web service" as "a software system designed to support interoperable machine-to-machine interaction over a network". It has an interface described in a machine-processable format...
API which allows customers to share data between Severa and other software applications.
Languages
The user interface is currently available in English, Finnish, German, Swedish, Norwegian and Dutch.Invoices can be created in 12 languages, including English, Finnish, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Dutch, Danish, French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish and Russian.
Company history
Severa was founded in Lappeenranta, Finland, in 2004 by Ari-Pekka Salovaara and Jari Kärkkäinen, graduates of the Lappeenranta University of TechnologyLappeenranta University of Technology
The Lappeenranta University of Technology was established in 1969. The university campus is situated on the shore of lake Saimaa, about 7 kilometres away from the city center...
, Department of Computer Sciences.
Severa grew at a staggering 1500% over five years to become the premier PSA tool in Finland. In the summer of 2010 Severa was acquired by Visma
Visma
Visma is a supplier of business software, outsourcing services, commerce solutions, retail IT solutions, and IT related development and consultancy. Visma has 240 000 customers in Northern Europe...
. Severa continues to grow and develop for the benefit of its customers, and now has offices in Lappeenranta, Helsinki, Stockholm, Oslo and Copenhagen.
See also
- Customer Relationship ManagementCustomer relationship managementCustomer relationship management is a widely implemented strategy for managing a company’s interactions with customers, clients and sales prospects. It involves using technology to organize, automate, and synchronize business processes—principally sales activities, but also those for marketing,...
- Professional Services Automation
- Project ManagementProject managementProject management is the discipline of planning, organizing, securing, and managing resources to achieve specific goals. A project is a temporary endeavor with a defined beginning and end , undertaken to meet unique goals and objectives, typically to bring about beneficial change or added value...
- Project Portfolio ManagementProject Portfolio ManagementProject portfolio management is a term used by project managers and project management organizations, , to describe methods for analyzing and collectively managing a group of current or proposed projects based on numerous key characteristics...
- Software as a ServiceSoftware as a ServiceSoftware as a service , sometimes referred to as "on-demand software," is a software delivery model in which software and its associated data are hosted centrally and are typically accessed by users using a thin client, normally using a web browser over the Internet.SaaS has become a common...
- Web applicationWeb applicationA web application is an application that is accessed over a network such as the Internet or an intranet. The term may also mean a computer software application that is coded in a browser-supported language and reliant on a common web browser to render the application executable.Web applications are...
- Web serviceWeb serviceA Web service is a method of communication between two electronic devices over the web.The W3C defines a "Web service" as "a software system designed to support interoperable machine-to-machine interaction over a network". It has an interface described in a machine-processable format...