February 13th, 2009
When I started what eventually became MetaComet systems back in 1998, I wrote most of the code for the Royalty Tracker(r) System myself. While I would always test my work, it is a well known heuristic that software engineers make the worst quality control people. They have subconscious biases which prevent them from hitting the problems.
I continued to develop code up until early 2007. By this point we had grown to a 7 person company with several software engineers and some of the most respected media companies as customers. And while we had implemented some formal testing practices, we did not have a dedicated quality control program.
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December 5th, 2008
SOUTH HADLEY, MA – Dec. 5, 2008 – MetaComet Systems, the leading provider of royalty solutions, today announced the formal launch of its 24×7 support line. Widely regarded as providing the best support in the industry, MetaComet has expanded that support to provide full coverage at any time to its customers.
“For many of our customers, processing royalties can be more than a 9-5 endeavor,” according to David Marlin, President of MetaComet Systems. “During the busiest royalty seasons, our customers must process large volumes of royalty statements over very short periods. If they decide to stay late or work on a weekend, we want to be there for them with the same quality support that we provide during regular business hours.”
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October 25th, 2008
SOUTH HADLEY, MA – MetaComet Systems, the leading provider of royalty solutions, today announced its new Enterprise Security module. This new feature enables companies to apply standard company security protocols to the Royalty Tracker® system.
“Royalty Tracker has had built in security for years,” says company President David Marlin. “In response to our customers, we created an option to sync the security with the enterprise, enabling consistency amongst IT departments.”
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June 11th, 2008
SOUTH HADLEY, MA – MetaComet Systems, the world’s leading provider of royalty solutions, today announced the launch of its new subrights management tool.
This tool enables companies to manage their subsidiary rights agreements, and carefully monitor the receipt of payments from third party licensees. And because it links directly into MetaComet’s contract management system, it adds incredible convenience, cost savings, and protection.
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January 7th, 2008
SOUTH HADLEY, MA – MetaComet Systems, the leading provider of royalty solutions, today announced the launch of its enhanced General Ledger integration which works with virtually any GL system.
“Royalty Tracker has a robust internal ledger,” says company President David Marlin. “We wanted to leverage that to provide cutting edge business intelligence to our customers.”
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September 30th, 2007
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July 10th, 2006
MetaComet™ Systems announced the public release of AccelerATE, a cutting edge system to monitor the effectiveness of Advanced Truck Stop Electrification, or ATE.
ATE systems provide power, heat, air conditioning and other amenities to long-haul truckers, enabling them to turn off their engines and eliminate idling and the pollution it causes. Typically, drivers leave their engines running constantly so that, while they are stopped, they can have air conditioning, heat, and electricity.
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May 2nd, 2006
MetaComet™ Systems, a premium provider of royalty systems for media companies, announced an agreement with industry leader Harcourt Education in which MetaComet™ will provide The Royalty Tracker™ System software and services to help Harcourt manage royalties for all of its U.S. divisions.
“This is an excellent validation of our commitment to helping publishers and entertainment companies meet the challenges of today, while helping to position them to experience success in the marketplace of tomorrow,” said MetaComet™ Systems president David Marlin, who co-founded the South Hadley, MA, based company. “This solidifies our position as the premier provider of royalty systems. It is an honor and a privilege to partner with a company of Harcourt’s stature. Harcourt joins the list of the industry’s top companies who now use The Royalty Tracker™ Solution. With Harcourt now part of our growing client base, we are excited to continue our perfect record of successful implementations. Our users continue to praise the effectiveness of our product and its superiority to other solutions for handling this important financial function.”
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February 15th, 2006
Over the last year, Sarbanes-Oxley compliance has become a primary concern for CFO’s and their royalty departments. Statements must be accurate, reports must reconcile, and proper controls must be in place.
In response to our customers’ needs, MetaComet™ Systems has added new tools to help departments comply with the requirements of Sarbanes-Oxley, including powerful new reports, and increased user-level access control to all features within the system.
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November 1st, 2005
Created in 2002, Metacomet System’s RT Server™ is the powerful processing engine which powers The Royalty Tracker™ Solution. It automates integration between all necessary systems in an organization and performs all processing intensive activities.
RT Server™ has now been enhanced to handle hundreds of thousands of royalty statements in short order. It now offers greater control of task priorities through an improved user interface. And now, with its integration with RT Monitor™, our best-in-class customer support is even better – alerting the MetaComet™ Support staff of issues before the customer even realizes that there is a problem.
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