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Know Us By The Company We Keep

It’s easy for us to say lots of nice things about ourselves – but we’d rather let many of our satisfied clients do our speaking for us. Here’s just a little of what they’ve had to say:

“As a statement services outsource service bureau, DataPrint receives statement output data from many sources and in formats ranging from raw EBCDIC to formatted print image files to XML data. The statement output data generated by BillMaster makes our statement generation process nearly effortless. And when the need arises, any questions we’ve had regarding the statement output data have always been resolved quickly by the friendly and helpful Data West Tech Support Group.”

Craig Grover – Account Executive
DataPrint, LLC
Albuquerque NM

"Working on BillMaster™ is great!  There are so many different tools and techniques that offer great results.  It has helped us to capture so much lost revenue in just a few months.  EZ Reports is awesome.  With minimal help from support, I have created small 'what if' reports that give optimal information at the drop of a dime.  And the support from Data West is 5-star.  The techs are highly knowledgeable and extremely courteous and professional.  I truly would be lost without Data West."

Alicia Johnson
Management Specialist
Volusia County Water & Utility Services Group
Deland, FL

"When we converted from our un-named billing program to BillMaster™ 4.3 back in 1999 we were ecstatic; 4.3 gave us capabilities we never thought were imaginable!  Then in 2004 when we upgraded to BillMaster™ 6.0 it was like opening a whole new world.  I love the fact that I can export any report to Excel and manipulate the data to create a multitude of reports.  And now that we have upgraded to 6.2 I can write my own reports using the new E-Z Reports.  I’m lazy, which is why I love 6.2; why should I do anything manually when I can generate a report to do it for me! And, as far as the Data West team, I couldn’t be happier.  The support they have shown us through our initial conversion and then our 2 subsequent upgrades has been unsurpassed.  They are knowledgeable, concerned, and most importantly they know how to communicate with us.  They don’t throw things at you in language you can’t understand.  It also helps that they have great personalities!  I always enjoy my conversations with the DW team."

Debbie Wilson
North Kootenai Water District
Hayden, Idaho

"BillMaster™ gives us many more capabilities than we had before. Support is excellent, both in follow-up and in knowledge.  My recent experiences with software support from other vendors make me wish that these vendors would espouse to a portion of the Customer Support & Satisfaction effort that you all put forward....DataWest is a rare breed amongst today’s Technology companies.  Keep doing the great job that you all do.  Maybe the rest will see the light at some point. "BillMaster™ is much more than a billing system.  It is a warehouse of information that can be exploited by every facet of our organization.  As the PSA has grown so have our needs to better manage, report, maintain and classify our data.  The SQL Server backend and the flexibility Data West has built in to the product offers end-users a platform to accurately maintain this data, offer assurances of data integrity and share information across the organization without compromising the security and integrity of the data."

Gary Underwood
Bedford County Public Service Authority
Bedford, Virginia

"The import/export feature that enables me to interchange data with other applications is extremely powerful and versatile. Support has been great; we haven't stumped the Data West techs yet!"

Dave Troupe
Summit Water & Supply
Tacoma, Washington

“We’ve been on BillMaster™ 6 for four years now and I believe we still haven’t touched the surface of what it can do.  But beyond its flexibility and potential, there is the elite level of Data West customer service. They have never failed to support our needs immediately and, if I come to them with a problem, they utilize their years of experience to provide the best solution. That’s number one in my book.”

Linda Chalou
City of Fountain
Fountain, CO

“The support is the best of any billing program I have had experience with. I don't have to explain a lot to the techs about my system before they can get started on a problem. Their response is very quick, if not immediate, and they always resolve the trouble. Working with Data West has been very good for me. The entire transition to BillMaster™; was very smooth. With so many companies ready to just take your money and run, it's comforting to know Data West is always faithfully there for me and genuinely concerned — and IT SHOWS!”

Dian Hardekopf
Cherokee Metropolitan District
Colorado Springs, Colorado

“At first, I thought it was too good to be true, because I had been down this road many times before.  Twice I had purchase orders on my desk to buy other software and then, at the last moment, found fatal flaws in the programs — flaws that would ultimately cause untenable problems — and we canceled the purchases.  Data West was very patient as we went through a litany of questions and scenarios for them to address. And if they couldn’t immediately meet our needs, they redesigned the software to accommodate us. I’ve never used such a superior product as BillMaster™ 6 or received service as outstanding as Data West’s.”

Elaine Cutrer
Apartment Metering Plan L.L.C.
Baton Rouge, LA

"The instruction manual is very helpful... The staff has always been knowledgeable, helpful and a pleasure to work with.... One of our favorite features of the BillMaster™ program is the ability to generate our own individual reports. The ability to export information into other programs (i.e. Excel, etc.) is wonderful."

Gayle Parker
Mariposa Public Utility District
Mariposa, California

“BillMaster™ is very user-friendly, very easy to learn and operate. The report writer makes it so easy to get information we need - ourselves! It's a huge contrast with our previous billing program.” “Almost at the top of my list, though, is the response we have received from the Data West staff whenever we've had a problem. They have been just incredible. With other programs we've used, I felt I was completely at the mercy of the software company when I needed help. The Data West staff has solved every single problem in very little time. They are the best! I score them a 20 out of 10!” “All around, BillMaster™ is a great program with unbelievable support. We haven't found a single negative in our experience with the program or with Data West.”

Zondra ("Sandy") Garrison
Cottonwood Water Works
Cottonwood, Arizona

Thanks to all of our clients for all of their kind words. This is the reputation we've been striving to maintain; it's nice to have some confirmation that we've succeeded!

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