Strataware is a strata title

Strata title

Strata title is a form of ownership devised for multi-level apartment blocks and horizontal subdivisions with shared areas. The 'strata' part of the term refers to apartments being on different levels, or "strata"....

 management (see Strata management

Strata management

Strata management, sometimes known as "body corporate management" is a specialist area of property management involving the day-to-day operation and management of a property that is jointly owned and comprises multiple units, common areas and common facilities....

) application, it is the first software of this type to be developed on a SaaS

Saas

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 (software as a service) platform. It is developed and supported by Mystrata

Mystrata

Mystrata is a software company that develops software for the strata title management industry. The company is best known for its flagship product Strataware.-History:...

 Pty Ltd, Brisbane, Australia

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.

History

In 1999, Chris Leahy started development on a work order and invoicing system for Queensland

Queensland

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's Body Corporate industry. This initial version was written for an individual client, it had no name and was not commercially available. After one year of operation on the Access

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 platform, work started to re-develop the application in to a new web based RAD tool called Omnis Studio

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, it was at this point that the product was given the name "Strataware".

Version 1

The initial version of Strataware was only available for the Queensland jurisdiction, however it was also converted for use in New South Wales in 2002.
Features of Strataware Version 1 included:

• Cash based, General Ledger accounting
• Owner levy ledgers
• Financial reporting
• Levy invoicing module
• Work order module
• Address book
• Record keeping (insurance details etc.)

Version 1 represented a system for the basic management of strata titled units in Queensland

Queensland

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 and New South Wales

New South Wales

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, however it was (and still is) the only SaaS

Saas

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 option available for the Strata Title

Strata title

Strata title is a form of ownership devised for multi-level apartment blocks and horizontal subdivisions with shared areas. The 'strata' part of the term refers to apartments being on different levels, or "strata"....

 Management industry. Strataware Version 1 was in wide spread operation until early 2006.

Version 2

The second version of Strataware was released in 2006 in the Queensland

Queensland

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 and Victorian markets, it boasted a new interface and rich feature set. This version was also exported to the Middle East

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 in 2009 and further expanded to the New South Wales territory in February 2010.
Features of Strataware Version 2 included:

• Accrual accounting
• CRM features
• Global address book
• Diary system
• Word processing
• Email functionality
• Document management
• Management agreement preparation
• Management fee and disbursement invoicing
• Automated tracking of disbursements
• Contractor management
• MyCommunity web portal connections
• Financial reporting
• Various online payment gateways
• Budgeting system
• Levy/service charge invoicing
• Sundry invoicing
• Automatic reconciliation (not available in all jurisdictions)
• GST/VAT reporting

Version 3 and continuing development

Strataware is an active project and is always under development. The version under development is Strataware Version 3.

Mystrata

Mystrata

Mystrata is a software company that develops software for the strata title management industry. The company is best known for its flagship product Strataware.-History:...

 reports that Version 3 will be available in the second half of 2011.

Features of Strataware Version 3 will include everything from Version 2 plus:

• New user interface designed for use on 1280x1024+ resolution
• Property dashboard system
• Enhanced user security modules
• Support for volumetric subdivisions
• Support for sub-fund accounting
• Support for utilities invoicing

Availability

Strataware is available as a customized strata management

Strata management

Strata management, sometimes known as "body corporate management" is a specialist area of property management involving the day-to-day operation and management of a property that is jointly owned and comprises multiple units, common areas and common facilities....

system in the following jurisdictions:

• Abu Dhabi (Available since 2009)
• Dubai (Available since 2009)
• Lebanon (Available since 2011)
• New South Wales (Available since 2002)
• Qatar(Available since 2009)
• Queensland(Available since 2000)
• Victoria (Available since 2006)