• In November 2000 HK Systems combined all the other purchased software companies and called them Irista Inc.
• Around April 2001, the latest Version 8.1 was released and the software was called IristaDistribute and FourGen® CASE Tools. This included an even more improved, very crisp and robust GUI front-end.
• A new CRM/ Marketing Campaign module was added. Radio Frequency, EDI functionality was improved further.
• Order Advantage V 5.2 re-written in JAVA/XML with full product look-up, price/ availability search, shopping cart, order status, shipment tracking and full return materials handling functionality. This was called eSCM V 8.1.
• FourGen® CASE Tools V8.1 now utilizes XML technology for DB-mergers and data exchange.