NEWS
Harms Software has been in business since 1987. Constant growth and staff enhancement has truly made them the household name in the beauty industry. Their culture and rich history demonstrates why thousands of clients continue to rely on them and their industry expertise every day.
2010
March 2010
Star of hit Bravo show, "Real Housewives of New Jersey", Teresa Giudice confesses her love for Millennium @ IBS New York!
March 2010
Modern Salon TV Video Showcase at the ISSE show in Long Beach, CA
"Struggling with making your front desk staff more productive? John Harms, president and founder of Harms Software shares tips and strategies on using your salon software to create a more productive staff and a more secure business. Tune into his advice!"
Click here to watch the full video !
February 2010
New Client Announcement
Millennium Software Welcomes Warren-Tricomi Salons
"Celebrity stylist duo selects Millennium as their software of choice."
Read the full press release here!
February 2010
New Client Announcement
Millennium Welcomes Oleksandra Spa & Salon
"Millennium announces new spa & salon client located in the Las Vegas Treasure Island Hotel & Casino."
Read the full press release here!
February 2010
Perfect Match Contest Update
LOVE IS IN THE AIR
"Millennium™ extends the Perfect Match contest due to overwhelming response."
Read the full press release here!
The love letters are poring in for Millennium's Perfect Match contest. Don't miss the chance to express yourself and win some valuable prizes!
February 2010
AmericanSpa.com
Section: Blog
by: Nicole Palmieri
Title: "Deadline Extended to Enter Harms Software’s The Perfect Match Contest"
"I was just informed that the deadline to enter Harms Software’s The Perfect Match Contest has been extended to April 7."
February 2010
SalonToday.com
Section: "Articles"
by: Stacey Soble
Title: "Love Letters"
"February marked the launch of the Millennium Perfect Match contest, and due to an overwhelming response, the software company has decided to extend the contest deadline to April 7, 2010."
January 2010
Modern Salon.com
"Business Builders Podcast"
"John Harms, president and founder of Harms Software, shares the details of The Perfect Match competition for Harms Millennium software. Find out how to win prizes worth up to $13,000 simply by sharing your software love story..."
January 2010
Salon Today magazine
"Love Story"
"With Valentine's Day right around the corner, Harms Software Inc. creators of Millennium Software, decided to give back to the industry with.."
January 2010
Selecting the right software
"John Harms, president of Harms Software, offers advice on what to look for when choosing software for your medical spa."
January 2010
Millennium makes it to Modern Salon's Blog,
The Millennium Perfect Match Contest is making some noise. It has been featured on the Modern Salon blog.
2009
December 2009
Millennium The Perfect Match Contest
"He's smart, powerful, trustworthy… he's just perfect." In describing Millennium, many people love "him" for many reasons. In fact, so many people are showing the love that makers of Millennium decided to give some love back. Match Makers at Harms Software Inc. have set up a contest that offers a chance to win up to $13,000 in prizes! Are you the perfect match?
Go to: www.harms-software.com/perfectmatch for more information.
December 2009
Millennium takes the award… again!
Millennum is voted 2008's favorite spa software for the fourth year in a row!
October 2009
Robert Cromeans of Paul Mitchell Raves about Millennium Software
Reaching your professional goals and tracking that success has never been easier. Paul Mitchell has partnered with Harms Software—the most recognized and respected name in salon/spa management software—to create Millennium Platinum – The Paul Mitchell Edition. With this exciting technology, Paul Mitchell salons and stylists can plan, manage and grow their business, one guest at a time.
We sat down with Robert Cromeans, Global Artistic Director for John Paul Mitchell Systems to get his feedback on the software and here’s what he said.
September 2009
Millennium's Portfolio piece is featured in American Spa Magazine.
Check it out by clicking here.
September 2009
First UK User Group Conference
2009 saw the first User Group Conference to be held outside of the USA. It was held at the Oxford Belfry Hotel, in Frome, Oxfordshire. The two day business conference was attended by Millennium Software users from all across the UK and ROI and included several industry specialists including Susie Santiago, founder of the Santi Santi Programme.
September 2009
Harms Software dedicates significant resources to launch 5 new websites.
New Jersey. September 2009 – In efforts to simplify their message, Harms Software Inc. has shifted their online presence from one site to five new, cleaner sites. The five sites will focus on each of their specialized segments – Salons and Spas, Medical Spas, Resort Spas and Health/Fitness Centers.
View the sites:
www.millenniumspasalon.com
www.millenniumspafolio.com
www.millenniummedspa.com
www.millenniumhealthfitness.com
July 2009
Millennium is featured on the cover of Salon Today Magazine.
Check out the magazine by clicking here.
June 2009
Harms Software receives 2009 Best of Boonton Award.
U.S. Local Business Association’s Award Plaque Honors the Achievement
March 2009
WASHINGTON D.C. March 20, 2009 – For the second consecutive year, Harms Software has been selected for the 2009 Best of Boonton Award in the Computer Software category by the U.S. Local Business Association (USLBA).
February 2009
Harms Software Launches "My Millennium Community," an online community and resource for all Millennium clients.
New Jersey. February 2009 – Harms Software Inc. creates an even stonger Millennium community by launching the online “Millennium Community.” The online site is a one-stop shop for support, education, chatting, tips, fun facts and more. Clients can log in, by using a unique pin number, and sign up for webinars, view archived webinars, view a support package, purchase more support and more. “I love having everything so easily accessible!” says a current Millennium client. Harms plans on continuously expanding and refining the site according to their users wants and needs.
Go there now - www.mymillenniumcommunity.com
2008
December 2008
Harms Software Ensures Highest Security For All Millennium Clients.
New Jersey. December 8, 2008 – Harms Software, creators of Millennium Software, is in the process of becoming PA-DSS compliant and expects to be certified by the end of December 2008. PA-DSS compliancy is a set of comprehensive requirements for enhancing payment account data security when processing credit cards. The PCI Security Standards Council, including American Express, Discover, Visa and MasterCard, develops these requirements and so it is critical to keep up with the ongoing regulations.
October 2008
America’s 5000 Fastest-Growing Private Companies Revealed.
Harms Software Inc. Ranks No. 3132 on the 2008 Inc. 5,000 with Three-Year Sales Growth of 110.8%. Today INC. Magazine ranked Harms Software Inc. No. 3132 on its annual ranking of the 5000 fastest-growing private companies in the country.
August 2008
M2SYS Technology Innovative Fingerprint Biometrics Solution Chosen by Harms Software.
M2SYS Technology, an award-winning fingerprint biometrics research and development firm, announced today that Harms Software, a leading provider of management software to the spa and salon industry, has agreed to begin providing M2SYS fingerprint readers and software to their customers worldwide.
August 2008
Harms Software & Grey Sky Films Announce Marketing Alliance.
Harms Software, the leading management software provider for the spa and beauty industry and Grey Sky Films have announced an alliance that will provide a powerful, value-added marketing service to Harms Software’s clients. The unique alliance focuses on providing video-based marketing solutions for companies leveraging the growing market for online video content.
March 2008
The Mystery of Business is Revealed at Millennium User Group Conference 2008.
Kicking off on July 20th, the Millennium Annual User Group Conference will continue to unite hundreds of people from around the world to network, learn and have a good time.
The conference will run from Sunday, July 20th through Tuesday, July 22nd at The Westin Kierland Resort & Spa in Scottsdale, Arizona. Harms Software Inc., creators of Millennium, is expecting to exceed 600 registrants for this event. Millennium users can register & get a feel for the conference by going to www.millenniumugc.com...
February 2008
Strategies runs on Millennium Software.
The team at Strategies dedicates its time and resources to helping salons and spas run their businesses more successfully. When Neil Ducoff, founder and CEO of Strategies, looked at how to make over his own company, he found that a solution he recommends to his customers works for his own business, as well. As a result, Strategies is now powered by Millennium by Harms Software, Inc...
2007
October 2007
Harms Software selected by largest Massage Clinic Franchise in the USA, Massage Envy.
IBM was involved in the project management and architecture selection and found Millennium and Millennium Central Office’s design to be superior and a perfect fit for Massage Envy. 300 of their national locations went live on October 29th with 30-50 clinics a month opening on Millennium for the next several years for a total of approximately 1200 clinics.
August 2007
Harms Software nominated 2007’s top 5 businesses in New Jersey by NJBIZ.
John Harms is invited to attend awards ceremony in November 2007.
August 2007
Harms Software Inc. celebrates its 20 year Anniversary.
Harms Software Inc. is celebrating its 20–year anniversary by awarding Millennium 2008 to all current Millennium users at no charge. The announcement was made by John Harms at the Harms User Group conference in late July 2007 in Miami, Florida. The 2008 version of Millennium was a 2 year development project that was projected to bring in $1 Million dollars in revenue this year. Millennium 2008 will be released in November 2007.
August 2007
Harms software releases DVD training Series branded Millennium Essentials.
Harms Software Inc. may have relieved some of the angst that business owners experience in training new staff in an industry with high front-desk turnover. The set of 10 DVD’s is geared to educate Millennium users on all aspects of the software, anywhere at any time.
July 2007
Harms Software Inc. Annual User Group Conference Rocks the House in Miami, Florida.
Competition. Team. Success; is the theme that united 500 Millennium users at the Doral Golf Resort & Spa in Miami, Florida. The conference ended as John Harms said “forget about competition, TEAM = SUCCESS.”
April 2007
Dedicated to the growth and ongoing education of his clients, John Harms implements a 5,000 sq ft building expansion to accommodate a new training center, Media/production room for webinars and other multi-media productions, new office area for future education department and more. The expansion will be complete in October 2007 bringing Harms Software to a total of 15,000 sq ft.
2006
December 2006
Millennium voted “2006 Favorite Spa Software” by American Spa Magazine readers!
August 2006
Harms Software becomes a proud supporter of St. Jude Children’s Hospital on behalf of its loyal clients and superstar employees.
June 2006
Peter Conte Salon & Spa, who runs Millennium, is named “Salon of the Year” by Salon Today Magazine.
January 2006
Harms Software becomes the FIRST and ONLY software company in the industry to become Microsoft GOLD Certified.
2005
August 2005
Deepak Chopra chooses Millennium for the launch of the Chopra Center & Spa at the New York City Dream Hotel.
February 2005
Millennium featured on “Pulse on America" television show aired on CNBC, NBC and Fox.
January 2005
Harms Software establishes U.K. Millennium distributor.
2004
November 2004
John Harms invited to attend a World Business Forum “Leadership Speaks” with Rudy Giuliani, Madeleine Albright, Tom Peters and more.
August 2004
Millennium 2005 and Millennium.NET 2005 are released with a full conversion from previous additions.
August 2004
Harms Software begins plans for expansion of its 10,000 sq. ft facility to house its training center and growing staff.
February 2004
John Harms awarded with “40 under 40” award – top 40 entrepreneurs in NJ under the age of 40 by NJBIZ Magazine.
2003
December 2003
Harms Software ends year with record high revenues as Millennium’s popularity sky rockets.
August 2003
Harms Software is certified for the Micros/Fidelio Hotel Interface.
August 2003
Harms Software partners with Paymentech
June 2003
John Harms pushes forward with his commitment in helping businesses grow as Harms Software educates the spa industry on key growth indicators at the Las Vegas Esthetics Conference.
June 2003
Harms Software is recognized for the third year in a row as a Microsoft Certified Partner.
February 2003
Harms Software establishes a Millennium New Zealand distributor.
January 2003
New editions of Millennium released to cater to different size businesses
2002
October 2002
Harms Software purchases 10,000 sq. foot building that will serve as the Millennium Headquarters.
January 2002
Harms Software initiates a 1-year Money back Guarantee branded “365 Guarantee”. They are the first and only software company in the industry to do this.
2001
August 2001
Harms Software implements a new gift card system.
Harms Software accepted into Microsoft’s Certified Partner Program.
2000
January 2000
John Harms becomes The Technology Columnist for Pulse Magazine.
January 2000
Harms Software releases its 5-year secret, a complete re-write of Salon Solutions in the latest 32-bit Windows Technology and calls it Millennium.
1999
January 1999
Harms Software joins Redken as the premier TSA sponsor.
January 1999
Harms Software is the first to bring automated confirmations to the beauty industry by partnering up with Televox.
1998
April 1998
Harms Software continues to expand its staff as they expand to an additional 800 sq. feet office space.
January 1998
Emiliani Enterprises becomes east coast Salon Solutions distributor.
1997
January 1997
Harms Software produces their first informational video and begins advertising their flagship product Salon Solutions in all major trade magazines.
1996
January 1996
The 3.0 version of Salon Solutions is released on CD-ROM with paging capability tied into appointment book events.
1994
February 1994
Harms Software moves into a larger 1200 sq foot facility and expands its staff to support increasing demand.
January 1994
New Salon Solutions appointment book rocks the industry.
1992
January 1992
Harms Software kicks off the New Year with a national advertising campaign.
1991
February 1991
Increased demand for Salon Solutions drives expanded sales effort into CT, MD, DE, RI, and MA.
January 1991
John Harms is proud to release Salon Solutions for Windows.
1989
January 1989
Harms Software responds to growing popularity and expands Salon Solutions beyond NJ to the tri-state area (PA, NJ & NY).
1988
January 1988
Harms Software releases version 1.0 of Salon Solutions.
1987
March 1987
John Harms begins the development of Salon Solutions, version 1.0 in MS-DOS.
January 1987
Harms Software was founded by John Harms.
"Harms Hosts The Perfect Match Contest"
"In honor of Valentine's Day, Harms Software, creators of Millennium Software, has launched The Perfect Match contest, with up to $13,000 in prizes..."
"Harms Hosts The Perfect Match Contest"
"In honor of Valentine's Day, Harms Software, creators of Millennium Software, has launched The Perfect Match contest, with up to $13,000 in prizes."
"Love Letters"
Published: February 18, 2010
By Stacey Soble
"February marked the launch of the Millennium Perfect Match contest, and due to an overwhelming response, the software company has decided to extend the contest deadline to April 7, 2010."