Jeeves

Reginald Jeeves is a fictional character in a series of humorous short stories and novels by P. G. Wodehouse (1881–1975), being the highly-competent valet of a wealthy and idle young Londoner named Bertie Wooster. Created in 1915, Jeeves continued to appear in Wodehouse's work until his last completed novel Aunts Aren't Gentlemen in 1974, a span of 59 years. The name "Jeeves" comes from Percy Jeeves (1888–1916), a Warwickshire cricketer killed in the First World War.

Both the name "Jeeves" and the character of Jeeves have come to be thought of as the quintessential name and nature of a valet or butler, inspiring many similar characters (as well as the name of the Internet search engine Ask Jeeves). A "Jeeves" is now a generic term in references such as the Oxford English Dictionary.

In a conversation with a policeman in "Jeeves and the Kid Clementina", Jeeves refers to himself as both a "gentleman's personal gentleman" and a "personal gentleman's gentleman." This means that Jeeves is a valet, not a butler—that is, he serves a man and not a household. However, Bertie Wooster has lent out Jeeves as a butler on several occasions, and notes: "If the call comes, he can buttle with the best of them."

Jeeves (ERP system)

Jeeves Information Systems, commonly known as Jeeves, is a fast-growing enterprise resource planning (ERP) system and software developer in Sweden. Jeeves was founded at the beginning of the 1990s by a number of Swedish entrepreneurs. The head office is located in Stockholm. Jeeves was publicly traded on the Stockholm Stock Exchange from 1999 until 2012 when U.S.-based Battery Ventures acquired the company for $32.46 million.

The company is working with a network of dedicated partners (resellers) in Sweden, the rest of Europe, North America, Australia and Asia.

The ERP system is designed for growth companies within the retail, manufacturing and service sectors and has more than 30.000 users in over 40 countries. Jeeves offers two ERP systems; Jeeves Selected, for small sized companies and Jeeves Universal, for Mid-Sized companies. However the systems allow companies to seamlessly grow from Jeeves Selected to Jeeves Universal as and when the business requires it. It was ranked Sweden’s most popular ERP System by the analysis and consulting firm Exido’s IT barometer in 2009.

Jeeves (disambiguation)

Jeeves is a fictional character created by writer P. G. Wodehouse.

Jeeves may also refer to:

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