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Actuate Makes Fortune’s Elite list of Top 100 Small Businesses for 2009

Jul 14, 2009 | Computer & Electronics, Computer Software, Internet, Technology | 0 comments

Actuate One of Only Eleven Technology Companies to Achieve the Honor for the Past Two Consecutive Years

San Mateo, Calif., (July 14, 2009) –

Actuate Corporation (NASDAQ: ACTU), the people behind BIRT(TM), today announced that for the second year running, Actuate is being honored on FORTUNE magazine’s annual list of the 100 fastest growing, public companies in America. Every year, the editors of FORTUNE Small Business analyze public companies with annual revenues of less than $200 million and a stock price greater than $1 to determine which of these businesses are achieving the most rapid growth and success year over year. The companies are selected based on growth in earnings per share, revenues and stock performance over the past three years.

Through its award program FORTUNE honors elite public companies, such as Actuate, that are thriving despite the current economic downturn. Technology companies continue to dominate the FSB 100, with 30 technology companies making the list in 2009 vs. 25 in 2008. Actuate, having achieved the prestigious honor two years in a row, attributes its ongoing success to Eclipse BIRT, the premier rich information application development environment and top level Eclipse project founded and co-led by Actuate. As the basis of its commercial software offerings, BIRT is a growth driver of Actuate revenue.

“We stand firmly behind BIRT and are pleased that the growth and innovation we’ve seen in the BIRT community has been an active catalyst for Actuate’s continued success,,” said Pete Cittadini, president and chief executive officer at Actuate. “We have seen significant growth in our BIRT related activity, which allowed us to virtually double our BIRT related business in 2008. We are extremely pleased to be receiving this accolade for the second consecutive year, and I firmly believe it is a testament to the innovation and enthusiasm in the BIRT community combined with the incredible team we have here at Actuate. .

The FSB 100 list appears in the July/August issue of FORTUNE Small Business, available online now at http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb100/2009/full_list/.

About FORTUNE Small Business

FSB: FORTUNE Small Business is the premier magazine for – and about – small business owners, with the largest audience and rate base in the small business category. Through a partnership with American Express, FSB is distributed 10 times a year and reaches 1 million owners and partners of leading small businesses. With unmatched resources and access to the industry’s most innovative thinkers, FSB delivers best practices, connects small business owners to a community of their peers and arms them with the inspiration and actionable advice they need to succeed. FSB, along with FORTUNE, Money, and the Website CNNMoney.com, is part of The Fortune|Money Group. Time Inc. is a division of Time Warner, a leading media and entertainment company.
Actuate – the people behind BIRT

Actuate founded and co-leads the Eclipse BIRT open source project. ActuateOne is a unified suite of products for rapidly developing and deploying BIRT-based custom Business Intelligence applications and information applications. Applications built with ActuateOne provide one user experience regardless of task or skill level; are supported by one server for any deployment including cloud and are built with one BIRT design that can access and integrate any data source – including high volume print streams. ActuateOne adds rich data visualizations, including interactivity, dashboards, analytics, and deployment options to web and mobile BIRT applications, helping organizations drive revenue through higher customer satisfaction and improved operational performance.

Actuate has over 4,700 customers globally in a diverse range of business areas including financial services and the public sector. Founded in 1993, Actuate is headquartered in San Mateo, California, with offices worldwide. Actuate is listed on NASDAQ under the symbol BIRT. For more information, visit the company’s web site at www.actuate.com or visit the BIRT community at www.birt-exchange.com.

Copyright © 2011 Actuate Corporation. All rights reserved. Actuate and the Actuate logo are registered trademarks of Actuate Corporation and/or its affiliates in the U.S. and certain other countries. All other brands, names or trademarks mentioned may be trademarks of their respective owners.

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Manufacturers Turn to Kronos

Jul 13, 2009 | Computer & Electronics, Computer Software, Internet, Technology | 0 comments

The ability to easily track and manage employee time and attendance in real time is a deficiency that has existed in ERP systems for years. To fill this void, manufacturers are turning to Kronos® Incorporated.

CHELMSFORD, Mass. (July 13, 2009) –

The ability to easily track and manage employee time and attendance in real time is a deficiency that has existed in ERP systems for years. To fill this void, manufacturers are turning to Kronos® Incorporated.
News Facts

* Nucleus Research has found that organizations achieve a greater ROI by adopting Kronos rather than ERP products for time and attendance because they can deploy faster, better reduce their payroll error rate, and reduce application costs.
* Because ERPs cannot provide real-time insight to machines, labor, and Work-in-Process (WIP), labor-related problems can go undetected and unresolved for days. Kronos provides information that is granular, real time, and comprehensive, so users always know they’re working with the most current and valuable information regarding their workforce.
* Most manufacturers have pay rule environments with complexity, such as multiple states, shift differentials, and collective bargaining agreements. Many manufacturers have found that ERP systems cannot handle this complexity without costly customization.
* Manufacturers such as Briggs & Stratton Power Products, Georgia-Pacific, STIHL, and Wabash National Corporation use Kronos time and attendance solutions to extend the value of their ERP investment.

Supporting Quotes

* John Russo , senior business systems analyst, Elliott Company
“By interfacing our Kronos time and attendance and activities applications with our ERP system for updates every 15 minutes, supervisors can view real-time data on jobs, operations, work centers, labor hour standards, and labor expended. The Kronos solution seamlessly interacts with our Oracle ERP system.” Elliott Company is a large capital goods manufacturer serving a worldwide market.
* Cheng Wen, CIO, Heat and Control, Inc.
“While our ERP system has provided us value with a range of back-office processes, we realized that we needed a best-of-breed time and attendance solution to truly drive performance. Since implementing Kronos, we haven’t worried about costly customization, and have enjoyed substantial bottom-line results.” Heat and Control, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of food processing and packaging equipment, uses Kronos in Australia, China, Mexico, and the U.S.
* Barbara Pittman, HRIS manager, Northwest Pipe Company
“We have dispersed locations and a diverse set of employees and there is one product that has an expectation of 100-percent quality and on-time delivery every time – the paycheck. The more pay rules a time and attendance system can handle, the greater the reduction in payroll error. This is why we opted for Kronos.” Northwest Pipe Company, manufacturer of welded steel pipe and other products, is headquartered in Vancouver, Wash., and has 10 manufacturing facilities across Mexico and the U.S.
* Gregg Gordon, senior director of manufacturing industry marketing, Kronos
“Many manufacturers who use ERP systems are coming to realize that their payroll system is only as good as the data that goes into it. Time and attendance data collection is a common weak point in any corporate infrastructure, one that usually escapes detection and can leak hundreds, thousands, or even millions of dollars each year. Kronos can help by extending the value of an ERP system. We help manufacturers control labor costs, minimize compliance risk, and improve workforce productivity.”

Supporting Resources

* i121 – Report – “Extend the Value of Oracle to Labor Management,” Nucleus Research, 2009 (see Report)
* Kronos offers an integration tool, which makes it easy for organizations to integrate Kronos applications with existing ERP, payroll, and human resources systems (see “Kronos Announces Availability of Workforce Central 6.1”)
* Kronos offers a machine resource tracking capability for manufacturers (see Kronos Enables Manufacturers to Reconcile Labor and Machine Utilization to Drive Operational Efficiency)

About Kronos Incorporated

Kronos is the global leader in workforce management solutions that enable organizations to control labor costs, minimize compliance risk, and improve workforce productivity. Tens of thousands of organizations in 60 countries — including more than half of the Fortune 1000® — use Kronos time and attendance, scheduling, absence management, HR and payroll, hiring, and labor analytics applications. To learn how Kronos uniquely delivers complete automation and high-quality information in an easy-to-use solution, visit www.kronos.com.

© 2009 Kronos Incorporated. Kronos is a registered trademark of Kronos Incorporated or a related company. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners.

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MicroStrategy to Host Informational Events in India

Jul 09, 2009 | Computer & Electronics, Computer Software, Internet, Technology | 0 comments

Program to Showcase MicroStrategy 9 and its Support for the Full Range of Business Intelligence Applications

McLean, (July 09, 2009) –

MicroStrategy® Incorporated (NASDAQ: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence (BI) software, today announced that it will host a series of informational events in seven cities in India. The events will provide an overview of MicroStrategy’s latest software release, MicroStrategy 9, and how it can provide valuable business insights that can help companies improve decision making, increase productivity, streamline operations, and enhance business performance.

Attendees at the events will learn about many of the new features in MicroStrategy 9, the company’s most significant software release in nearly a decade. MicroStrategy 9 extends the performance, scalability, and efficiency of enterprise BI; enables the rapid deployment of departmental BI applications; and provides a seamless consolidation path from departmental BI to enterprise BI. Participants will hear about new products and capabilities in MicroStrategy 9 that support both large, enterprise-wide BI deployments, as well as smaller-scale BI systems for departments and workgroups.

Nine dinner events will be held from July 14, 2009 through July 31, 2009:
July 14 – Mumbai, ITC Maratha
July 15 – Pune, Le Meridien
July 17 – New Delhi, InterContinental Eros Nehru Place
July 21 – Hyderabad, Hotel Taj Krishna
July 23 – Bangalore, Taj Residency
July 24 – Chennai, Sheraton Chola
July 28 – Ahmedabad, Le Meridien
July 29 – Mumbai, Grand Hyatt
July 31 – New Delhi, InterContinental Eros Nehru Place

Sybase, a MicroStrategy technology partner, will be supporting the events, and participants will hear how MicroStrategy and Sybase combine their core expertise in BI, data integration, and data warehouse technologies to help customers efficiently manage their data and rapidly gain insights into business performance. In addition, MicroStrategy reseller partners, InfoCepts, InfoSTEP, Lunexa, OBSI, and Systech, will be co-sponsoring the events.

“India is a vibrant market for business intelligence and we look forward to this series of events, which will provide attendees with practical information to enhance their organization’s BI initiatives,” said Sanju Bansal, MicroStrategy COO. “These events will demonstrate how companies can empower business users with extensive self-service capabilities, graphically display key business information for actionable insights, and extend BI from small, individual applications into a cohesive enterprise BI operation.”

To learn more about the MicroStrategy events in India, visit www.microstrategy.com/india-roadshows/.

About MicroStrategy
Founded in 1989, MicroStrategy is a global leader in business intelligence (BI) technology. MicroStrategy provides integrated reporting, analysis, and monitoring software that helps leading organizations worldwide make better business decisions every day. Companies choose MicroStrategy for its advanced technical capabilities, sophisticated analytics, and superior data and user scalability. More information about MicroStrategy (NASDAQ: MSTR) is available at www.microstrategy.com.

MicroStrategy, MicroStrategy Business Intelligence Platform, MicroStrategy 9 are either trademarks or registered trademarks of MicroStrategy Incorporated in the United States and certain other countries. Other product and company names mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.

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MicroStrategy Announces Enhanced Support for Data Mining Services

Jul 07, 2009 | Computer & Electronics, Computer Software, Internet, Technology | 0 comments

First BI Platform Vendor to Support the New Data Mining Standard, PMML 4.0

McLean, Va. (July 07, 2009) –

MicroStrategy Incorporated (NASDAQ: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence software, today announced that it has enhanced its predictive analytics capabilities with support for the newest version of the data mining industry’s leading standard, PMML 4.0.

The Predictive Model Markup Language (PMML) standard is developed by Data Mining Group (DMG), an independent consortium of over two dozen leading technology companies, including MicroStrategy. The PMML standard describes how predictive models work and it makes the models easy to share across the organization for improved decision-making. This XML-based standard makes the integration of data mining models between MicroStrategy and other data mining applications possible.

Data mining is an organic part of the MicroStrategy architecture that enables users to discover hidden patterns and predictive information in the data through standard enterprise reports and dashboards. While BI provides deep insight into historical data, data mining uses this information to help companies forecast future events. With MicroStrategy, users can easily deploy complex data mining models and include the results of these models in a variety of BI applications, such as call center analyses, customer relationship management, and financial budgeting and forecasting.

An active member of DMG since 2004, MicroStrategy has provided guidance and leadership to set the PMML standard and continues to maintain its support for open platform standards, cross-vendor interoperability, and high data integrity. Along with existing data mining models, MicroStrategy 9 includes new capabilities, such as the Time Series model, which is used to forecast results along a given timeline, and the Association Rules model, which is helpful for discovering relationships in databases and recommending products that customers are most likely to purchase.

Companies use MicroStrategy and PMML for a wide range of predictive applications:

* A leading office supply company devised customer retention strategies using predictive PMML models and MicroStrategy to analyze customer attrition information to identify customers most likely to defect and the reasons why.
* A major magazine publisher developed data mining models to predict subscription volume and circulation changes, and to manage marketing campaigns to attract new subscribers.
* A European mobile telecom company identified its most valuable customers and high potential new customers by feeding customer history into MicroStrategy-based PMML models.
* A large shipping and logistics company maximized profits by using PMML models to score revenue opportunities and MicroStrategy to access model input data and present model results.

“MicroStrategy is committed to innovations in advanced analytics for our customers, and we are pleased to have been actively involved in defining the standards for the release of PMML 4.0 and to be the first BI platform vendor to support it,” said Sanju Bansal, MicroStrategy COO. “Through our support of open standards like PMML, MicroStrategy provides its customers with the flexibility to deploy advanced analytics throughout the enterprise to gain valuable insight into key business areas, including customer segmentation, sales forecasts, churn analysis, and market-basket analysis.”

About MicroStrategy
Founded in 1989, MicroStrategy is a global leader in business intelligence (BI) technology. MicroStrategy provides integrated reporting, analysis, and monitoring software that helps leading organizations worldwide make better business decisions every day. Companies choose MicroStrategy for its advanced technical capabilities, sophisticated analytics, and superior data and user scalability. More information about MicroStrategy (NASDAQ: MSTR) is available at www.microstrategy.com.

MicroStrategy, MicroStrategy Business Intelligence Platform, MicroStrategy 9 are either trademarks or registered trademarks of MicroStrategy Incorporated in the United States and certain other countries. Other product and company names mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.

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MicroStrategy, Incorporated
1-703-770-1646
wcover@microstrategy.com

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Banner Health Extends Use of Kronos

Jul 06, 2009 | Computer & Electronics, Computer Software, Internet, Technology | 0 comments

Banner Health has extended its use of workforce management solutions from Kronos® Incorporated to include labor analytics and absence management

CHELMSFORD, Mass. (July 06, 2009) –

Banner Health has extended its use of workforce management solutions from Kronos® Incorporated to include labor analytics and absence management. By using the business intelligence and leave management software to make smarter decisions about its 35,000-employee workforce, the longtime user of Kronos time and attendance and employee scheduling applications expects to achieve additional cost savings of $30 million in six years.
News Facts

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Banner Health conducted an extensive search for a labor analytics solution and selected Kronos because of its ease of use, functionality, tight integration capabilities, knowledgeable consultants, and quick payback.
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With a projected payback on the IT investment in 18 months, and $30 million savings projected over six years, the selection team at Banner secured rapid approval for the Kronos solution. Senior corporate management, as well as leadership from nursing, finance, and management engineering unanimously selected Kronos.
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Using integrated time and attendance, scheduling, absence management, and labor analytics applications from Kronos provides real-time visibility into workforce performance issues, and enables frontline managers to take action promptly to control labor costs and improve productivity.
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The Kronos solution will be used by all 35,000 Banner Health employees across every department in its 22 hospitals and healthcare facilities.
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Kronos offered Banner Health a no-interest capital lease to help the organization balance the software expenditure with other pressing clinical investments.

Supporting Quotes

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David Kaubisch, vice president of finance, Banner Health
“Tracking time, scheduling employees, and gaining real-time visibility into labor analytics data from a single, integrated solution will help us make decisions that positively impact labor budgets and productivity. Having achieved significant cost savings with Kronos before, we are confident that we will deliver the projected ROI on time.”
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Brian Graves, global practice leader of healthcare, Kronos
“Our labor analytics solution enables healthcare organizations to make quick, timely adjustments to labor levels and fluctuating patient volume, and thereby helps control labor costs, improve productivity, and minimize compliance risk. We are excited to see Banner Health not only implement the solution but also embrace the best practices of workforce management through the integration of analytics with other critical workforce business processes.”

Supporting Resources

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About Banner Health
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About Kronos Analytics for Healthcare

About Kronos Incorporated

Kronos is the global leader in workforce management solutions that enable organizations to control labor costs, minimize compliance risk, and improve workforce productivity. Tens of thousands of organizations in 60 countries — including more than half of the Fortune 1000® — use Kronos time and attendance, scheduling, absence management, HR and payroll, hiring, and labor analytics applications. To learn how Kronos uniquely delivers complete automation and high-quality information in an easy-to-use solution, visit www.kronos.com.

© 2009 Kronos Incorporated. Kronos is a registered trademark of Kronos Incorporated or a related company. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners.

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Banner Health Extends Use of Kronos

Jul 06, 2009 | Computer Software, Technology | 0 comments

CHELMSFORD, Mass. (July 06, 2009) – Banner Health has extended its use of workforce management solutions from Kronos® Incorporated to include labor analytics and absence management. By using the business intelligence and leave management software to make smarter decisions about its 35,000-employee workforce, the longtime user of Kronos time and attendance and employee scheduling applications expects to achieve additional cost savings of $30 million in six years.
News Facts

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Banner Health conducted an extensive search for a labor analytics solution and selected Kronos because of its ease of use, functionality, tight integration capabilities, knowledgeable consultants, and quick payback.
*
With a projected payback on the IT investment in 18 months, and $30 million savings projected over six years, the selection team at Banner secured rapid approval for the Kronos solution. Senior corporate management, as well as leadership from nursing, finance, and management engineering unanimously selected Kronos.
*
Using integrated time and attendance, scheduling, absence management, and labor analytics applications from Kronos provides real-time visibility into workforce performance issues, and enables frontline managers to take action promptly to control labor costs and improve productivity.
*
The Kronos solution will be used by all 35,000 Banner Health employees across every department in its 22 hospitals and healthcare facilities.
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Kronos offered Banner Health a no-interest capital lease to help the organization balance the software expenditure with other pressing clinical investments.

Supporting Quotes

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David Kaubisch, vice president of finance, Banner Health
“Tracking time, scheduling employees, and gaining real-time visibility into labor analytics data from a single, integrated solution will help us make decisions that positively impact labor budgets and productivity. Having achieved significant cost savings with Kronos before, we are confident that we will deliver the projected ROI on time.”
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Brian Graves, global practice leader of healthcare, Kronos
“Our labor analytics solution enables healthcare organizations to make quick, timely adjustments to labor levels and fluctuating patient volume, and thereby helps control labor costs, improve productivity, and minimize compliance risk. We are excited to see Banner Health not only implement the solution but also embrace the best practices of workforce management through the integration of analytics with other critical workforce business processes.”

Supporting Resources

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About Banner Health
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About Kronos Analytics for Healthcare

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MicroStrategy Announces Availability of Business Intelligence Reports and Dashboards on the Amazon Kindle DX

Jul 01, 2009 | Computer & Electronics, Computer Software, Internet, Technology | 0 comments

Kindle DX Users Can Review Important Business Information at Their Convenience for Enhanced Productivity

McLean, Va. (July 01, 2009) –

MicroStrategy® Incorporated (NASDAQ: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence (BI) software, today announced the availability of MicroStrategy business intelligence reports, dashboards, and scorecards on the Amazon Kindle DX. MicroStrategy BI users can store, retrieve, and review thousands of business intelligence reports on the Kindle DX in PDF format for enhanced productivity while away from the office.

Easy to View and Share Business Data
MicroStrategy-based grid reports, graph reports, operational reports, scorecards, and dashboards can be viewed on the Kindle DX in PDF format. The Kindle DX’s large screen enables users to review and analyze detailed business data, ranging from a complex financial performance dashboard to a 100-page operational report. Users can also easily share reports and dashboards with others during business meetings.

Convenient to Travel with Large Volumes of Reports
By storing business intelligence reports on the Kindle DX, users no longer need to print out and carry stacks of reports with them when they travel. The large memory capacity of the Kindle DX, with more than 3GB of usable storage, enables users to store tens of thousands of BI reports and dashboards. Users simply archive the reports after viewing them and retrieve the reports when needed.

Timely Reports Available via E-mail
MicroStrategy reports can be sent via e-mail to the Kindle DX, enabling users to monitor business performance while away from the office. With MicroStrategy, Kindle DX users can receive reports on a scheduled basis, and set up e-mail alerts triggered by important business indicators that inform them of time-sensitive issues. Users can also download business reports and documents directly to the Kindle DX at their convenience.

Stephen Wildstrom, writer and editor of BusinessWeek’s personal technology column, commented on the business value of the Kindle DX in his June 10, 2009 article, “Amazon’s New Kindle DX Means Business.” He states, “The business potential of the DX is formidable…The paperlike display is much easier on the eyes than a backlit laptop screen…You could also load a Kindle with reams of technical documents or the piles of paper needed for a board meeting.”

“MicroStrategy is committed to pervasive BI, where critical business information is readily available wherever and whenever the user needs it,” said Sanju Bansal, MicroStrategy COO. “The availability of MicroStrategy reports on the Kindle DX is yet another information touchpoint in the pervasive BI continuum. In addition to offering BI reports and dashboards on the Kindle DX, MicroStrategy’s capabilities include delivery of business intelligence to other popular mobile devices, including the BlackBerry smartphone and the Apple iPhone.”

For more information and to download sample MicroStrategy reports for the Kindle DX, visit http://www.microstrategy.com/KindleDXReports.

About MicroStrategy
Founded in 1989, MicroStrategy is a global leader in business intelligence (BI) technology. MicroStrategy provides integrated reporting, analysis, and monitoring software that helps leading organizations worldwide make better business decisions every day. Companies choose MicroStrategy for its advanced technical capabilities, sophisticated analytics, and superior data and user scalability. More information about MicroStrategy (Nasdaq: MSTR – News) is available at www.microstrategy.com.

MicroStrategy, MicroStrategy Business Intelligence Platform are either trademarks or registered trademarks of MicroStrategy Incorporated in the United States and certain other countries. Other product and company names mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.

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Kronos

Jun 29, 2009 | Computer & Electronics, Computer Software, Internet, Technology | 0 comments

Federal agencies to manage and report more effectively with enhanced configurability and functionality in a fully automated workforce management solution

CHELMSFORD, Mass. (June 29, 2009) –

The new administration’s emphasis on transparency and accountability highlighted by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) has set unprecedented standards that every federal agency using the stimulus funds, or not, must meet. To help federal agencies address this issue, Kronos® Incorporated is adding new functionality to webTA(TM), a software application for automated tracking and management of the federal workforce.
News Facts

* Federal agencies are in a state of flux with tightening budgets and other factors. Accommodating new transparency requirements is an additional challenge. To help agencies meet the demands of the current environment, the latest version of webTA will offer a new architecture that:
o Facilitates rapid responsiveness to current demands by making it easy for users to implement changes in the system. This is possible as webTA is configurable and helps users manage it to suit their unique agency needs without disrupting core functionality or spending time and resources on costly and error-prone custom coding.
o This capability will allow federal agencies to track specific activities at a granular level by easily adjusting pay rules within the system to meet ARRA requirement of reporting activities for which the stimulus money is used.
* Accurate data acquisition and timely reporting through automation of processes will also help agencies enhance productivity. Additionally, webTA is auditable and supports hundreds of complex pay rules, which will help control labor costs and minimize compliance risk.
* Kronos will offer a migration service including solution and training assessments along with the data, configuration, and training specifications required for the transition. Online tutorials will enable more rapid roll-out to the user community at each agency.
* The latest version of webTA is scheduled for availability in August.
* More than 650,000 federal employees currently use Kronos. Federal agencies including the Agency for International Development; Department of Agriculture; Department of Commerce; Department of Homeland Security; Department of Housing and Urban Development; and the Smithsonian Institution use Kronos to automate time, attendance, and leave data entry processes.

Supporting Quotes

* Jeff Babcock, vice president and general manager, Kronos federal division
“This new direction for the webTA family of offerings is building a ubiquitous computing environment where an employee or supervisor will have anytime, anywhere access to quality information. The new architecture creates a platform that enables webTA to be more agile in supporting unique agency needs while maintaining full base functionality for all users. With the challenges of transparency and accountability as well as managing ARRA funding, webTA is positioned well to support the needs of our customers today and into the future.”

Supporting Resources

* Kronos Federal Division www.kronos.com/federal

About Kronos Incorporated

Kronos is the global leader in workforce management solutions that enable organizations to control labor costs, minimize compliance risk, and improve workforce productivity. Tens of thousands of organizations in 60 countries — including more than half of the Fortune 1000® — use Kronos time and attendance, scheduling, absence management, HR and payroll, hiring, and labor analytics applications. To learn how Kronos uniquely delivers complete automation and high-quality information in an easy-to-use solution, visit www.kronos.com.

© 2009 Kronos Incorporated. Kronos is a registered trademark and webTA is a trademark of Kronos Incorporated or a related company. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners.

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Information Builders iWay Software Named to SD Times 100

Jun 29, 2009 | Computer & Electronics, Computer Software, Internet, Technology | 0 comments

iWay Named for Demonstrating Leadership and Innovation in SOA-Enablement

NEW YORK, NY (June 29, 2009) –

iWay Software, a division of Information Builders and an innovator of enterprise integration solutions, today announced that it has been named in the 2009 SD Times 100. Now in its seventh year, the SD Times 100 recognizes the top companies, organizations, and individuals that had the greatest impact on software development during the previous calendar year. Companies included on the list are selected by knowledge management practitioners, theorists, analysts, and vendors as well as their customers and colleagues.

iWay was recognized in the “SOA and Middleware” category, which identified companies that demonstrated leadership and innovation in the areas of service-oriented architecture- (SOA) enablement and in creating enterprise middleware. iWay SOA Middleware provides everything necessary to achieve real-time, near real-time, or batch integration more quickly and easily than competing tools and the “roll your own” approach. iWay provides standard connections to more than 300 back-office systems and data sources, enabling organizations to quickly and easily leverage technologies such as IBM’s WebSphere(TM), Microsoft’s BizTalk Server(TM), XML, Oracle, SAP, Informatica, and Java(TM).

“The software development industry has always been led by innovation, and that’s true even in today’s challenging economic climate,” said Alan Zeichick, editorial director of BZ Media’s SD Times. “When choosing the 2009 SD Times 100 winners, we carefully considered each organization’s products and services, reputation with enterprise development managers, and the new ideas and thought leadership that it has brought to the industry. Thanks to companies like iWay, the art of software development continues to advance at a rapid pace.”

“In an environment where businesses are being told to do more with less, an integrated information infrastructure is key to success,” said David Watson, vice president of iWay Software. “We’ve been providing our customers with the ability to do more with less for years, and being recognized for the effort is incredibly rewarding.”

For more information about the SD Times 100 winners visit www.sdtimes.com/link/33549.
About BZ Media

BZ Media LLC© (www.bzmedia.com) is a high-tech media company combining the best of print and Web-based publishing, offering industry-leading magazines, newspapers, Web sites and conferences.

BZ Media’s SD Times® (www.sdtimes.com) is the twice-monthly newspaper of record for the software development industry. SD Times reaches more than 60,000 subscribers in 131 countries. SD Times was recognized by Media Business Magazine as the fastest-growing IT publication in 2007.
About iWay Software

iWay Software’s integration methodology is simple: it uses a single, integrated set of graphical design tools to assemble powerful pre-built components for enterprise-class business-to-business (B2B), business process automation (BPA), or enterprise information management (EIM) integration scenarios – without the use of custom code. Integration configurations can be deployed in a stand-alone manner to any environment supporting a JVM – or to Web application servers from any vendor. iWay delivers the fastest, most cost-effective, and simplest way to integrate and streamline critical business processes. iWay Software’s vendor-, platform-, and protocol-neutral solutions achieve the promise of SOA: true reusability.
About Information Builders

Information Builders’ award-winning combination of business intelligence and enterprise integration software has been providing innovative solutions to more than 12,000 customers for the past 30 years. WebFOCUS is the world’s most widely utilized business intelligence platform. It provides the security, scalability, and flexibility needed at every level of global extended enterprises. Its simplicity helps create executive, analytical, and operational applications that reach dozens to millions of users. Information Builders’ iWay Software suite provides state of the art, multi-purpose, pre-built integration components that address all SOA, application, data, and information management requirements. Its integration adapters have been adopted by the leading software platform providers. Together, these products give Information Builders’ customers the ability to grow and innovate according to their needs.

Information Builders’ customers include most of the Fortune 100 and U.S. federal government agencies. Headquartered in New York City with 90 offices worldwide, the company employs 1,450 people and has more than 350 business partners.

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Heartland Payment Systems Selects MicroStrategy to Deliver Enhanced Reporting Capabilities to its Customers

Jun 25, 2009 | Computer & Electronics, Computer Software, Internet, Technology | 0 comments

MicroStrategy® Incorporated (NASDAQ: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence (BI) software, today announced that Heartland Payment Systems® (NYSE:HPY) has selected MicroStrategy to enhance reporting and analysis capabilities for its customers.

McLean, Va., (June 25, 2009) –

MicroStrategy® Incorporated (NASDAQ: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence (BI) software, today announced that Heartland Payment Systems® (NYSE:HPY) has selected MicroStrategy to enhance reporting and analysis capabilities for its customers. Heartland is the nation’s fifth largest payments processor, providing card processing, payroll, check management, and other payments solutions.

“MicroStrategy will enable us to enhance the reporting and analytics we provide to our merchants, giving them greater insights into their businesses,” said Alan Sims, chief technology officer at Heartland. “After conducting an evaluation of numerous reporting and analysis products, we selected MicroStrategy because of its integrated platform, scalability for large volumes of data, and easy-to-use reporting capabilities for our diverse user population.”

“Many leading organizations in the financial services industry rely on MicroStrategy to augment their services for business customers,” said Sanju Bansal, MicroStrategy COO. “With MicroStrategy, financial services companies can offer their business customers reporting and analytics that turn static data into a valuable asset for understanding customer behavior, analyzing products, identifying business trends, and managing risk. We are delighted to welcome Heartland Payment Systems as a new financial services customer.”

About Heartland Payment Systems
Heartland Payment Systems, Inc., a NYSE company trading under the symbol HPY, delivers credit/debit/prepaid card processing, payroll, check management and payments solutions to more than 250,000 business locations nationwide. Heartland is the founding supporter of The Merchant Bill of Rights, a public advocacy initiative that educates merchants about fair credit and debit card processing practices. For more information, visit HeartlandPaymentSystems.com, MerchantBillOfRights.com, and CostOfABurger.com.

About MicroStrategy
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MicroStrategy, Incorporated
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