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Meridian Project Systems and Informative Graphics Corporation Form Strategic Partnership
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01/16/2005
PHOENIX---July 15, 2003-- MPS to Incorporate Brava!(TM) and Brava!(TM) Publisher View, Markup, and Collaboration Software in New Business Process Management Solution
Informative Graphics Corporation (IGC), a leader in Web publishing, viewing and collaboration technology, announced today that it has been selected by Meridian Project Systems(R) (MPS), a leading provider of project management software and ASP solutions, to integrate its Brava! Web-based document viewing and collaboration software with MPS products and services. MPS will integrate Brava into Proliance(R), the first Web native enterprise process management solution for corporate real estate and construction markets. This agreement covers Proliance in both self-hosted and ASP environments.
Proliance represents a new paradigm for managing projects, programs and organizational processes across global and large national companies. Targeted toward corporate real estate/large facility owners, and architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) companies, Proliance is MPS' third-generation Internet technology platform enabling the benefits of business process management across the enterprise.
Proliance utilizes Web Services and XML technology on the Microsoft(R) .NET application framework. Proliance is built on a powerful foundation of Platform Services that include workflow automation, action and distribution management, security, file management, reporting, and communication tools.
For viewing and redlining capabilities in Proliance, MPS reviewed available technologies from several vendors and selected the Brava! Webkit and Brava! Publisher products for their superior performance, usability, features and integration capabilities.
"One important reason MPS has maintained its leadership in project management services and solutions is its commitment to technical excellence," said David Ing, Chief Software Architect at MPS. "The latest version of Brava is stylish, fast and has a proven record in large-scale deployments -- all a must in our Proliance customer environment," added Ing.
Brava products have been engineered from the ground up to offer higher performance and fidelity, along with several new and unique view and markup functions. MPS is the first company to roll out the latest version of Brava as part of its ASP services. Brava is currently used to give construction and real estate-related companies and their users document and CAD drawing viewing, redlining, printing and design change-management functions.
"Our partnership with MPS signals both our continuing, unmatched success in the Service Provider arena and the growing strength of our product offering," said Gary Heath, CEO at IGC. "Integrating our Brava technology with MPS products underscores our mutual objective to deliver the absolute best to both our partners and end-users. We anticipate immediate response from the marketplace and many opportunities going forward," he added.
About Informative Graphics
Informative Graphics Corporation (IGC), founded in 1990, is a leading developer of commercial software products for Web publishing, visualization, and collaboration. IGC products are renowned for their cost-saving value, ease of use, features and scalability. With its products deployed by hundreds of corporations, OEM partners, and service providers worldwide, IGC is an international company maintaining offices in the United States and Europe, as well as key distribution partners in Japan, Asia and Latin America. The company maintains a Web site at www.infograph.com.
About MPS
Meridian Project Systems(R) (MPS) develops project management solutions that improve financial performance and reduce risk on large corporate real estate projects and other capital-intensive construction initiatives. More than 7,500 of today's leading business enterprises, government agencies, and AEC (architecture, engineering, and construction) firms use MPS products to accurately plan, budget, and track all aspects of the real estate project lifecycle.
MPS is the first provider of enterprise business process management solutions utilizing Web Services in the corporate real estate and construction arena. MPS ranks as the market share leader in project management software and hosted ASP-based solutions used by general contractors, with over $250 million in annual revenue(a).
In the Business of Projects since 1993, MPS appeared on Inc Magazine's INC 500 list of fastest-growing companies in the United States in both 2000 and 2001. MPS is headquartered in Folsom, Calif., with offices in Dusseldorf, Germany; and Vancouver, British Columbia, and additional representation through its global channel partner network in locations around the world.
(a) Information Technology Survey for the Construction Industry, 2002, published by Construction Financial Management Association (CFMA).
