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(COMTEX) B: Mobius Honors Customers for Strategic Applications; Thirteenth
Annual Users Conference Focuses on Maximizing Technol
B: Mobius Honors Customers for Strategic Applications; Thirteenth Annual Users C
nference Focuses on Maximizing Technology Investment through Total Content Manag
ment
RYE, N.Y., Apr 7, 2003 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Mobius Management Systems, Inc.
(Nasdaq: MOBI) today announced the winners of the annual Mobius Customer
Achievement Awards, presented this year to nine companies whose implementations
of Mobius software have met high standards for innovation and business value.
The awards were presented at the thirteenth annual Mobius Users Group
Conference, held in February at the Hyatt Regency in La Jolla, California. The
winners were chosen from hundreds of nominations that reflected the most
innovative, beneficial and strategic uses of Mobius software applications.
"This year's conference focused on helping our customers leverage existing
technology investments through integration," said Joseph Tinnerello, senior vice
president of sales and marketing at Mobius. "In the last year, we have
introduced new products that round out ViewDirect(R) TCM, our 'total content
management' suite. These include an integrated platform for managing Web sites,
documents and digital assets as well as a robust workflow solution and an
innovative system that ensures the integrity and consistency of enterprise
information. These new tools leverage the content repositories our customers
have built with our ViewDirect technology and address all their content
requirements. These awards illustrate the value our software delivers to our
customers."
The following are this year's award recipients:
Compass Bank, one of the 40 largest banks in the U.S., was recognized for
innovative use of Mobius technology for an integrated content management
solution. The Bank has used ViewDirect technology to help achieve a
"near-paperless environment." The Bank's "total content management" strategy
includes the use of Mobius's WorkflowDirect(TM) to automate loan operations and
ViewDirect Contenuity(TM) for intranet development and management.
Hartford Steam Boiler (HSB), the world's leading equipment breakdown insurer,
also received honors for innovative use of ViewDirect TCM technology. In the
last year, HSB has made work processes more efficient and cost effective using
imaging, automated indexing and document capture directly from the users'
desktops to streamline processing.
Lorillard Tobacco Company was honored for the strategic value of its
implementation, which leverages the ViewDirect TCM repository across all
departments and all lines of business. Lorillard updated its imaging solutions,
implemented report distribution via the Web, and created an integrated
ViewDirect repository that includes content from SAP's enterprise resource
planning system. Using Mobius's search and viewing clients, e-Search & View(TM)
and DocumentDirect, users have seamless access to an integrated repository of
SAP and non-SAP data.
KeyCorp, one of the nation's largest bank-based financial services companies,
was also honored for applications that directly further strategic objectives.
ViewDirect TCM is the backbone of KeyCorp's strategy to eliminate paper,
leverage the Internet and provide Web-based access to enterprise documents. When
fully implemented, KeyCorp will archive vast volumes of checks and
computer-generated output each day in the ViewDirect TCM repository. This
content will be integrated with multiple applications for retail and commercial
customers.
John Hopkins Hospital and Health Systems, a leading healthcare system in
Baltimore, Maryland, was recognized for cost reduction. Using ViewDirect TCM
solutions, Johns Hopkins has eliminated microfiche, dramatically reduced paper
usage and achieved significant cost savings.
American General Finance (AGF), a member of American International Group, Inc.,
provides loans, retail financing and other credit related products in 44 states,
Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. AGF was recognized for lowering the
cost of doing business through innovative use of ViewDirect-ABS. ViewDirect-ABS
is used extensively throughout AGF to ensure the integrity and consistency of
information in hundreds of different reports, eliminating the need for
accounting adjustments and multiple report runs while providing data overnight
to branches and management.
Simmons Company, one of the world's leading brand names in bedding, was selected
for the impact of its applications on improving customer service. Simmons
implemented ViewDirect TCM at corporate headquarters in Atlanta to provide a
centralized repository for browser-based access to account information, customer
correspondence, contracts, delivery confirmations, warranty claims and more.
With all customer information instantly available, the time to resolve warranty
claims, for example, has been significantly reduced.
HCA - The Healthcare Company, one of the nation's leading providers of
healthcare services with hundreds of facilities nationwide, also achieved
dramatic improvements in customer service using ViewDirect TCM. HCA uses
ViewDirect TCM to manage all enterprise content, distribute it and standardize
Web-based access for hundreds of facilities. ViewDirect TCM provides "one-place
access to everything."
Prudential Securities, a fully diversified, global securities firm, was honored
for achieving high return on investment by expanding the scope of existing
implementations. Brokers view customer statements and correspondence as well as
internal reports. In the insurance group, customer service agents view customer
policies online. Now the functionality is being expanded to both business groups
by bringing insurance agents online to speed resolution of customer inquiries
and by allowing customers to view policies directly.
The Mobius Users Group Conference is an annual forum for users of Mobius
software to convene and learn about new software techniques, gather application
ideas and gain first-hand knowledge of cutting edge new product releases.
Attendees chose from more than 60 informative sessions, many of which are led by
Mobius customers. This year's conference included a new "Business Value" track
that focused on topics such as measuring return-on-investment and maximizing the
value of technology. Conference attendees have the opportunity to see
demonstrations of new products, learn about the latest enhancements to current
products, pick up technical tips and techniques and gain insight from other
users that enhances the value of Mobius software to their organizations.
About Mobius
Mobius Management Systems, Inc. (www.mobius.com) is a leading provider of
integrated solutions for total content management (TCM). The company's
ViewDirect(R) TCM repository serves as the foundation for a software suite that
meets a broad range of content-intensive e-business requirements, including Web
content management, workflow and imaging, Internet presentment and payment, and
enterprise report distribution. Mobius products are used by more than one
million customers and employees of nearly 1,400 organizations worldwide. More
than sixty percent of the Fortune 100 companies use Mobius software. The
Company, founded in 1981, is headquartered in Rye, New York, with nine U.S.
offices, as well as subsidiaries in England, France, Germany, Italy, Sweden,
Switzerland, Benelux, Australia and Japan.
Statements contained in this release may contain forward-looking statements
within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
Forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties. In particular, any
statements contained herein regarding expectations with respect to future sales
and profitability, as well as product development and/or introductions, are
subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and contingencies, many of
which are beyond the company's control, which may cause actual results,
performance, or achievements to differ materially from those projected or
implied in such forward-looking statements. Important factors that might affect
actual results, performance, or achievements include, among other things,
overall economic and business conditions, the demand for the company's goods and
services, including budget allocations for new software products especially
within larger corporate environments which have traditionally licensed the
company's products, technological advances and competitive factors in the
markets in which the company competes, including price competition from products
providing similar functionality to Mobius's products as well as competition for
experienced, seasoned employees (including retention) to support the company's
key business operations, ongoing product development and growth, and acceptance
and or adoption of the company's new products and services. These risks and
uncertainties are described in detail from time to time in Mobius's filings with
the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its Quarterly Report on Form
10-Q, filed on February 13, 2003. Mobius accepts no obligation to update these
forward-looking statements and does not intend to do so.
ViewDirect and DocumentDirect are registered trademarks and WorkflowDirect and
Contenuity are trademarks of Mobius Management Systems, Inc. All other
trademarks are property of their respective owners.
CONTACT: Mobius Management Systems, Inc., Rye
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