• Total Economic Impact study shows 9 month payback period for Aia’s document composition software

London, 10th December, 2009 - Aia Software (www.aia-itp.com), a leading author and developer of intelligent document composition software today announced the results of a recent study commissioned by Aia Software and conducted by Forrester Consulting on its behalf. The Total Economic Impact (TEI) study, completed in November 2009, of insurance and financial services organisations in Europe found that companies looking to implement the ITP Document Platform can see large productivity benefits and cost savings with a risk adjusted return on investment (ROI) of 277% and a payback period of just 9 months.

 The online bank was recognised for best innovation in Online PR and Multichannel Marketing, while also winning the Best Online Advertising Campaign category.

  The bank, which shows both negative and positive consumer sentiment on its ‘first direct live’ microsite, impressed the judges with its successful use of social media and its integrated advertising campaign to encourage people to talk honestly about its brand.   Tesco, Comet, IBM and eBay were also among the winners in Econsultancy’s annual awards which recognise the smartest new ideas and achievements across digital marketing and e-commerce.   The digital agency Essence won the awards for Most Innovative Digital Agency and for Rich Media and Video. It won the Rich Media category for the YouTube HomeProject Channel, which enabled people to watch a full feature film about the global environmental challenge online. 

Clarity Commerce warns to plan now for VAT change, or suffer the resulting headache

London, 08 December 2009 : Clarity Commerce, a leading specialist in the delivery of mission critical transaction processing solutions for the Ticketing, Hospitality, Retail and Leisure sectors, today heralded the countdown on New Years Eve and with it the return to 17.5% VAT as Big Ben sounds midnight[1]. It warns UK businesses to look sharp, think ahead and plan efficiently now in preparation for the change or face starting the New Year with an enormous administrative hangover.

  LONDON – November 26, 2009 – Financial services company Irish Life Corporate Business has reported a 35% productivity increase after the introduction of Global 360’s document management and business process management software solutions.

The pension company had grown 50% and left it with little visibility across its business processes. And with a team of 300 already in place, employing more staff to manage the paperwork was not sustainable. Instead, Irish Life embarked on an ambitious process engineering programme to overhaul the 150+ processes involved in running the business—working with its implementation partner Zarion and Global 360’s software solutions.