*Fifteenth Annual Users Conference Focuses on Compliance, Content Integration
and Storage Strategies
RYE, N.Y., March 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Mobius Management Systems,
Inc. (Nasdaq: MOBI), the leading provider of software for total content
management (TCM), today announced the winners of the annual Mobius Customer
Achievement Awards, presented this year to seven companies whose use of Mobius
software meets the highest standards for innovation and business value. The
awards were presented at the fifteenth annual Mobius Users Group Conference
held this year in Dallas, Texas. The winners were chosen from hundreds of
Mobius ViewDirect(R) TCM implementations that drive revenue, improve customer
service, enable regulatory compliance, and reduce the costs of doing business.
"The theme of this year's conference was 'Consolidation-Control-
Compliance,'" said Mitch Gross, Mobius president and CEO. "Our program was
designed to help our customers understand the growing onslaught of regulatory
and legal requirements and the role of content management in meeting this
challenge. We showcased new products for e-mail and records management and
announced a partnership with storage vendor Network Appliance that offers our
customers an integrated solution for content management and cost-effective,
rapid-access disk storage. These new capabilities in ViewDirect TCM help our
customers manage records and content efficiently and cost effectively while
enabling compliance."
The following are this year's award recipients:
State Auto Insurance is a Columbus, Ohio-based property and casualty
carrier that considers its relationships with its independent agents the key
to its competitive advantage. State Auto won the award for the application
with the most significant impact on customer service for an integrated
ViewDirect TCM repository that is at the heart of a Web-based agent portal and
an automated underwriting system. The repository houses 350 million documents
and averages 750,000 accesses a month by agents and employees.
EPSRC (the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council) is the
primary UK government agency for funding research and training in engineering
and the physical sciences. EPSRC won the award for best compliance
application for a complete records and document management solution using
ViewDirect RM for Microsoft SharePoint. The application ensures compliance
with the UK's Modernising Government program as well as the Freedom of
Information Act.
Postbank, one of the largest private-customer banks in Germany, with over
12 million customers, was recognized with a special award for strategic
vision. ViewDirect TCM provides a complete content management solution and
also serves as the foundation of a business initiative to offer transaction
banking services to other banks. Postbank will use ViewDirect TCM in
conjunction with SAP R/3 to store more than 10 terabytes a year and serve
75,000 customers of Postbank and its client banks. ViewDirect Total Content
Integrator will provide access to legacy archives and ViewDirect-ABS will help
ensure the accuracy of information and compliance with regulations for the
digital audit of operating results.
Allstate Insurance, the nation's largest publicly held personal lines
insurer, was honored for having reduced the cost of business by using
ViewDirect TCM to store and deliver policy documents to agents at a savings of
more than $1 million each year in printing and mailing costs. Allstate makes
30 million documents available to employees via ViewDirect TCM, with
10 million of them accessible to agents through a Web-based application.
National Farmers Union Insurance, a Colorado-based company with a proud
tradition of serving the needs of rural areas, was honored for the return on
investment of its implementation. ViewDirect TCM is used throughout the
enterprise to deliver virtually all content to employees and brokers. Results
include the elimination of an 18,000-square-foot storage facility made
unnecessary by a back-office imaging application, and dramatic reductions in
the time needed by actuaries to gather data for analysis.
A leading global provider of asset management and investment technology
solutions was recognized for its vision for an application that will drive
revenue. The company sees the use of ViewDirect-ABS to automate
reconciliation of employee benefits accounts as a way to dramatically improve
reconciliation time and make it possible to bring on more new clients, while
also reducing errors and improving service levels.
A major semiconductor manufacturer was recognized for a strategic
application that provides thousands of users an integrated view of SAP and
non-SAP documents via the Web. The company archives over 150 million
transactions and 10 million report pages each month and has implemented a
global imaging and workflow system.
The Mobius Users Group Conference is an annual forum for users of Mobius
software to convene and learn about new techniques, gather application ideas,
gain first-hand knowledge of cutting-edge new product releases and exchange
ideas with other Mobius customers. This year, attendees chose from more than
65 informative sessions, many presented by Mobius customers, across three
tracks: Business Value, Technical and Product Information. The conference
gives attendees 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 will enhance the value of
Mobius software to their organizations.
About Mobius
Mobius Management Systems, Inc. ( http://www.mobius.com ) is the leading
provider of integrated solutions for total content management (TCM). The
company's ViewDirect(R) TCM is a comprehensive suite that integrates content
across disparate repositories, supports regulatory compliance, and provides
content-enabled applications that automate business processes. Mobius
solutions have achieved industry-wide recognition for breadth of
functionality, breadth of supported formats, and high-volume, high-demand
performance. The Mobius customer base is made up of leading companies across
all industries, including more than sixty percent of the Fortune 100. The
Company, founded in 1981, is headquartered in Rye, New York, with sales
offices in the U.S., Canada, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy,
Sweden, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Australia and Japan, as well as a
network of agents in Central and South America, Europe, Middle East, Africa
and Asia.
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