Press Release

iRise Launches Comprehensive Professional Services Framework and New Service Offering for Enterprise Visualization

iRise Accelerate™ focuses on speeding adoption, driving return on investment

EL SEGUNDO, CA - June 29, 2010 – iRise®, the global leader in enterprise visualization solutions, today announced its new iRise Professional Services Framework, a comprehensive set of service offerings to help clients drive enterprise and individual enablement at every stage of the adoption process. iRise also launched a new core component of the framework: iRise Accelerate. Building on the existing services of iRise Adopt, iRise Educate and iRise Visualize, iRise Accelerate services enable visualizations to be built faster and more closely integrate iRise with other enterprise software development processes.

The iRise Professional Services Framework is comprised of the following offerings:

• iRise Accelerate (NEW) - iRise Accelerate is a collection of services that enhance, extend and expand the adoption, use and value of iRise throughout an organization. iRise Accelerate includes services to build reusable content libraries, reusable custom visualization objects and widgets, and custom integrations with downstream tools using the iRise iConnect™ API announced with iRise 8. iRise Accelerate also includes services capabilities around the delivery of a customized iRise Adoption Center, a turn-key, centralized application that enables organizations to leverage iRise best practices and to track, manage and sustain iRise adoption.
• iRise Adopt - iRise Adopt services ensure initial success with iRise products on individual projects, along with the creation of a tailored adoption strategy and plan. This plan is rooted in proven best practices learned from hundreds of customers and thousands of successful projects. Based on an organization’s needs, the adoption strategy and plan defines the appropriate combination and sequence of iRise services to ensure our customers realize the full potential of their iRise investment.
  
  Successful enterprise adoption of iRise typically happens in three phases: initiate, integrate and institutionalize iRise Adopt services are customized for each phase of this adoption process and delivered along with a management framework to ensure that adoption moves forward and that there is a successful transition to customer resources. The mission is to help customers develop a self-sustaining capability in iRise that delivers maximum value.
• iRise Educate - iRise Educate services are designed to train, mentor and certify individuals in the successful use of iRise visualization products. These services are constructed in a blended learning approach to accommodate different learning styles and preferences while getting individuals and teams up to speed quickly.
• iRise Visualize - iRise Visualize is a set of service offerings designed to provide on the ground visualization resources and capabilities when and where they are most needed. These services empower customers to focus on their core business and applications while iRise experts install, configure, operate and administer the software.

"This new and extended services capability empowers customers to leverage and reuse working visualizations of software and to integrate iRise with other systems,” said Jacques Marine, executive vice president of services for iRise. “Visualizing before building software is becoming the single most powerful force for successful project outcomes for companies of all sizes. These new service offerings enable customers to extend this capability throughout an organization simply and seamlessly to receive the greatest value, benefit and speed to market."

Enterprise Visualization - The Ultimate Change Agent

Enterprise visualization software from iRise gives business and IT leaders a powerful way to "move the needle" and cost-effectively drive change in their organizations. iRise is the only enterprise grade, real-time collaborative software definition platform on the market today. By enabling global organizations to "test drive" and fully experience critical business systems early in the process, iRise is now an essential strategy to modernize their systems, consolidate applications, cut costs, accelerate delivery and leverage global sourcing partnerships without the usual confusion and risk.

With thousands of projects completed successfully, the value of visualization has proven to be enormous for businesses in highly competitive markets:

• Get to market twice as fast;
• Eliminate 30% of project cost;
• Ensure success of global sourcing strategies; and,
• Dramatically improve customer experience

iRise Connect for HP Quality Center is available immediately. Pricing is available upon request.

About iRise
iRise is the world’s leading provider of enterprise visualization software for business applications. Visualization has become a critical competitive advantage for businesses to more effectively communicate their needs to technology teams and give everyone involved the ability to interact with and fully experience applications before they are built. Companies of all sizes like General Motors, UPS, FedEx, Manpower, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center,and hundreds of others use iRise to "test drive" their applications before building, which accelerates time to market, improves customer experience, and drives cost down. At iRise, we believe that by 2020, all business software will be visualized before being built, the same way that every car, airplane, and building is visualized today. Headquartered in El Segundo, Calif., iRise is backed by Morgan Stanley Venture Partners, and Deutsche Bank, and has sales offices across North America and in London.

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