Press Release

RIIS Drives 400% Business Growth with iRise Visualizations

Web development & consulting firm joins iRise Alliance Partner program

El Segundo, Calif. – March 4, 2009 – iRise®, the world’s leading visualization solutions company, today announced that RIIS (Research Into Internet Systems), a Detroit-based custom Web development firm has posted a record 400% growth in its business in 2008 due largely to the use of iRise visualization.  RIIS focuses on building custom Web solutions for growing companies and has adopted visualization from iRise as a core competency to drive increased sales and improved client relationships.  RIIS has also joined the iRise Alliance Partner program and will partner with iRise on application development projects in the region.

“The growth in our business has been dramatic and much of it can be directly related to our ability to communicate more effectively with our clients using iRise,” said Godfrey Nolan, founder and president of RIIS.  “Visualization is a game changer for consulting firms that now have the ability to build stronger relationships with clients starting with proposal pursuits and continuing right thorough successful delivery.”

Some of the projects that RIIS has been successful delivering using visualization include:

• the development of a new, Web-based insurance tracking system that was prototyped in iRise and is now being developed;

• Java development for an interactive marketing agency;
• a variety of projects for a global telecom provider, including the development of a new eCommerce portal; and
• migrating law enforcement agencies from legacy systems onto a suite of Web-based records management tools.

“There is a growing ecosystem of iRise partners that are experiencing first-hand the power of visualization as a strategic business driver,” stated Mitch Bishop, chief marketing officer for iRise.  “Tough economic times are forcing consulting firms of all sizes to focus on essential elements like visualization that help them win more business and deliver more effectively for their clients.”

Software Visualization – The Ultimate Change Agent
The world’s best run companies recognize that tough economies are exactly the right time to take bold steps to change the status quo and leap ahead of the competition. Consistently delivering innovative and highly usable business-critical applications is often the key to capitalizing on this kind of market opportunity.  iRise visualization gives companies a powerful way to define applications right – the first time.  By enabling global organizations to “test drive” and fully experience systems early in the process, iRise is an essential strategy to consolidate application portfolios, accelerate delivery and leverage global sourcing without delays and cost overruns.

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

About iRise
iRise is the world’s leading provider of visualization software for business applications.    Visualization is quickly becoming a critical competitive advantage for businesses to more effectively communicate their needs to technology teams and give everyone involved the ability to fully experience applications before they are built.  Companies of all sizes like General Motors, UPS, Wachovia, Manpower, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, and many others use iRise to “test drive” their applications before building, which accelerates time to revenue, improves customer experience, and drives costs down.  At iRise, our vision is 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 and Deutsche Bank, and has sales offices across North America.

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