Press Release

NaviNet Healthcare Communications Solutions Incorporate iRise Visualization

Application definition and development for NaviNet solutions streamlined with iRise visualizations

El Segundo, Calif. – February 4, 2009 – iRise®, the world’s leading visualization solutions company, today announced that NaviMedix, a national leader in real-time healthcare communications, has chosen to incorporate iRise visualization solutions into the application definition and development processes for its NaviNet® solutions and services. By using iRise solutions, the NaviNet development team can view interactive and immersive models of proposed software applications, dramatically streamlining product delivery.   

“More than 700,000 physicians and clinicians, as well as leading insurers across the country rely on NaviNet for online healthcare communications,” said Joe Terranova, senior software engineer at NaviMedix. “Using iRise to define NaviNet solutions during the development stage will enable our development team to be even more agile and responsive in delivering solutions that address the specific pain points of our rapidly growing customer base.”

With the adoption of iRise visualization solutions, the NaviNet product management team can quickly model requirements for new applications and rapidly change requirements based on payers’ and providers’ communications needs. The development and quality assurance teams can get a head start on building the application, minimizing the risk of re-work and cost overruns. As a result, NaviNet solutions can be brought to market much faster. The company will also use simulations to refine usability testing in order to improve customer experience and to visualize conceptual designs for new and existing products. 

“NaviNet is one of a growing number of solutions that are developed using visualization as a standard way of defining applications,” said Mitch Bishop, CMO for iRise. “In the healthcare industry, customers’ needs shift based on trends, regulations and unique challenges. Visualization empowers companies like NaviMedix to innovate faster, with less cost and risk, which is imperative in today’s economy.”

Software Visualization
iRise visualization software gives companies a powerful way to “test drive” and fully experience business applications before they’re built. Whether you’re building custom applications or extending packaged solutions, getting the requirements right the first time is an imperative in today’s economy.  Visualization is now an essential strategy to cut software project cost, accelerate application delivery and leverage outsourcing partnerships without the usual confusion and risk.  Just as computer-aided design (CAD) tools transformed the automotive, aerospace and semiconductor industries, iRise is now transforming the global business application market.  

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

• Get to market twice as fast;
• Eliminate 30% of project cost;
• Ensure success of global sourcing strategies; and,
• Dramatically shorten application consolidation projects.

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 Venture Partners, and Deutsche Bank, and has sales offices across North America.

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