Ameristar Casinos Selects Unica(R) for Enhanced Marketing Resource Management Capabilities.Unica's Affinium[R] provides Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. hotel with top-of-the-line, automated workflow management WALTHAM, Mass. -- Unica Corporation (Nasdaq: UNCA UNCA University of North Carolina at Asheville UNCA United Nations Correspondents Association ), a global provider of enterprise marketing management (EMM (Expanded Memory Manager) Starting with 386-based PCs, an EMM is software that converts extended memory (beyond one megabyte) into EMS memory, the first technique used to increase memory in the PC. ) solutions, today announced that Ameristar Casinos Ameristar Casinos, Inc. NASDAQ: ASCA is a Las Vegas, Nevada based casino operator. Despite having its headquarters in Las Vegas, Ameristar has not owned or operated a Las Vegas area casino since selling The Reserve Hotel Casino , Inc., a leading Las Vegas-based gaming and entertainment company, has implemented Unica's Affinium[R] for its marketing resource management (MRM MRM Marketing Resource Management MRM Mobile Resource Management MRM Metabolic Response Modifiers MRM Multiple Reaction Monitoring (mass spectrometry) MRM Mormonism Research Ministry MRM Mechanically Recovered Meat ) solution. With Affinium, Ameristar is able to create a more efficient and automated workflow management system across its key locations. The company will be using Affinium for production management, quality control and approval cycles. "Our workflow is complex, so when we first started shopping for a marketing resource management solution, we looked at systems that had lots of bells and whistles A slang English term for exceptional features in some product. In the computer field, it typically refers to functions in software that may be greatly appreciated by some users, even though they may not be necessary most of the time. ," said Jerome Mandel, vice president of database marketing at Ameristar. "We learned that we didn't need a complex system for our solution. What we needed was a solution with a flexible, open architecture that could support our fast-paced marketing environment. We brought in Unica's Affinium software because it could be readily tailored to how we work at Ameristar. Our Unica system is incredibly streamlined and user-friendly, which lets us get our job done more efficiently and effectively." Ameristar needed a solution that could be tailored to manage its complex workflow quickly and intuitively. Having successfully used Unica's Affinium for more than three years to help with its campaign management needs, the company turned to Unica once again for its MRM solution. The open architecture and adaptability of Unica's Affinium software was an ideal fit for Ameristar's overall marketing goals of collaboration and process efficiency. "Ameristar was looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. a flexible solution that could meet the demands of its complex workflow between multiple locations and vendors and could easily handle many people interfacing with the solution," said Yuchun Lee, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Unica Corporation. "We are excited to work with Ameristar to help the company meet its goals for enhanced marketing success and process efficiency." Unica's MRM solution at Ameristar was implemented by Equifax Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :EFX EFX Effects (as in motion picture special effects; sometimes just FX) EFX Elite Force Xtreme (gaming) EFX Elliptical Fitness Crosstrainer EFX Expeditionary Force Experiment ), a Unica partner and a global leader in information solutions. A long-standing customer of Equifax, Ameristar relies on Equifax's database solution to maximize its marketing efforts and manage and grow its customer base. Through its relationship with Equifax, Ameristar selected Unica's MRM solution. For more information on Unica's Affinium software, please visit: www.unica.com. About Unica Unica Corporation (NASDAQ: UNCA) is a leading global provider of enterprise marketing management (EMM) software. Focused exclusively on the needs of marketers, Unica delivers the most comprehensive EMM suite on the market. Unica's Affinium[R] software streamlines the entire marketing process for brand, relationship and internet marketing See Internet advertising. - from planning and budgeting to project management, execution and measurement. Offered on premise or on demand, Affinium delivers key EMM capabilities including: web and customer analytics, cross-channel lead and campaign management, and marketing resource management. Unica's solution uniquely provides a marketing system of record that enables marketers to easily manage marketing information and assets, rapidly assemble campaign components, and track performance. Just as sales force automation Automating the sales activities within an organization. A comprehensive SFA package provides such functions as contact management, note and information sharing, quick proposal and presentation generation, product configurators, calendars and to-do lists. has streamlined sales operations, Unica's EMM solution is poised to revolutionize marketing. Today, more than 500 companies worldwide have adopted Unica's Affinium as their EMM solution. Founded in 1992, Unica is headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts One of the early centers of the Industrial Revolution in northern America, Waltham is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 59,226 at the 2000 census. , with additional offices in the US, Australia, France, Germany, The Netherlands, India, Singapore, Spain, and the UK. For more information, visit www.unica.com. Unica sponsors The Marketers' Consortium, an online community where marketers and industry experts discuss the critical challenges of today's fast paced, interactive, customer-driven world. The Marketers' Consortium's notable moderators have included Don Peppers, Peppers and Rogers Group The Rogers Group is a Mauritius-based conglomerate. The Group has a portfolio with interests in sectors such as aviation and tourism, logistics, financial services, distribution and industrials. The Group employs almost 3,000 people. , and Elana Anderson, Forrester Research Forrester Research is an independent technology and market research company that provides its clients with advice about technology's impact on business and consumers. Corporate facts
Forward-looking Statements The information provided in this press release above contains forward-looking statements that relate to future events and future financial performance of Unica. These forward-looking statements are based upon Unica's historical performance and its current plans, estimates and expectations and are not a representation that such plans, estimates, or expectations will be achieved. These forward-looking statements represent Unica's expectations as of the date of this press announcement. Subsequent events may cause these expectations to change; and Unica disclaims any obligation to update or revise the forward-looking statements in the future. Matters subject to forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties, including volatility of stock price due to the difficulty in predicting operating results and the long sales cycle for Unica's software; failure by Unica to develop new software products and enhance existing products; failure to retain key staff; the potential that the Unica software will not help customer meet the goals stated in this release; the Unica software may not be flexible or easily integrate or help a customer streamline its processes or spend less time executing its marketing programs; and failure to properly protect Unica's proprietary rights and intellectual property. These and other factors listed in the Annual Report on Form 10K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2006 under "Risk Factors" could cause Unica's performance or achievements to be materially different from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. |
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