Artemis International Gains Industry Stature, Builds Client Roster and Secures Funding; Corporate Initiatives Drive Growth for Investment Planning and Control Solutions.NEWPORT BEACH Newport Beach, residential and resort city (1990 pop. 66,643), Orange co., S Calif., on Newport Bay and the Pacific Ocean; inc. 1906. It is a popular seaside resort and yachting center. Manufactures include electrical and medical equipment, computers, boats, and adhesives. , Calif. -- As businesses require increased visibility into planning and controlling IT and other major business investments, the market for software to improve investment selection, funding and control is experiencing rapid growth. Industry analysts clearly see the benefits to organizations of maintaining better strategic alignment and are increasingly evaluating solutions such as the Investment Planning and Control(TM) framework from Artemis. Over the past few months, leading analyst groups including META GROUP, Gartner Inc. and AMR (1) (Adaptive Multi-Rate) A variable rate speech codec selected by the 3GPP for the 3G evolution of the GSM cellphone system (WCDMA). Using the Algebraic CELP (ACELP) compression technology, AMR provides toll quality sound at transmission rates from 4.75 to 12. Research have recognized the benefits of Artemis' Investment Planning and Control(TM) framework. In addition, the company has added major new customers to its worldwide roster and recently secured $9 million in funding. Artemis' Investment Planning and Control(TM) solutions help organizations execute strategy through effective portfolio and project management. This technology solution provides a tangible demonstration of strategy by helping decision-makers focus on investments that generate maximum value, linking the portfolio of investments to business goals, achieving the right balance and mix of investments, optimizing the value of the portfolio by prioritizing and funding the most valuable investments, and ensuring actual execution and performance is in line with business objectives. Under the framework of Investment Planning and Control(TM), Artemis offers industry-specific solutions including IT Management, New Product Development, Fleet Asset Optimization and Public Investment Management. Analyst recognition for Artemis includes achieving "Challenger" status from META Group for its advances in portfolio analysis capabilities. In addition, Gartner, Inc. has positioned Artemis in the "Visionary" category in its 2004 Magic Quadrant The Gartner Magic Quadrant is a proprietary research tool developed by Gartner Inc., a US based research and advisory firm. It is designed to provide an unbiased qualitative analysis of a “markets’ direction, maturity, and participants. for Project and Portfolio Management. Also, in June AMR Research rated Artemis an IT Portfolio contender, earning particularly good scores on the company attributes axis. As stated in AMR's report, Artemis has been helping organizations implement enterprise project and program management for over 25 years, it has a global presence and a broad customer base in many countries. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Dennis Gaughan, Research Director, AMR, "Artemis' Investment Planning and Control framework provides companies with an enterprise-wide single platform that incorporates portfolio and project management techniques to effectively link business strategy with execution." In the past twelve months, Artemis has added a number of key customers to its worldwide roster offering tangible results for a variety of industries from energy and utilities to pharmaceutical, technology and government agencies. New Artemis customers include AMI Semiconductor AMI Semiconductor is a company engaged the design and manufacture of customer specific integrated circuit solutions, including solutions for the automotive, medical and industrial markets. Among its products are products that integrate processing of analog and digital signals. , Inc., Sony Corporation, Chicago Mercantile Exchange Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) is the largest futures exchange in the United States and the second largest exchange in the world for the trading of futures and options on futures. , Telecom Italia Telecom Italia is formerly a partially state-owned Italian telco. It was once known as SIP, and it has the largest user base in Italy. Telecom Italia also owns shares in Telecom Argentina and Telecom Personal, fixed and cellular networks in Argentina. , Travelers Express, Sara Lee, Actelion, Metropolitan Police Property Services, and Exelon. To further Artemis' strategy to strengthen its position as a leader in the growing market for industry-specific portfolio and project management solutions, the company recently received $9 million in backing from an investor group that includes Emancipation Capital, Trilogy Software and Potomac Capital. "The combination of this industry recognition, strong sales, with 19% growth in software licenses Q2 over Q1 of 2004, our extensive customer base and world-wide sales and support capabilities clearly place Artemis in a dominant position in the rapidly growing market for Investment Planning and Control solutions," said Patrick Ternier, president and 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 Artemis. About Artemis International Solutions Corporation Artemis International Solutions Corporation (OTCBB OTCBB See OTC Bulletin Board (OTCBB). :AMSI AMSI Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute AMSI Ambient Surround Imaging AMSI Atlantic Merchant Shipping Instructions AMSI Ameritech Message Signal Interface ) is the world's leading provider of investment planning and control solutions that help organizations execute strategy through effective portfolio and project management. Artemis has refined 30 years' experience into a suite of industry optimized solutions and packaged consulting services that combine to establish an overall planning and control framework encompassing IT management, new product development, public investment management, program management, fleet asset optimization, and detailed project management. With a global network covering 44 countries, Artemis has helped thousands of companies to improve their business performance through better alignment of strategy, investment planning and project execution. For more information visit www.aisc.com Forward Looking Statements "Safe Harbor Safe Harbor 1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated. 2. A form of shark repellent implemented by a target company acquiring a business that is so poorly regulated that the target itself is less attractive. " Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995: This press release contains or may contain forward-looking statements such as statements regarding the Company's growth and profitability, growth strategy, liquidity and access to public markets, operating expense Operating Expense The essential things that a company must purchase in order to maintain business. Notes: For example, the payment of employees wages are an operating expense. Also known as OPEX. reduction and trends in the industry in which the Company operates. The forward-looking statements contained in this press release are also subject to other risks and uncertainties, including those more fully described in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company assumes no obligation to update these forward-looking statements to reflect actual results, changes in risks, uncertainties or assumptions underlying or affecting such statements or for prospective events that may have a retroactive effect. |
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