Exstream Software Ends 2003 with Another Year of Outstanding Results.Business Editors LEXINGTON, Ky.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 4, 2004 Innovative New Products, Aggressive Global Expansion, Adoption of 200 New Customers and Significant New Executive Hires Led to Banner Results www.exstream.com--Exstream Software, Inc. marks the end of 2003 with an impressive number of accomplishments that position the company as a major force in the high performance enterprise personalization business. For Exstream, the year 2003 saw the general availability of Dialogue v4.0 and Dialogue WebVerse, offering significant enhancements to the market-leading enterprise personalization software suite; global expansion with the opening of offices in the Czech Republic Czech Republic, Czech Česká Republika (2005 est. pop. 10,241,000), republic, 29,677 sq mi (78,864 sq km), central Europe. It is bordered by Slovakia on the east, Austria on the south, Germany on the west, and Poland on the north. , Norway, Australia and France; adoption of 200 new customers; the addition of market-leading AFP (1) (AppleTalk Filing Protocol) The file sharing protocol used in an AppleTalk network. In order for non-Apple networks to access data in an AppleShare server, their protocols must translate into the AFP language. See file sharing protocol. productivity tools through the acquisition of Connexion Informatique in France; and the hiring of seasoned industry experts whose breadth of experience will ensure Exstream continues its record-setting trend. All of this activity resulted in a year of dramatic growth that includes a 50 percent increase in revenue for the six-year-old company. As the demand for flexible, customizable and highly personalized marketing Personalized marketing (also called personalization, and sometimes called one-to-one marketing) is an extreme form of product differentiation. Whereas product differentiation tries to differentiate a product from competing ones, personalization tries to make a unique product and mission-critical customer communications continues to grow, Exstream's robust, innovative products are fast becoming "must haves" for the financial, insurance, banking, telecommunications, utilities, service bureau and other industries. Exstream boosted attention in August when it released version released version - release 4.0 of its award-winning Dialogue enterprise personalization software. The robust software offers four new modules and many significant enhancements, including a Quark plug-in which allows users to easily import Quark designs into Dialogue and make them variable; ODBC (Open DataBase Connectivity) A database programming interface from Microsoft that provides a common language for Windows applications to access databases on a network. Access for directly retrieving data and updating any ODBC data source; VIPP VIPP Victorian Industry Participation Policy (Australia) VIPP Visiting International Professional Program VIPP Verified Internet Pharmacy Practice VIPP Variable Information Postscript Printware output driver for high quality output on Xerox high-speed variable color printers and IJPDS IJPDS Ink Jet Printer Data Stream output driver for duplex, black and white and full color printing on Scitex Digital inkjet printers--a low cost way to produce high-volume color. Soon after, the company made Dialogue WebVerse generally available, a complete web environment that allows business users to rapidly develop and deploy personalized web applications without the need for expensive Java and ASP programming. WebVerse reduces dependencies on the IT staff and allows businesses to meet time to market requirements for web applications that deliver fully personalized correspondence and fulfillment in real time. The year 2003 also saw the opening of four new international offices for Exstream. Exstream CEE cee n. The letter c. opened in March and is providing print and electronic solutions to businesses in Central and Eastern Europe The term "Central and Eastern Europe" came into wide spread use, replacing "Eastern bloc", to describe former Communist countries in Europe, after the collapse of the Iron Curtain in 1989/90. , including those in Germany, Austria and Italy. Exstream Nordic was announced in July and serves businesses throughout the Nordic and Baltic regions of Europe. Exstream Pacific opened its doors in September and serves Australia and New Zealand New Zealand (zē`lənd), island country (2005 est. pop. 4,035,000), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is Wellington; the largest city and leading port is Auckland. . And Exstream France & Southern Europe opened in October, serving France, Luxemburg, Belgium, Spain and Portugal. To date, over 30 percent of Exstream's customers are in Europe and Australia. The company plans to continue its aggressive global expansion with the opening of more international offices in 2004. In October, Exstream acquired Connexion Informatique (CI) in Paris, France, a company providing software and expertise in business document printing since 1986. With this acquisition came an established customer base of 150 and CI's market-leading advanced function presentation (printer, language) Advanced Function Presentation - (AFP) A page description language from IBM introduced in 1984 initially as Advanced Function Printing. AFP was first developed for mainframes and then brought to minicomputers and workstations. (AFP) software, re-branded by Exstream as AFP Studio. AFP Studio is a software suite that includes many robust tools for content management, repurposing applications, delivery and reprinting of AFP documents in high-volume environments. It also makes it easy for legacy AFP documents to be integrated with Exstream's Dialogue enterprise personalization solution for data mining, consolidation and postal savings. To continue its trend of offering cutting-edge products that help clients communicate more effectively with customers and prospects, Exstream reorganized the company into industry-focused business units and hired several key executives to provide leadership and direction within those units for more enhanced customer care. Lynn Busing was hired in April to lead the firm's North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. distribution channel. Busing, formerly an executive vice president for CheckFree, brings over 20 years of experience in executive and sales management with focus on the financial technology industry. Neal Gottsacker, formerly vice president of product management for Metavante Corporation's EPP (1) (Enhanced Parallel Port) See IEEE 1284. (2) (Ethernet Packet Processor) A chip from Kalpana, Inc., Santa Clara, CA that doubles speed of Ethernet transmission to 20Mbits/sec. In 1994, Kalpana was acquired by Cisco. (electronic presentment and payment) division, joined the company in September as vice president of product management. With more than 10 years experience in product management and development of software, Gottsacker is responsible for directing the development and execution of Exstream's product strategy. In November, Exstream hired Denny Kerns, formerly president and chief operations officer for GMC GMC See: Guaranteed Mortgage Certificate Software Technology, as vice president of sales for the commercial printing division. Kerns has been involved with providing printing solutions to customers for more than 22 years. Rich Troksa joined the company as vice president of business development in December and will develop and manage Exstream's business partners, strategic alliances and ISV (Independent Software Vendor) A person or company that develops software. It implies an organization that specializes in software only and is not part of a computer systems or hardware manufacturer. relationships. Prior to joining Exstream, Troksa was director of worldwide industrial segment marketing for IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , where he focused on providing products and solutions to the industrial and distribution customer set. From its inception, Exstream's vision was to offer enterprise personalization products that allow companies to reduce costs and get to market faster. Exstream attributes much of its success to an unprecedented attention to customer care that provides myriad opportunities for customers to become part of the company's ongoing development process. "Our goal is to have 100 percent satisfaction among all our customers," said Davis Marksbury, 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 Exstream Software. " We are not satisfied until our customers are in production and happy. Staying customer-centric has been the key to our success. This ongoing commitment to customers will continue to guide us--and our customers--into even more exciting and successful experiences in the coming year." About Exstream Software Headquartered in Lexington, Kentucky, Exstream Software helps businesses around the world connect with their customers through higher quality, fully personalized customer communications--delivered by mail, email and the Internet. Companies in the financial services, insurance, service bureau, telecommunications, utilities and other industries benefit from up to 50 percent faster time to market, up to 80 percent reduced costs and increased revenue through improved customer retention. For more information about Exstream Software and its market-leading Dialogue and AFP Studio technology, visit www.exstream.com or contact Exstream at 859.296.0600 or info@exstream.com. All trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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