Niku Introduces Clarity; Portfolio Planning, Process Management, Application Consolidation Capabilities Highlight New Release.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers REDWOOD CITY Redwood City, city (1990 pop. 66,072), seat of San Mateo co., W Calif., on San Francisco Bay; inc. 1868. Manufactures include commmunications, electrical, electronic, and medical equipment. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 15, 2004 Niku Corporation (Nasdaq:NIKU) today announced the introduction of Clarity(TM), version 7 of Niku's flagship product A primary product of a company, which is typically why the company was founded and/or what made it well known. For example, MS-DOS, Windows and the Microsoft Office suite have been flagship products of Microsoft. CorelDRAW is a flagship product of Corel Corporation. . Clarity delivers significant new functionality to Niku's growing worldwide customer base. "The new 'Clarity' product name underscores Niku's focus on bringing visibility and control over enterprise portfolios to all stakeholders Stakeholders All parties that have an interest, financial or otherwise, in a firm-stockholders, creditors, bondholders, employees, customers, management, the community, and the government. , enabling customers to align align (  līn),v to move the teeth into their proper positions to conform to the line of occlusion. spending with corporate goals," said Josh Pickus, Niku's 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. . "With Clarity, Niku is delivering significantly expanded functionality on a Global 2000 proven architecture, giving organizations more power to drive concrete business improvements." Clarity builds on the strength of Niku 6 by offering the industry's most comprehensive portfolio management capabilities. Clarity also delivers a new module for process management and new capabilities for managing applications and other non-project assets. Together, these enhancements significantly broaden the scope of the Niku solution. "The Niku system has been fundamentally important to the world class results we've achieved over the past several years," said David Raspallo, CIO CIO: see American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations. (Chief Information Officer) The executive officer in charge of information processing in an organization. of Textron Financial. "Clarity from Niku takes this to the next level. Its comprehensive portfolio planning will allow us to maximize our return on IT." "Armstrong selected Niku because its flexible and comprehensive capabilities provide a solution in three important areas: IT Management and Governance, Product Development Planning and Management, and Six Sigma Not to be confused with Sigma 6. Six Sigma is a set of practices originally developed by Motorola to systematically improve processes by eliminating defects.[1] A defect is defined as nonconformity of a product or service to its specifications. ," said Mark Young the Director of Program Management at Armstrong World Industries Armstrong World Industries, Inc. is an international designer and manufacturer of floors, ceilings and cabinets. Based in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Armstrong operates 39 plants in 10 countries and has approximately 13,000 employees worldwide. . "Now the new Process Manager module in Clarity adds graphical workflow The automatic routing of documents to the users responsible for working on them. Workflow is concerned with providing the information required to support each step of the business cycle. , which can greatly improve the control on the NPD NPD New Product Development NPD Nouveau Parti Démocratique (Canada) NPD Narcissistic Personality Disorder NPD Norwegian Petroleum Directorate NPD Nationaldemokratische Partei Deutschlands lifecycle." About Clarity by Niku Clarity, a web-based suite, has eight modules that are typically deployed in a phased implementation. Using the system, organizations can manage the full portfolio lifecycle from investment selection to initiative delivery to results assessment -- all from within a single seamlessly integrated enterprise application. Clarity is shipping today, and is available at no charge to Niku 6 customers on current maintenance agreements. Proven to sustain tens of thousands of users, Clarity's G2000 Proven architecture supports even the most complex, global teams, in a multi-language, multi-currency environment. While project teams benefit from best-in-class, collaborative project, resource and financial management, business executives use Clarity dashboards to gain real-time visibility into entire portfolios of projects, applications, products and other classes of investments. Portfolio Planning Clarity enables customers to define portfolios and dynamically adjust them in the face of changing business conditions. Portfolios can be analyzed an·a·lyze tr.v. an·a·lyzed, an·a·lyz·ing, an·a·lyz·es 1. To examine methodically by separating into parts and studying their interrelations. 2. Chemistry To make a chemical analysis of. 3. and balanced using a variety of business parameters, including risk, cost, expected benefit, business goal, and so forth. Business executives can generate risk-benefit profiles for specific new projects or the entire portfolio, and also perform any number of "what if" scenarios to determine the impact of an adjustment on other elements of the portfolio. Graphical Process Management Through a new module called the Process Manager, Clarity provides graphical process management to move initiatives effectively through collaborative environments. Clarity ships with configurable, pre-defined processes common to most environments, spanning everything from the management and approval of new ideas "New Ideas" is the debut single by Scottish New Wave/Indie Rock act The Dykeenies. It was first released as a Double A-side with "Will It Happen Tonight?" on July 17, 2006. The band also recorded a video for the track. , to timesheet submission and departmental bill-backs. Application Consolidation, Other Non-Project Uses Clarity reaches beyond the boundaries of project management, enabling companies to model and manage other types of assets such as software applications and products. Using these expanded capabilities, IT organizations can drive application consolidation initiatives that have been shown to yield savings of up to 30 percent, while product development groups can manage product portfolios to speed new offerings to market. Introducing PowerMods for World-Class Configurability Clarity delivers groundbreaking configuration capabilities with its new PowerMods feature, which enables organizations to extend the data model, precisely tailoring the solution to their business environment without code-level customization. Non-technical system administrators can use PowerMods to create custom fields, new forms, unique screen views, navigation paths, and so on. New Precision Security capabilities give organizations a structure model that assigns Individuals to whom property is, will, or may be transferred by conveyance, will, Descent and Distribution, or statute; assignees. The term assigns is often found in deeds; for example, "heirs, administrators, and assigns to denote the assignable nature of rules and access rights so that internal and outsourced team members can see only what they need, in a context that matters most for their jobs. About Niku Niku Corporation (Nasdaq:NIKU) is the leading vendor of IT Management and Governance (IT-MG) solutions. More than 400,000 users at industry leaders such as 3M, Best Buy, Nissan, Unilever and Visa International depend on Niku software to maximize their Return on IT. Niku's Global 2000 Proven capabilities make it the leading solution for Product Development Planning and Management, and Professional Services Automation See PSA. , in addition to IT-MG. Niku Corporation is a publicly held company with a global presence. For more information, contact info@niku.com or visit www.niku.com. |
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