2003 Press Releases

DoubleStar, Inc. And Aquire, Inc. Announce Partnership To Extend Organizational Charting Products Availability

WEST CHESTER, Pa. and IRVING, Texas — May 19, 2003 — DoubleStar, a leading provider of workforce analytics solutions, and Aquire, Inc., an international provider of Web-based organizational charting software, today announced that they have signed a strategic partnership agreement. By joining Aquire’s Alliance Network Program, DoubleStar will now be able to offer interactive organization charting functionality integrated with their Workforce Information Factory™ solution.

DoubleStar’s Workforce Information Factory is a robust, multi-dimensional human capital management toolset. Built on a technology-neutral platform that leverages existing HR applications, the Workforce Information Factory synthesizes multiple data sources, generates decision making analytics, and provides insight about an organization’s most important assets – its employees.

"We have found that one of the keys to successfully delivering human capital metrics is to drive relevant data into the right hands," said Rose McGinnis, product manager of the Workforce Information Factory. "To do this, organizational relationship information must be accessible, easy-to-update, and accurate. Our partnership with Aquire will allow our clients to dynamically create and publish organizational structures that enable the timely distribution of workforce metrics to the appropriate audience."

Aquire’s OrgPublisher uses existing data to automatically generate a graphical, interactive organizational chart published to a company’s Intranet. Data can be accessed from virtually any database, including IBM, Microsoft, Oracle and enterprise-resource planning (ERP) systems such as SAP and PeopleSoft. Users can view accurate org charts, reporting structures, employee profiles and contact information, as well as utilize search capabilities for additional information access.

"We are always seeking new strategic relationships that further our aggressive market saturation strategy. We feel DoubleStar is an ideal partner to help us achieve that goal," said Lois Melbourne, chief executive officer of Aquire. "In the past few years, we have seen a significant change in the methods by which we reach potential customers. The Alliance Network Program continues to prove itself as a valuable asset in extending our sales channel."

About DoubleStar, Inc.
DoubleStar, Inc. – based in West Chester, PA – is a two-time Inc. 500 consulting firm which is comprised of three distinct practice areas. The Workforce Technologies practice delivers specialized, metrics and analytics solutions that leverage existing HR applications and IT investments to deliver workforce intelligence. DoubleStar’s Business Intelligence practice provides business intelligence and data warehousing consulting services to clients in diverse industries such as financial services, retail, and pharmaceutical. The Recruitment Consulting practice is the mid-Atlantic’s premier provider of in "on-demand" recruiting, staffing process consulting, and managed staffing services. The collective client list includes organizations such as GlaxoSmithKline, The Home Depot, CapitalOne, SAP, Centocor, Janssen, and DuPont. For more information, visit http://www.doublestarinc.com

About Aquire, Inc.
Founded in 1994 by Lois and Ross Melbourne, Irving, Texas-based Aquire, Inc. develops Internet/Intranet-based, organizational charting software used by more than 1,700 organizations in more than 53 countries. Customers include American Airlines, Braun Gillette, Colgate-Palmolive, Reliant Energy, Verizon, among others. With more than three million individuals charted worldwide, OrgPublisher for Intranets, the company's flagship product, continues to be the interactive org charting software of choice by many of the Fortune 500’s elite. Stand-alone or combined, Aquire’s products OrgPublisher and OrgBuilder provide the most comprehensive tools for creating, maintaining, distributing, and analyzing organizational information across the enterprise.

Aquire has received numerous awards recognizing its growth, product quality and service record. Most recently, Aquire gained its place on the prestigious Inc 500 list, which ranks the nation’s fastest-growing private companies. The company received the Deloitte & Touche Fast 500 award in both 2001 and 2002, recognizing it as one of the nation's 500 fastest-growing companies. Aquire has also been recognized by Software Magazine for being a Top 500 company, and by the Dallas Business Journal for three consecutive years as one of the 50 fastest-growing, high-tech companies in Dallas-Fort Worth. The company also received the Greater Dallas Chamber International Business Achievement Award for small businesses and the Small Business Administration’s Exporter of the Year Award.