Aquire, the Leader in Unified Workforce Intelligence, Reports Strong 2005 Revenue Growth
IRVING, TX Texas — January 31, 2006 — Aquire, today announced a strong year of increased global sales and international growth.
Aquire, a privately held company, does not disclose specific financial information, but did announce a 2005 revenue increase of 17 percent over the previous year. In addition to adding global customers, Aquire has forged new business partnerships with companies such as Baytek, Deloitte New Zealand, EPI-Use, Intelligroup New Zealand and The Castle Group, in order to strengthen its channel presence around the world. The company noted significant growth in the Australian market with an increase in sales of more than 57 percent. Overall, the Pacific Rim increased by 68 percent.
“Word continues to get out,” said CEO Lois Melbourne. “We are the only company offering Unified Workforce Intelligence solutions that go well beyond organizational charting. More and more organizations want to enjoy the benefits UWI has to offer. We’re talking about help with compliance, visibility into your workforce, creating a more efficient workforce and better communication.”
More than organizational charting, Aquire’s Unified Workforce Intelligence (UWI) solutions aggregate and visually display data from business solutions throughout the enterprise. By integrating with SAP®, Oracle®, PeopleSoft® and other solutions, organizations have the intelligence they need to make smarter workforce decisions. The result: improved hierarchy management; streamlined compliance; greater operational efficiency; more efficient workforce budgeting; and increased data integrity.
Aquire’s flagship products include OrgPublisher™ and OrgBuilder™. OrgPublisher is the world’s most trusted automated organizational charting software and allows organizations to visualize workforce information on 100 -1,000,000 employees in minutes. OrgBuilder enables organizations to aggregate, visually analyze and manage workforce information so executives can make smarter decisions.
A few of the customers Aquire added in Q4 2005 include CenterPoint Energy, the third largest publicly traded natural gas delivery company in the U.S.; Case New Holland Global, a world leader in construction and agriculture equipment; Harris County Hospital District of Houston; Hospira, one of the largest manufacturers of hospital products in the U.S.; Northwest Airlines; Pacific Gas & Electric Company, Philip Morris International Management S.A.; Polk County (Florida) Public Schools; RealNetworks, which pioneered the Internet media industry; Transat A.T. Inc., a Canadian air carrier; the international relief organization Unicef; Wachovia Corporation, the nation’s fourth largest bank holding company; and Xstrata Alloys, a Swiss mining company.
About Aquire
More than 2,200 organizations throughout the world use Aquire’s Unified Workforce Intelligence (UWI) solutions to manage critical workforce information for 7 million working professionals. Aquire’s UWI solutions improve hierarchy management, compliance, operational efficiency, workforce budgeting, data integrity, organizational charting, and more. Because Aquire’s UWI solutions aggregate and visually display data from business solutions throughout the enterprise including SAP, Oracle, PeopleSoft and more, organizations have the intelligence they need to make smarter organizational decisions. Customers include American Airlines, Barclays Bank PLC, BASF AG, Braun Gillette, Colgate-Palmolive, Nestle UK, Reliant Energy, Shell Oil, Verizon and Yell Ltd.
