Aquire Reports Record Growth in Second Quarter
IRVING, TX Texas — August 8, 2006 — Aquire™, the global leader in enterprise organizational charting and Unified Workforce Intelligence (UWI) solutions, today announced a strong second quarter. Aquire, a privately held company, does not disclose specific financial information, but did announce a 2006 revenue increase in the second quarter of 33 percent over second quarter 2005.
More than 2,200 organizations throughout the world use Aquire’s Unified Workforce Intelligence (UWI) solutions to manage critical workforce information for seven million working professionals. The solutions, OrgPublisher™ and Unifi™, 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 is increased visibility to workforce information, compliance, operational efficiency, data integrity, improved organizational charting processes, and more.
“Throughout the twelve years we have been in business, we have grown each and every year. We were the first to establish the automated organizational charting market and are now the first to take workforce management to the next level with unified workforce intelligence solutions,” said Lois Melbourne, Chief Executive Officer of Aquire.
New partnerships announced in second quarter include Accenture (U.S.), Commint, Inc. (U.S.), HR Service & Consulting GmbH (Germany), Gen-i Auckland (New Zealand), EPI-USE UK (United Kingdom) and N-Tier (Australia).
A few of the customers Aquire added in Q2 2006 include: Baker Hughes, a worldwide oil and natural gas industry products and services company; Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, one of the world’s leading 20 pharmaceutical companies; Callaway Golf, a leading golf equipment designer; Harris Corporation, an international communications and information technology company serving government and commercial markets in more than 150 countries; Holcim South Africa, one of the world's leading suppliers of cement and aggregates; Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc., America’s leading integrated health plan; Roche Group, leading healthcare company with a uniquely broad spectrum of innovative solutions; Simmons Bedding Company, one of the world’s largest mattress manufacturers; and Symbol Technologies, worldwide leader in enterprise mobility.
About Aquire
More than 2,200 organizations throughout the world use Aquire’s Unified Workforce Intelligence (UWI) solutions to manage critical workforce information for seven million working professionals. Aquire’s UWI solutions, OrgPublisher™ and Unifi™, 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, organizations have the intelligence they need to make smarter organizational decisions. American Airlines, BASF AG, BHP Billiton, Colgate-Palmolive, Regions Financial Corporation, Reliant Energy, Shell Oil, Verizon, Yell Ltd. and thousands of other companies benefit from Aquire solutions every day.
