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Aptify Releases Version 5.0

Mon, 29 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT

APTIFY RELEASES VERSION 5.0

Aptify, a leading international provider of association and member relationship management software, other vertically-focused industry solutions and the acclaimed Application Lifecycle Platform for .NET announces the release of Aptify 5.0.

Aptify's Vice President of Research and Development Ravi Nagarajan says, "The new release strikes a balance between advancing the underlying technology of the Aptify Application Lifecycle Platform and developing new business application functionality requested by our clients."

Ensuring that customers can seamlessly migrate forward is of equal importance to advancing the technology. This includes making sure customers are not left behind on dated or obsolete platforms. Since product inception, Aptify has provided its customers with an upgrade path that has met this goal. Aptify's robust upgrade infrastructure allows client configurations to migrate from one version to the next with much less effort than systems of similar complexity.

While the Aptify 5.0 release contains a significant amount of new functionality, it is built upon the solid foundation created by the Aptify 4.0 product. Aptify 5.0 also takes full advantage of Microsoft .NET 3.5 and Microsoft SQL Server 2008. Many of the user interface capabilities originally introduced in 4.0 have been greatly enhanced. An example is the addition of Role Based Profiles which provide Aptify customers with nine profiles that can be associated with different user types such as Order Entry Clerks, Membership Processing, Event Management, Shipping/Receiving, Accounting, Executive users and more. Aptify's flexible architecture makes it possible to easily tailor each user experience for different types of users.

Another goal met by the new release was to embrace the latest presentation and navigation techniques employed by Microsoft. Aptify 5.0 now uses the Ribbon Navigation concept present in Microsoft Office 2007, so that the user experience is seamless between Aptify and familiar applications such as Outlook and Excel.

Nagarajan says, "The Aptify Client Community provided significant input for the 5.0 release. We are looking forward to receiving additional community-driven input for 6.0 and beyond. The Aptify Client Community represents a valuable source of input and directly shaped the capabilities that are now available in Aptify 5.0."

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About Aptify

Since its inception in 1993, Aptify has grown to be a leader in enterprise application software. Aptify provides many business solutions including membership management, subscription and publication fulfillment, exposition and meeting management and e-Business. Aptify's software offers greater flexibility, rapid implementation, high scalability and a low cost of ownership.

Aptify Membership, one of Aptify's business solutions, is the most technologically advanced membership and customer management system available today. Aptify Membership meets the needs of associations, non-profits and other member-based organizations of all sizes with a comprehensive suite of business applications and integrated e-Commerce and Web-enabled applications. Aptify is headquartered in Washington, D.C. and maintains offices in Chicago, IL, Roseville, CA and Lebanon, PA. Aptify has an active international partner presence in Australia, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Hungary and the United Kingdom. Aptify was recognized twice by the Inc. 500 as one of the fastest growing privately held companies headquartered in the United States.

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The Catholic Health Association Of The United States Selects Aptify

Mon, 27 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT

THE CATHOLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED STATES SELECTS APTIFY AS ITS NEW ASSOCIATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

The Catholic Health Association of the United States (CHA), representing the nation's largest group of not-for-profit health care sponsors, systems and facilities, has selected Aptify as its new Association Management System (AMS).

CHA Senior Director of Information Technology, Janey Brummett says CHA started looking for a new application when its current system was coming to the end of its useful life and would no longer be supported.

"Our process began with the creation of an internal selection team made up of all areas of the association; an outside consultant also assisted us in our search. Once the internal team was identified, we established our business requirements and developed an RFP that was distributed to several AMS vendors", says Brummett.

Aptify was one of four vendors invited to demonstrate to CHA's selection team. Brummett says, "After weighing all of the various features and functions of each application, the consensus of the internal selection team was that Aptify was the best product for our association."

Some of CHA's key drivers, included Aptify's user interface, business intelligence capabilities and out of the box functionality. These capabilities combined with the ability for CHA's internal technology team to easily configure and support Aptify led the team to its final decision.

Utilizing Aptify's best-practice functionality and extensible platform will allow CHA to enhance its processes in multiple areas of the organization. CHA staff will be empowered to access data and information on their own without the assistance of technology staff, thus allowing them to get to the information they need and in the format most useful to them. CHA's members will benefit by being able to view and update their profile information via the web, a more streamlined online registration process for educational events and programs and more simplified order processing of products. The implementation is expected to be completed in the fall of 2009.

Aptify's CEO, Amith Nagarajan is delighted that CHA has chosen Aptify as their new AMS partner. "Our new relationship with CHA is a great example of Aptify's continued commitment to fulfilling our mission: helping clients unlock their full potential through flexible technology and world-class service. We are very pleased to have been selected by CHA and expect to see them gain significant benefits by taking full advantage of the Aptify technology."

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About The Catholic Health Association of the United States

The Catholic Health Association of the United States (CHA), founded in 1915, supports the Catholic health ministry's pursuit of the strategic directions of mission, ethics and advocacy. As the nation's largest group of not-for-profit sponsors, systems, and facilities, the ministry is committed to improving the health status of communities and creating quality and compassionate health care that works for everyone. For more information, visit the CHA website at www.chausa.org.

About Aptify

Since its inception in 1993, Aptify has grown to be a leader in enterprise application software. Aptify provides many business solutions including membership management, subscription and publication fulfillment, exposition and meeting management and e-Business. Aptify's software offers greater flexibility, rapid implementation, high scalability and a low cost of ownership.

Aptify Membership, one of Aptify's business solutions, is the most technologically advanced membership and customer management system available today. Aptify Membership meets the needs of associations, non-profits and other member-based organizations of all sizes with a comprehensive suite of business applications and integrated e-Commerce and Web-enabled applications. Aptify is headquartered in Washington, D.C. and maintains offices in Chicago, IL, Roseville, CA and Lebanon, PA. Aptify has an active international partner presence in Australia, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Hungary and the United Kingdom. Aptify was recognized twice by the Inc. 500 as one of the fastest growing privately held companies headquartered in the United States.

Aptify Releases Version 4.5

Tue, 13 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMT

APTIFY RELEASES VERSION 4.5 OF ITS BUSINESS MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE��

Aptify, a leading international provider of customer and member relationship management, e-business, education management and other applications, announces the release of version 4.5 of its software.

The new release includes over 35 new features and enhancements, and is the culmination of customer demand and the Company's desire to provide current, industry-leading technology.

Aptify Vice-President, Research and Development, Ravi Nagarajan says, "We are very proud of the 4.5 release due to the number of features we have included as a direct result of our discussions with clients. With each new version, Aptify strives to deliver additional value added functionality to our customers that will improve productivity and ease of use while bringing greater visibility to management through advanced business intelligence capabilities."

Here are some of the enhancements made in Aptify 4.5:

Viewing System: Map Views - A new Map view has been included in the Aptify viewing system that allows users to gain additional insight into their data with geographic components through a map interface, leveraging Microsoft MapPoint software.
Viewing System: Gantt Views - Version 4.5 introduces a new view type that displays record information in a Gantt chart to track resource allocation, assist with project management and help to visualize dependencies within the data.
Expo Management: EXPOCAD Integration - Aptify 4.5 includes a new generic infrastructure to integrate with third-party floor plan systems. This new version provides built-in integration with EXPOCAD, one of the leading exposition floor plan vendors on the market today.
Order Entry: Automatically Generate Credit Memos for Advance Payments - Aptify 4.5 streamlines the data entry process with its Order Entry system, as a user can automatically create a credit memo order when customers provide a payment in advance, that does not apply to any existing order.
Committee Management: Committee Term Renewal Wizard - A new Committee Term Renewal wizard allows users to easily select members and/or add them from one term to another.
Aptify Framework Administration: Meta-Data Driven Wizards - Beginning with Aptify 4.5, system administrators and developers can easily create new wizards in Aptify, entirely through meta-data, without having to compile code in Visual Studio.
Aptify Framework Enhancement: Drag-and-Drop Attachments to a Record - With Aptify 4.5, a user can add attachments by dragging and dropping files to a record's Attachments tab. The release also includes the ability to drag and drop emails from Microsoft Outlook to records in Aptify for maximum productivity. Aptify's 4.5 release is compatible with Microsoft� Windows Vista, SQL Server 2005 Workgroup Edition and the 64-bit Windows 2003 Server operating system.

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About Aptify

Since its inception in 1993, Aptify has grown to be a leader in enterprise application software. Aptify provides many business solutions including membership management, subscription and publication fulfillment, exposition and meeting management and e-Business. Aptify's software offers greater flexibility, rapid implementation, high scalability and a low cost of ownership.

Aptify Membership, one of Aptify's business solutions, is the most technologically advanced membership and customer management system available today. Aptify Membership meets the needs of associations, non-profits and other member-based organizations of all sizes with a comprehensive suite of business applications and integrated e-Commerce and Web-enabled applications. Aptify is headquartered in Washington, D.C. and maintains offices in Chicago, IL, Lebanon, PA and Roseville, CA. Aptify has an active international partner presence in Australia, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Hungary and the United Kingdom. Aptify was recognized twice by the Inc. 500 as one of the fastest growing privately held companies headquartered in the United States.

Meeting Professionals International Selects Aptify

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT

MEETING PROFESSIONALS INTERNATIONAL SELECTS APTIFY'S ASSOCIATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM�TO ACCELERATE GLOBAL BUSINESS PROCESS EFFICIENCIES

Meeting Professionals International (MPI), the meeting and event industry's largest and most vibrant global community, will implement Aptify's Association Management System (AMS) in all its facilities, which include locations in the Asia Pacific, Canada, Europe, Middle East and United States.

MPI's current system presented company-wide challenges for functionality, data extraction, analysis and usability. MPI CFO Greg Lohrentz says, "As these disparate systems evolved over time, MPI inherently created data platforms without standardization or common reporting tools necessary to run our businesses. The lack of usable data served as a red flag to our leadership team and triggered our search for a new AMS. The key to success in the selection was the leadership consensus that we were willing, if needed, to change our business process for the greater good of integrated data and reporting."

Ultimately, the main decision driver for MPI was data integration. Lohrentz continued, "Working closely with our Project Manager, Steve Mauk and Junior Tauvaa, Vice President of Member Care, we selected Aptify because they met our needs in managing and analyzing data, sharing information across all departments and fulfilling global specifications." Aptify will be used for managing MPI membership, events, governance, e-Business, and its global, multi-currency financial requirements across all business units.

Aptify's AMS is built atop its Application Lifecycle Platform that features a .NET and web-services based architecture. The Aptify Platform makes it possible for users and IT professionals to easily configure the system, streamline workflow and automate business processes. Additionally, Aptify's Meetings and Events functionality was especially attractive to MPI, as it includes robust project, customer and campaign management functionality, integrated order and registration processing and real-time reporting of all meeting logistics and related processes.

Lohrentz says, "From an IT perspective our expectations are simple: We want to lower the total-cost-of-ownership through the reduction of hardware and software systems. Our goal is to provide a user-friendly system that enables our staff to produce accurate data and reports, which will streamline daily activities and allow them to provide consistently accurate results to their respective customers."

Aptify CEO Amith Nagarajan commented, "MPI's selection of Aptify underscores our ability and commitment to the growing community of truly international associations and their complex needs. Aptify has focused on international business requirements, such as multi-lingual and deep multi-currency capabilities for years. It is our pleasure to partner with MPI and help them benefit from these capabilities."

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About Meeting Professionals International

Meeting Professionals International (MPI), the meeting and event industry's largest and most vibrant global community, helps its members thrive by providing human connections to knowledge and ideas, relationships, and marketplaces. MPI membership is comprised of more than 24,000 members belonging to 70 chapters and clubs worldwide.

About Aptify

Since its inception in 1993, Aptify has grown to be a leader in enterprise application software. Aptify provides many business solutions including membership management, subscription and publication fulfillment, exposition and meeting management and e-Business. Aptify's software offers greater flexibility, rapid implementation, high scalability and a low cost of ownership.

Aptify Membership, one of Aptify's business solutions, is the most technologically advanced membership and customer management system available today. Aptify Membership meets the needs of associations, non-profits and other member-based organizations of all sizes with a comprehensive suite of business applications and integrated e-Commerce and Web-enabled applications. Aptify is headquartered in Washington, D.C. and maintains offices in Chicago, IL, Lebanon, PA and Roseville, CA. Aptify has an active international partner presence in Australia, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Hungary and the United Kingdom. Aptify was recognized twice by the Inc. 500 as one of the fastest growing privately held companies headquartered in the United States.

SEMI Selects Aptify

Mon, 14 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT

SEMICONDUCTOR EQUIPMENT & MATERIALS INTERNATIONAL SELECTS APTIFY AS ITS BUSINESS MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE PROVIDER

Aptify announces that Semiconductor Equipment & Materials International (SEMI), a global industry organization serving companies that provide equipment, materials and services used to manufacture semiconductors and related technologies, will implement Aptify's business management application worldwide.

As part of SEMI's due diligence process, the organization looked at all of the leading association management software vendors. SEMI Chief Information Officer Gil McInnes says, "The major qualification for us was that the vendor illustrate an ability to enable SEMI with major business process improvements, including 'out-of-the-box' functionality, as well as provide industry best practices, so that we could increase service to members and improve staff productivity in the most cost effective manner."

Aptify, a leading international provider of customer and member relationship management, ebusiness, education management and other applications - made the short list, and eventually became SEMI'S management software vendor of choice.

"Aptify's ability to address our business process improvement needs, willingness to adapt the implementation methodology and core product functionality, power of the system's reporting and easy configuration really impressed our organization," says McInnes.

As a global association, SEMI has very demanding needs with locations in Asia, North America and Europe that operate in their local currency; therefore the solution SEMI selected must be able to function in different languages and multi-currencies. According to McInnes, this type of international accounting functionality is something Aptify's competitors simply don't have, and provides Aptify with a real advantage in serving international organizations, like SEMI.

Aptify Chief Executive Officer Amith Nagarajan says, "We are pleased to welcome an organization with such diverse international needs into our growing customer base. Aptify has always focused on providing extensive international functionality, and our partnership with SEMI further solidifies our position in the market as the leading software provider for international associations."

SEMI is expected to 'go-live' in mid 2008, and will utilize the Aptify application to automate membership programs, marketing, accounting and order fulfillment functions as well as integrate with a graphical exposition floor plan system. The worldwide implementation includes sites in North America, Japan, China, Korea, Europe, Moscow, Taiwan and Singapore.

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About SEMI

SEMI is the global industry association serving the manufacturing supply chains for the microelectronic, display and photovoltaic industries. SEMI member companies are the engine of the future, enabling smarter, faster and more economical products that improve our lives. Since 1970, SEMI has been committed to helping members grow more profitably, create new markets and meet common industry challenges. SEMI maintains offices in Austin, Beijing, Brussels, Hsinchu, Moscow, San Jose, Seoul, Shanghai, Singapore, Tokyo, and Washington, D.C. For more information, visit www.semi.org.

Global Health Council Selects Aptify's Association Management Software

Tue, 08 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

GLOBAL HEALTH COUNCIL SELECTS APTIFY'S ASSOCIATION MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE

Global Health Council, the world's largest membership alliance dedicated to saving lives by improving health throughout the world, will implement Aptify's Association Management System in their Washington, D.C. and Vermont locations.

Organizational challenges prompted the Global Health Council's decision to implement a new software system to manage their core business operations. The challenges included varying internal business practices, poor work flow and a lack of accurate business information. As a result, the organization decided to review all solutions in the marketplace and after an extensive due diligence process, selected Aptify as the best solution for its needs.

"The existing system was not user-friendly", says Global Health Council Vice President of Operations Don Beddie. "Many of the users had to develop manual Excel spreadsheets so that they could complete their work, which resulted in 'islands of information' and was very unproductive." Additionally, the previous system had not followed a good implementation process and did not meet their evolving needs.

The Council went with a 'best-of-class' approach and narrowed a list of seven vendors down to two and then to one. Aptify offered a completely new look and feel and ensured that the long term goals of the organization would be met through the flexibility of its industry-leading technology. Beddie says this was essential for user buy-in, as the users disliked the old system. He says, "Anything that resembled the previous solution was just not going to work."

Global Health Council was especially impressed with Aptify's work flow and business process automation architecture. Aptify's system provides users the ability to easily configure the software, including modifying the business process logic, user interface and web pages without any programming. Beddie says, "Aptify's flexible technology fit how we wanted to implement our system, and the company's education, service and support offerings were exactly what we're looking for in a vendor."

The Council will use Aptify's Association Management software to continue to grow their membership. Beddie commented, "The Aptify system will allow us to focus 100 percent on our members. By having a flexible central repository we know where the data is, control the quality and can pull information together from multiple locations."

The organization will also take advantage of improved productivity, as users will no longer have to crunch numbers manually due to Aptify's built in Business Intelligence and Reporting capability. Aptify's e-Business and Fundraising applications will be implemented at the same time as the rest of the system. Beddie says, "Our Fundraising Department has been dying for this type of functionality."

Aptify's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Amith Nagarajan says, "We are pleased to partner with the Global Health Council. Providing the Council with our industry-leading technology will enable rapid change which is critical to their long-term success. We envision the Global Health Council growing rapidly and improving productivity simultaneously by implementing best practices and adapting to the changing needs of their constituents."

Global Health Council is committed to a successful implementation and has put in place a team of staff members to monitor usage and productivity. Additionally, the organization has an IT manager with extensive knowledge in implementations and (success) measurement. The Council has already started the implementation process and is looking forward to 'going-live' in August, 2008.

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About Global Health Council

Global Health Council is the world's largest membership alliance dedicated to saving lives by improving health throughout the world. The Council works to ensure that all who strive for improvement and equity in global health have the information and resources they need to succeed. The Council's diverse membership, 5,000 strong, is comprised of health-care professionals and organizations that include NGOs, foundations, corporations, government agencies and academic institutions that work to ensure global health for all.

About Aptify

Aptify Membership, one of Aptify's business solutions, is the most technologically advanced membership and customer management system available today. Aptify Membership meets the needs of associations, non-profits and other member-based organizations of all sizes with a comprehensive suite of business applications and integrated e-Commerce and Web-enabled applications. Aptify is headquartered in Washington, D.C. and maintains offices in Chicago, California and Pennsylvania. Aptify has an active international partner presence in Australia, the United Kingdom, Canada, Denmark, Hungary and Finland. Aptify was recognized twice by the Inc. 500 as one of the fastest growing privately held companies headquartered in the United States.

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Aptify Holds Its 2008 Users Conference, "Making The Most Of Aptify"

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT

APTIFY HOLDS ITS 2008 USERS CONFERENCE, "MAKING THE MOST OF APTIFY"

Aptify, a leading international provider of association and member-relationship management software, e-Business, education management and other applications, held its 2008 Users Conference, September 14-17, in Chicago, IL.

The conference included representatives from customer organizations, technology consultants and Aptify's international partners.

The theme of the conference, "Making the Most of Aptify", was established by a panel of customers from several organizations who had expressed a desire to learn how to make better use of their current systems. The focus blended a review of the upcoming Aptify 5.0 release, while also taking a look at areas within the current version of the product that could be used more effectively.

A number of individuals from the client community contributed to the content and success of the event. Highlights included a presentation focusing on Business Intelligence Principles that was co-presented by Microsoft, and a session on Social Networking, presented by Don Dea, co-founder of Fusion Productions.

The 2008 Aptify Users Conference also served as the launch event for the release of Aptify 5.0. Aptify 5.0 offers several enhancements, including a refreshed user interface, numerous improvements to role-based profiles, several new business application capabilities built into the core product, and platform enhancements. The Beta version of Aptify 5.0 was released on July 31, 2008 - the final release will occur in Q4 of this year.

During the conference, the Aptify User Community, the independent community group run by Aptify users, ratified its bylaws and selected their new board members. This is an exciting development, as Aptify will now have an enhanced, independent group dedicated to providing input on products, services and future Users Conferences.

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About Aptify

Since its inception in 1993, Aptify has grown to be a leader in enterprise application software. Aptify provides many business solutions including membership management, subscription and publication fulfillment, exposition and meeting management and e-Business. Aptify's software offers greater flexibility, rapid implementation, high scalability and a low cost of ownership.

Aptify Membership, one of Aptify's business solutions, is the most technologically advanced membership and customer management system available today. Aptify Membership meets the needs of associations, non-profits and other member-based organizations of all sizes with a comprehensive suite of business applications and integrated e-Commerce and Web-enabled applications. Aptify is headquartered in Washington, D.C. and maintains offices in Chicago, IL, Roseville, CA and Lebanon, PA. Aptify has an active international partner presence in Australia, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Hungary and the United Kingdom. Aptify was recognized twice by the Inc. 500 as one of the fastest growing privately held companies headquartered in the United States.

Publishing Technology Chooses Aptify To Power Next Generation Of Software

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

PUBLISHING TECHNOLOGY CHOOSES APTIFY TO POWER ITS NEXT GENERATION OF SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS FOR PUBLISHING INDUSTRY

Publishing Technology, the largest provider of software to the publishing industry, has chosen Aptify Corporation, a software technology and business solutions company, to power Publishing Technology's next generation of enterprise software.

Publishing Technology supports information providers with technology and services that meet evolving and wide-ranging publishing needs. Their software powers efficient publishing processes and enables agile content delivery, while their complementary sales and marketing services drive revenue growth for their clients.

Publishing Technology has made the strategic choice to leverage their deep industry knowledge gained from 30+ years of servicing the publishing industry and focus more precisely on building and delivering applications that empower their clients to truly integrate online and offline content and maximize returns.

As part of this effort, Publishing Technology has chosen Aptify Corporation's Application Lifecycle Platform as the foundation to power their new line of software applications for the publishing industry. Aptify's Application Lifecycle Platform will provide Publishing Technology's new applications with significant levels of flexibility, allowing their customers to more quickly and easily adapt and excel in the rapidly evolving publishing industry, where traditional competitive advantages are now challenged in this digital age.

Publishing Technology's Brian Gibson says, "We want to focus our R & D energies on developing and delivering precisely those applications that will truly enable our customers to better leverage and maximize their content in an ever-changing publishing environment. Aptify provides us with a tried and tested development framework that contains the flexibility and functionality to enable us to build and deploy the precise solutions our customers require."

Aptify's Application Lifecycle Platform is a framework for developing, deploying, and maintaining enterprise business applications with an unprecedented level of flexibility and efficiency. The Application Lifecycle Platform provides a layer of sophisticated technology on top of Microsoft� .NET that complements and extends the .NET Framework.

Aptify Chairman and CEO Amith Nagarajan says, "We are pleased to partner with Publishing Technology. The combination of Publishing Technology's extensive experience in the publishing environment with the flexibility and power of the Aptify Application Lifecycle Platform will create enormous value for Publishing Technology's current and future customers. The relationship between Publishing Technology and Aptify reflects the unique and deep ability of the Aptify technology to power a wide range of vertical market application software."�

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About Publishing Technology

The Publishing Technology group enables publishers to focus on their core competences by outsourcing technology requirements to a single, trusted partner. It is the largest provider of software and services for the publishing industry, servicing eight out of ten of the world's largest publishers. The group's proposition uniquely spans front and back office systems - complemented by a range of business development services - to provide the industry's only endto- end suite of software specifically designed to support the publishing process. Capabilities cover editorial & production, product information, distribution & fulfillment, content conversion & hosting, website development, sales representation, marketing programs, information commerce, customer care, rights & royalties and business intelligence. All application modules can be configured independently to meet specific publishers' needs and to allow flexible integration with existing systems. Associated sales and marketing services include consultancy and research, sales representation and telemarketing.

About Aptify

Since its inception in 1993, Aptify has grown to be a leader in enterprise application software. Aptify provides a variety of business solutions including membership management, subscription and publication fulfillment, exposition and meeting management, and e-Business. Aptify powered software offers greater flexibility, rapid implementation, high scalability and lower cost of ownership.

International Franchise Association Implements Aptify

Tue, 27 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT

INTERNATIONAL FRANCHISE ASSOCIATION SELECTS & IMPLEMENTS APTIFY'S ASSOCIATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

The International Franchise Association (IFA), a membership organization of franchisors, franchisees and suppliers that works to enhance, promote and protect the franchise industry, has selected Aptify's Association Management Software (AMS) solution.

IFA Director of Information Systems Jason Yusko said that after an extensive due diligence process, Aptify was selected as the association's data management partner.

"We had very specific requirements that were above and beyond what most software systems could provide," Yusko said.

Aptify's best-practice functionality and extensible platform really makes an impact. Yusko said that flexibility was a critical area as IFA required a system that could grow with them over time. Aptify's Product Roadmap demonstrated that the company had carefully planned future enhancements, and that the architecture is designed to accommodate changing business needs.

Ease of use was also a critical area for IFA. The Advertising module provides complete tracking of advertising sales, including publications, versions and frequency of ad run, a detailed history of ad size, color, caption or text to identify the ad, with special position and placement requests for complete account history, and the ability to track sales quote and rate card amounts, agency discounts and override prices. "With most systems, Advertising is an afterthought." Yusko said. "Aptify had invested time, thought and resources into their Advertising module."

IFA will use Aptify to improve their Business Intelligence capabilities so that they can better track their Return-On-Investment (ROI) and streamline processes and delete duplicate work via Aptify's Business Process Automation capabilities.

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About International Franchise Association

The International Franchise Association, the world's oldest and largest organization representing franchising, is the preeminent voice and acknowledged leader for the industry worldwide. Approaching a half-century of service with a growing membership of more than 1,300 franchise systems, 10,000-plus franchisees and more than 500 firms that supply goods and services to the industry, IFA protects, enhances and promotes franchising by advancing the values of integrity, respect, trust, commitment to excellence, honesty and diversity. For more information, visit the IFA Web site at www.franchise.org.

About Aptify

Since its inception in 1993, Aptify has grown to be a leader in enterprise application software. Aptify provides many business solutions including membership management, subscription and publication fulfillment, exposition and meeting management, and e-Business. Aptify software offer greater flexibility, rapid implementation, high scalability and lower cost of ownership.

Aptify Membership, one of Aptify's business solutions, is the most technologically advanced membership and customer management system available today. Aptify Membership meets the needs of associations, non-profits and other member-based organizations of all sizes with a comprehensive suite of business applications and integrated e-Commerce and Web-enabled applications. Aptify is headquartered in Washington, D.C. and maintains offices in Chicago, California and Pennsylvania. Aptify has an active international partner presence in Australia, the United Kingdom, Canada, Denmark, Hungary and Finland. Aptify was recognized twice by the Inc. 500 as one of the fastest growing privately held companies headquartered in the United States.

Aptify And Savvis Form Alliance

Tue, 09 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT

APTIFY AND SAVVIS FORM ALLIANCE TO PROVIDE ENTERPRISE-CLASS HOSTING SERVICES TO APTIFY CUSTOMERS

Aptify, a leading international provider of association and member-relationship management software, as well as solutions for meeting and event planning, subscription management, fund-raising, e-Business, education and licensing and other industry applications announces that they have formed an alliance with Savvis to provide enterprise hosting capabilities to Aptify customers.

Savvis is a leader in outsourced managed computing and network infrastructure for IT applications with an IT services platform spanning North America, Europe and Asia.

Aptify provides a flexible, market-leading software solution for member-based organizations, as well as a robust business platform for rapid application development. Aptify's customer base spans the globe and includes the United States, Australia, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Hungary and the United Kingdom.

Aptify CEO Amith Nagarajan says this new partnership offers Aptify customers several advantages: "By combining the managed service offerings from Savvis with Aptify software, customers will be able to gain the benefit of the Aptify software platform and applications without managing the core infrastructure on premise. Savvis' flexibility in scaling their service offering to fit each customer's needs aligns well with Aptify's approach."

What's more, Aptify's professional services and support teams are in place to provide a seamless blend of Aptify-specific services in conjunction with the Savvis infrastructure services. This combination offers customers the opportunity to take advantage of a turn-key, enterprise-class, business application environment without having to manage the internal infrastructure, at an attractive total cost of ownership combined with round-the-clock support.

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About Aptify

Since its inception in 1993, Aptify has grown to be a leader in enterprise application software. Aptify provides many business solutions including membership management, subscription and publication fulfillment, exposition and meeting management and e-Business. Aptify's software offers greater flexibility, rapid implementation, high scalability and a low cost of ownership.

Aptify Membership, one of Aptify's business solutions, is the most technologically advanced membership and customer management system available today. Aptify Membership meets the needs of associations, non-profits and other member-based organizations of all sizes with a comprehensive suite of business applications and integrated e-Commerce and Web-enabled applications. Aptify is headquartered in Washington, D.C. and maintains offices in Chicago, IL, Roseville, CA and Lebanon, PA. Aptify has an active international partner presence in Australia, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Hungary and the United Kingdom. Aptify was recognized twice by the Inc. 500 as one of the fastest growing privately held companies headquartered in the United States.