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Press Release
For more information please contact:
Jennifer Oredson
Public Relations
Two Rivers Marketing
Phone: (515) 557-2010
Fax: (515) 557-2001
jennifero@2rm.com |
Bill Gould
Director, Marketing
Avolve Software
Phone: (602) 567-5244
Fax: (602) 971-6079
bgould@avolvesoftware.com |
Informative Graphics Launches Avolve Software
New Company to Focus on ProjectDox® Project Communication
and Collaboration Platform
SCOTTSDALE, Arizona - January 23, 2007 - Informative Graphics
Corporation (IGC), a leader in content visualization, secure
publishing and collaboration technology, announced today that
the company has formed Avolve Software as a wholly owned
subsidiary.
Avolve Software (www.avolvesoftware.com)
will be dedicated to developing and marketing its ProjectDox®
communication and process management platform to firms in the
architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) marketplace.
Additionally, the software gives local governments a
time-saving, paperless approach to construction permitting and
plan-check processes.
“Our success to date with ProjectDox and our desire to focus
more completely on the product mission triggered our decision to
form Avolve,” said Ron Loback, president and CEO for the new
subsidiary. Loback added that customers who have come to know
and trust IGC will be pleased to learn that Avolve is still
integrally connected to the parent company, which is a leader in
format-neutral content visualization. “Avolve will focus on
delivering the ability for AEC firms and local governments to
transition to best-in-class online solutions that feature
advanced visual communication and process administration tools”,
he added.
Loback said ProjectDox is a valuable asset to any firm in the
AEC market. The software enables all parties involved in a
project to access critical information immediately and
communicate more efficiently. ProjectDox helps designers,
architects, engineers, developers, managers, suppliers and
owners collaborate by working to improve project and document
management, team communication and workflow automation.
Some of the benefits ProjectDox brings to AEC firms include:
- All project information is stored within ProjectDox
instead of on computers or in filing cabinets in multiple
locations
- ProjectDox customers own the software, so there are no
online service subscription fees
- The program allows for an unlimited number of users and
an unlimited amount of data storage
- Electronic forms and a Web-based workflow automate RFIs,
submittals, approvals and any other document process,
virtually eliminating bottlenecks and dramatically
increasing efficiency
- E-mail notifications alert users when changes are made
- The software automatically keeps records for
risk-management purposes
- ProjectDox is extremely easy to use — everyone adapts
easily
- This software leads to immediate cost savings in the
form of the ability to reallocate staff resources, reduced
transaction costs, a decreased number of RFIs, reduced hard
storage requirements and reduced discovery costs
Avolve is also marketing ProjectDox to planning departments
in city/county governments across the country. The main benefit
this software brings to city/county governments is the
replacement of manual, paper-based processes with electronic and
automated plan-check capabilities.
“We’ve seen local governments that have such a bottleneck
with their construction plans that the turnaround time is 12 to
18 months,” Loback said. “That costs the construction companies
and architectural firms serious time and money, and that’s not
good for any community. Whether a municipality takes 18 months
or five days to turn around paper plans, ProjectDox slashes that
time and makes everything run much more smoothly.”
ProjectDox enables citizens to submit construction plans via
a local government’s Web site, and then the planning team can
review the documents electronically and submit changes without
ever printing a piece of paper, which contributes to many
cities’ paperless initiatives.
About Avolve Software
Avolve Software is a subsidiary of Informative Graphics
Corporation (IGC) and was founded in 2007. Avolve develops and
markets ProjectDox online collaboration project management
software. IGC, which was founded in 1990, is a leading developer
of commercial software products for content visualization,
secure publishing and collaboration. IGC products are renowned
for their cost-saving value, ease-of-use, features and
scalability. With its products deployed by hundreds of
corporations, OEM partners and service providers worldwide, IGC
is an international company maintaining offices in the United
States, as well as key distribution partners in Europe, Asia and
Latin America.
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Note to Editors: ProjectDox® is a registered trademark of
Avolve Software.
www.projectdox.com
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