Innovative product release strategy reduces total cost of ownership
TORONTO, May 29 /CNW/ - Workbrain, the leading provider of workforce
management solutions for large enterprises (TSX: WB), continues to lead the
industry in reducing the total cost of ownership of workforce management
solutions. The company announced the launch of its Feature Pack program, the
industry's only product release strategy that delivers valuable functional and
technical enhancements optionally, outside of major releases. The Feature Pack
program lengthens major release cycles and extends support for major releases
while still providing frequent enhancements to the proven Workbrain 5.0
platform. The strategy significantly reduces the need for clients to perform
major upgrades and further reduces the cost of ownership of Workbrain
solutions.
"In a traditional product release strategy, organizations are challenged
to balance major upgrades with the need to continually adopt the enhancements
in a new product release. It's an unfortunate catch-22 because major upgrades
increase the cost of ownership yet they are the primary way most vendors
deliver value to their clients," said Tony Marzulli, Workbrain's Senior Vice
President of Products and Marketing. "We're solving that problem with a
formalized program that extends the time between major product releases, but
still allows our clients to realize the benefits of product, industry and
technical enhancements without being forced into a major upgrade."
Feature Packs give clients complete control over their systems by
allowing them to selectively enable only the features they want. Features are
non-invasive and each Feature Pack is field-tested by clients before they are
made generally available. The program allows clients to enjoy the stability of
a mature environment and focus on continually increasing the business value of
solutions their instead of performing platform upgrades.
Released in May, Workbrain's first Feature Pack includes improved
utilities that cut installation time by 50%; enhanced schedule configuration
that allows staffing requirement changes to groups of locations in minutes;
more powerful schedule editing sort, filter and zoom capabilities; and other
performance, productivity and usability enhancements. Feature Packs are
offered at no additional cost to existing Workbrain clients on current support
and are delivered throughout the year.
Web Seminar Showcases New Solution
Workbrain's new Feature Pack program is featured in a complimentary web
seminar. To view the web seminar, please visit
http://www.workbrain.com/ondemandseminar.
About Workbrain
Workbrain provides the most widely deployed web-based workforce
management solution for large enterprises. The company is the only provider of
Total Workforce Management that helps organizations plan, deploy, and manage
their workforce to reduce costs, increase sales, and boost employee
satisfaction. Clients such as British Airways, General Mills, Target
Corporation, and Lifespan choose Workbrain's industry-focused workforce
management solutions to integrate workforce planning, labor forecasting,
workforce scheduling, time and attendance, absence management and workforce
analytics on a single platform. For more information, please visit
www.workbrain.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This news release contains forward-looking statements which are not
historical facts, but are based on certain assumptions and reflect Workbrain's
current expectations. These forward-looking statements are subject to a number
of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results or events to differ
materially from current expectations. Workbrain disclaims any intention or
obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a
result of new information, future events or otherwise. Given these risks and
uncertainties, investors should not place undue reliance on forward-looking
statements as a prediction of actual results. Workbrain is a trademark of
Workbrain, Inc. All other product or company names mentioned are the property
of their respective owners.
(C) Copyright 2007 Workbrain Corporation. All rights reserved.
For further information: Pat Ladisa, Corporate Communications, (416)
421-6700 ext 2579, pladisa@workbrain.com
