ARCHIBUS, Inc. Announces ARCHIBUS Version 16.3, Latest Release of World’s Dominant Software for Real Estate, Infrastructure, and Facilities Management

June 25, 2007; 04:40 AM
ARCHIBUS, Inc., the #1 provider worldwide of real estate, infrastructure, and facilities management software, today announced the release of ARCHIBUS Version 16.3. The latest release of this industry-dominant software solution now features ARCHIBUS SmartSearch™ drill-down capabilities, more Web and systems integration functionality, and access to an enhanced, Web-based Reservations application, among other additions.

“ARCHIBUS V.16.3 is the product of extensive input from end-users who required new and expanded features that will lower the total cost of ownership while raising the performance bar through the addition of a broad range of new, productivity-enhancing capabilities that are even more intuitive and easy-to-use,” says ARCHIBUS President and founder Bruce K. Forbes.

“With this new release, ARCHIBUS created a remarkable user experience especially for the most casual users who typically represent over 73% of an organization’s user base. With easily personalized dashboards and views, these casual users can be productive immediately”. Forbes, continued, “ ‘Hard-to-use’ was once a descriptor our competitors applied to ARCHIBUS and it is no longer applicable. Our robust, Web-based technology enables even the most casual users to get the information they need, when they want it, typically, in 2 clicks or less.”

New capabilities in the latest V.16.3 release include:

• ARCHIBUS SmartSearch automatic mini-consoles that expedite data handling with powerful search and click-to-sort options for any data field
• Streamlined Drill-down Indexing that delivers a superior approach to data search and retrieval and is dramatically faster than conventional next-page/previous-page data searches
• More Windows-style forms, with faster single-form redisplay rather than page-based refresh, and the ability for applications to use tabs, wizards, grids, and other controls
• Export to Excel^® capabilities over the Web: one click can call up a spreadsheet of any table view, or any multi-dimensional query view, that is currently displayed in your browser.
• AutoCAD^® 2008, Microsoft Windows VISTA™ and Internet Explorer^® 7 compatibility

ARCHIBUS Version 16.3 also provides a wide range of system integration improvements, tabbed dialogs and Wizard-based forms, editable abstracts, timeline controls for presenting time-based data, Web Services support, and more.

Web-based Reservations and Enhancements

The new, integrated Web-based Reservations activity, an optional application delivered as part of the V.16.3 release, is designed to efficiently schedule and manage shared space and associated amenities. Organizations can now control all details involved in planning, scheduling, and tracking rooms and resources to eliminate conflicts, reduce administrative overhead, and promote productive meetings.

Reservations functionality includes the ability to specify setup and breakdown times, per-room availability, room amenity request options, as well as:

• Integration with Microsoft Outlook™, Lotus Notes™ and Google^® Calendar
• Visual timelines of the Reservations Wizard help meeting planners find the “right sized” room quickly and invite both internal and external attendees
• Self-service Web forms to keep a personalized view of existing room and resource reservations
• Recurring room reservations and resource capability to save time in setting up repetitive meetings
• Auto-validated reservations to streamline approvals
• Secure screens that inform and coordinate both internal and external service providers who deliver catering, setup and other support activities
• Pre-formatted Management reports for improved resource utilization and decision-making
• Room Arrangement design capabilities that help define different furniture layouts for a room depending on the meeting purpose

“ARCHIBUS Version 16.3 provides more of what real estate, infrastructure, and facilities management professionals are looking for in one cost-effective solution,” confirms Steve Segarra, ARCHIBUS Chief Technology Officer. “It incorporates the newest Ajax-style Web technologies to create an even more smoothly integrated and intuitive user experience.”

Release Dates, Foreign Language Versions

ARCHIBUS is currently available in over two dozen languages and is supported in over 130 countries around the world. For overseas markets, the initial translations of ARCHIBUS V.16.3 will be released beginning in the fourth quarter of 2007.

About ARCHIBUS, Inc.

ARCHIBUS is the #1 global provider of real estate, infrastructure, and facilities management solutions and services with expenditures for ARCHIBUS-related products and services exceeding $1.7 Billion (USD), a figure which exceeds all segment competitors combined, as identified in Gartner’s 2006 IWMS Magic Quadrant report.

With ARCHIBUS, organizations can use a single, comprehensive, integrated solution to make informed strategic decisions that optimize return-on-investment, lower asset lifecycle costs, and increase enterprise-wide productivity and profitability.

More than 3,000,000 ARCHIBUS enterprise and Web users collectively manage

over 4 million properties, with organizations reporting facilities-related cost savings as high as 34%. With over 1,600 ARCHIBUS professionals, local and regional support worldwide is available in over 130 countries and in over two dozen languages. Headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, ARCHIBUS, Inc. has pioneered computer-aided infrastructure and facilities management technologies since 1982. For more information, call (+1) 617-227-2508 or visit www.archibus.com.