2010 News

December 28, 2010 Announcement
UCLA expands the use of the Ascend’s AP imaging solution they purchased in May, 2009 and purchased Ascend’s advanced AP Automation module. This module will reduce the manual effort and costs required to processing AP invoices.

December 18, 2010 Announcement
Xerox/ACS and Ascend Software form a partnership. The synergy lies in Ascend’s ability to transform the MFD device beyond scanning and utilize the EIP capabilities. This powerful user interface drastically reduces the number of steps to process paper documents, index them, and integrated them into the corporate ERP system. ACS synergy lies in their ability to provide professional services for Ascend’s SmartTouch Solution suite and provide BPO services.

December 10, 2010 Event
Ascend presents at the Mid-Atlantic Lawson User Group in Baltimore, Maryland.

December 1-2, 2010 Event
Ascend presents at the Metropolitan Region User Conference in Iselin New Jersey.

November 29, 2010 Announcement
Barmenia Krankenversicherung AG, one of the largest health and life insurance companies in Europe, selects Ascend’s ReportSafe as their Enterprise Content Management solution for its ability to automatically burst and distribute reports electronically.

November 22, 2010 Announcement
Hot Topic selects Ascend’s SmartTouch AP Imaging and workflow automation to reduce processing costs and further contribute to their green environment.

October 29, 2010 Announcement
Mission Health Systems in North Carolina selects Ascend’s SmartTouch HR and SmartTouch AP for document imaging and advanced workflow automation to streamline processing.

October 22, 2010 Announcement
Ascend announces their Enterprise Automation Platform integration with Xerox MFD EIP devices. Together this solution is a step above all other MFD document processing because Ascend’s advanced automation eliminates more manual steps and enables the MFD to directly communicate and validate information core systems, such as an ERP HR system.

September 29, 2010 Announcement
Cabell Huntington Hospital in Huntington West Virginia, selects Ascend’s Advanced Workflow Solution to automation business processes within their organization.

September 24, 2010 Event
Ascend presents their SmartTouch Solutions at the Lawson Mid-Atlantic User Conference, MALUG, in Reston, Virginia.

August 18-19, 2010 Event
Ascend presents their SmartTouch AP Business Process Automation and SmartTouch Travel & Expense Solutions with imaging capabilities at the Lawson Mid-West User Conference, MWLUG, in Cleveland Ohio.

August 6, 2010 Announcement
Ascend announces release of ReportSafe 4.0.76.

July 9, 2010 Announcement
Ascend announced today a partnership with Brainware, Inc. to provide a best-in-class image capture and recognition software to their customers. Brainware, Inc. is a leading provider of intelligent data capture. Ascend and Brainware share a common bond of building superior solutions from the ground up while offering customers innovative, sustainable and results-oriented solutions.

July 7, 2010 Announcement
Excellus Health, currently a customer of Ascend’s ReportSafe and AP imaging and Workflow automated solution selects Ascend’s SMARTOUCH Travel & Expense solution. They selected Ascend based on the solutions ability to capture the information online with Ascend’s SmartForms, the ability to attach receipts and the short implementation timeframe.

June 30, 2010 Announcement
Tops Friendly Markets purchased Ascend’s Enterprise Report Management solution, ReportSafe, to manage and archive their reports.

June 4, 2010 Announcement
Ascend Software today announced that Gundersen Lutheran Health System selected Ascend’s SMARTOUCH AP™ solution to automate their Accounts Payable invoice processing after extensive vendor evaluation of seven vendors.

June 2, 2010 Announcement
Ascend today announced a partnership with Hitachi Consulting, a well-recognized organization for their excellence in professional services. Both organizations share a strong philosophy and practice of focusing on the customer’s best interest and project success.

May 18, 2010 Announcement
Ascend Software announced today that a partnership with The Revere Group was formed. The Revere Group partnership enables Ascend Software to rapidly provide customers in all industries with an end-to-end solution, deploying best-in-class enterprise information management and advanced workflow automation.

April 25-28, 2010 Event
Ascend is a proud sponsor of Lawson's CUE conference at the San Antonio convention center. Visit booth 105 and learn how our SMARTOUCH Solutions have automated organizations processes. Several Ascend customers will give live SMARTOUCH demonstrations and discuss the benefits and advantages of our SMARTOUCH Solutions.

April 20, 2010 Announcement
Ascend announces today that first quarter 2010 sales are up over first quarter 2009 by 102%. Ascend is recognized for their expertise in Business Process Automation, which translates into cost savings for their customers and an increased the demand for their SMARTOUCH Solutions.

April 5, 2010 Announcement
Ascend Software announced today that a partnership with Analysts International Corporation (AIC), a public IT services firm was formed. Together, Ascend and AIC will provide customers with a complete end-to-end solution.

March 31, 2010 Announcement.
William Carey joins Ascend Software to Secure Alliances and Develop New Business Relationships to expand their presence.

March 30, 2010 Announcement
White Lodging Services, currently a customer of Ascend’s ReportSafe, SMARTOUCH AP, SMARTOUCH Capital, and Licenses and Permits tracking and automation, implements Ascend SMARTOUCH Travel & Expense solution which replaced their previous system. Ascend’s T&E solution provided greater time savings and real-time Lawson Accounts Payable integration of the T&E reimbursement request.

March 10, 2010 Announcement
Cabell Huntington Hospital purchased Ascend’s Enterprise Report Management solution, ReportSafe, which met Cabell strict security requirements and ability to easily burst and distributed their reports.

February 22, 2010 Announcement
VCA Antech Inc. selects Ascend's SMARTOUCH AP Imaging and Automation solution after a thorough evaluation process. Ascend will implement scanning, approval routing, ERP integration and document management for their 500 hospital locations.

February 19, 2010 Announcement
Ascend Software exhibits at the Lawson Southwest User Group (SWUG) in Houston Texas.

February 10, 2010 Customer AP Imaging & Automation Webinar
First National Bank of Nebraska gives a live demonstration on Ascend's AP Imaging & Workflow Solution. Learn how First National Accounts Payable department successfully created an automated and paperless office. This webinar is on Wednesday, February 10, at 10:00AM CT and is hosted by Lawson Software.

January 25, 2010 Announcement
Ascend renews their partnership with Lawson Software for the eleventh year. Ascend lead’s the Lawson partners in Lawson integration architecture. Ascend is the first partner to integrate with Lawson’s Smart Office.

January 22, 2010 Announcement
Ascend announces today that 2009 year-end sales are up by 28%. The need for business automation and customers expanding their use of Ascend solutions contributed to the increase.

January 7 & 12, 2010 SMARTOUCH T&E Webinar
Please join us for our SMARTOUCH Travel & Expense webinar on January 7, at 3:00PM EST or January 12, at 11:00PM EST. The demonstration will include: online T&E forms, approval routing, ERP integration and document management.