SEATTLE, WA--(Marketwire - October 22, 2009) - Daptiv, the on-demand leader in
collaborative business software,
announced today that FVW Mediengruppe of Hamburg, Germany has chosen Daptiv
PPM to manage the execution of its new strategic growth initiatives. FVW
Mediengruppe is Germany's leading travel industry media group with more
than 40 years of expertise in tourism, publishing such widely known and
recognized magazines as TravelTalk, Urlaub Perfekt, BizTravel and fvw.
In recognizing a huge opportunity to leverage its Web site more
effectively, FVW created strategic initiatives around content creation and
platform launches. After evaluating more than 25 software vendors, FVW
selected Daptiv for its intuitive user interface, ability to provide
insight into business challenges and its SaaS delivery model.
"We'll be using Daptiv PPM as a tool to help answer critical questions and
needs that are important to the business -- we're constantly thinking of
ways to leverage Daptiv PPM to its fullest potential," said Johannes
Leistner, portfolio manager at FVW Mediengruppe.
Leistner explained, "Because of our wide range of users -- from team
members to the CEO, usability was incredibly important to us. We assessed
the user interface designs of a wide range of software options in order to
see which ones were intuitive; we needed a tool that people could pick up
easily without a lot of structured training."
FVW worked with CIANS AG for a smooth transition to Daptiv. According to
Leistner, "It's wonderful to be able to have a Daptiv resource here in
Germany where we're in the same time zone."
FVW didn't want to dedicate internal resources or time to support their new
collaboration software and also wanted to avoid hardware costs, so finding
a SaaS vendor was an important priority. The company used on-demand
delivery as one of its required features in order to narrow its selection
and ultimately pick Daptiv.
Top benefits of Daptiv PPM for FVW Mediengruppe:
-- Provides a centralized location to track all planned and unplanned
projects. Users no longer need to spend time searching for information
within Excel spreadsheets in numerous locations.
-- Improves visibility into tasks, resources and project status. The
latest project information is available in real-time.
-- Offers a better foundation for project management processes and
strategic learning processes.
"Innovative companies like FVW Mediengruppe are pushing the collaboration
and project management market to provide solutions that make sense for
today's businesses," said Tim Low, vice president of marketing at Daptiv.
"Germany is a great market for tools like Daptiv that boost collaboration
and dramatically improve efficiency, and we're finding a lot of traction
among forward-looking German companies."
Daptiv also recently exhibited at the PM Forum 2009 in Berlin on October 14
and 15. Click here for more information:
http://www.pm-forum.de/index.php?id=214&L
About Daptiv, Inc.
Founded in 1997,
Daptiv is the
on-demand leader in collaborative business software that enables companies
of all sizes to transform their mid-office business operations. Based in
Seattle, Washington, Daptiv has already transformed the mid-office for more
than 700 customers and 100,000 individuals at companies such as Amgen,
Assurant, BASF, BP, Chase Paymentech, FiServ, Harvard University,
Honeywell, La Poste and Virgin Blue.
Contact Information: Contact:
LaunchSquad
415-625-8555
daptiv(at)launchsquad(dot)com