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Digitas Integrates Space and Lease Management with CenterStone's eCenterOne Solution for Better Occupancy Planning Gains Access to Real-Time Information for Portfolio Decision Support
HOPKINTON, MA - February 28, 2006 -- CenterStone Software, Inc., the leading provider of Web-based Integrated Workplace Management Solutions (IWMS), today announced that Digitas Inc., one of the country's leading digital and direct marketing companies, has renewed and expanded its use of CenterStone's eCenterOne solution to manage its global real estate portfolio. Digitas, which has used eCenterOne to manage its space and facilities for five years, has added CenterStone's Lease Administration and Management capabilities to help it manage over 400,000 square feet at 12 properties across the world. Digitas Inc. and its agencies - including Digitas, Medical Broadcasting Company, and Modem Media - employ more than 1,700 people at company headquarters in Boston, MA and across locations including Chicago, London, New York, Norwalk, Philadelphia, and San Francisco.
"CenterStone is delivering measurable value to Digitas by allowing us to access and analyze real-time occupancy data, so that we can better understand the portfolio and financial impact when we evaluate decisions such as lease options, renewals and terminations," said Alan J. Wallach, Vice President and Director of Facilities Management for Digitas. "This will help Digitas to support growth plans while avoiding excess commitments and taking advantage of opportunities to driver greater utilization, efficiency and cost savings."
Connecting space management and planning capabilities with leasing and financial information in eCenterOne gives global, distributed organizations such as Digitas the timely, accurate information needed to make the most informed occupancy and business decisions. By measuring real-time data on floor plans, head count, assets and business units against properties, costs, rentable square footage and status, organizations can track and forecast utilization and occupancy more precisely, automate Move/Add/Change processes, measure cost allocations and chargebacks more accurately and make more informed leasing decisions.
"CenterStone is pleased to renew and expand our partnership with Digitas, which has been an innovator in managing its occupancy effectively," said Andrew Sherman, President and CEO of CenterStone Software. "An integrated approach to workplace business processes, analysis and execution enables organizations to see the 'whole picture' of their portfolio, improve planning and decision-making and drive maximum real estate performance."
About Digitas Inc.
The companies of Digitas Inc. help blue-chip global brands develop, engage and profit from their customers through digital, direct and indirect relationships. Driving accountable and measurable relationship engines, the agencies are known for the marriage of art (creativity and insight) and science (analytics, measurement and strategy) across digital and direct media. Founded in 1980, Digitas Inc. is headquartered in Boston. The Digitas agency has locations in Boston, Chicago, Detroit and New York. The Medical Broadcasting Company is located in Philadelphia. The Modem Media agency has locations in Atlanta, London, Norwalk, and San Francisco.
About CenterStone Software, Inc.
CenterStone Software helps many of the world's largest organizations to manage their space, facilities, personnel, assets, leases and workplace operations more efficiently, strengthen executive planning and decision-making, optimize portfolio utilization and save millions of dollars in occupancy costs every year. Market leaders such as AIG, Dell, EMC, Network Appliance and sanofi-aventis are using CenterStone's Web-based eCenterOne solution to automate workplace processes such as space planning, corporate moves, employee on-boarding, allocations and chargebacks and work orders. As a pioneer in the growing Integrated Workplace Management Systems (IWMS) market, CenterStone was founded in 1999. The company is headquartered in Hopkinton, MA and has its sales and services office in Hayward, CA, Seattle, WA, Washington, DC and Chicago, IL. For more information, please call (508) 435-1510 or visit www.centerstonesoft.com.
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Contact:
CenterStone Software, Inc. John Gill, 508-435-1510 ext. 125 jgill@centerstonesoft.com
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