USI is proud to announce the release of EBMS 18.1

2/23/2009 4:00:00 PM

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
February 23, 2009

Ungerboeck Systems International takes great pleasure in announcing the release of EBMS 18.1. USI continues a proud history of producing enhanced usability, functionality and overall productivity for a growing international base of users. Over 200 system enhancements have been designed and implemented with a focus on end-user productivity on behalf of the entire EBMS user community who represent the full market spectrum of the events industry. In today’s economy, the power and productivity gains realized from the seamless integration of the EBMS software suite are more paramount than ever.

New Features in EBMS 18.1 Include:

• Integrated Tutorial Library
• EZWriter Page Builder
• Quarterly Calendar View
• Web Calendar for Service Providers
• Self-Service Options for Members
• Resource Images
• Administration – Data Purging

Enhancements Include:

• Increased Marketing Campaign Reporting
• Enhanced Lead Distribution
• Venue Utilization Reporting
• Attendee Travel Info
• Service Order & Registration Pace Analysis
• Agenda Builder for Attendees
• Enhanced Exhibition Floor Plans
• Daily Resource Revenue and Cost Analysis
• Automated Invoicing
• Financial Checklists
• Automated Journal Entries
• Increased Multi-Currency Capabilities
• Customer Credit Indexing & Limits
• Enhanced Inventory Management

Dieter Ungerboeck, USI President and founder, commented, “EBMS 18.1 reflects the culmination of ideas received from our global customer base, industry conferences, and professional service teams worldwide.  The new functionalities provided by EBMS 18.1 further increase overall organizational productivity and provide USI customers with the management tools and actionable information needed to make strategic decisions in today’s economy.”

In this release, USI has also taken important steps to plan and prepare the evolution of EBMS to browser-based technology while maintaining a longstanding tradition of forward compatibility, consistency of look and feel and overall intuitive use. With the successful launch of 18.1, USI’s entire Development Team turns its focus to Release 19.1 of EBMS which is currently scheduled for release during the summer of 2009. In Release 19.1 of EBMS, USI will be able to capitalize on the architectural changes accomplished in 18.1 in order to provide browser-based capabilities in a number of EBMS modules.

USI will be demonstrating the new EBMS 18.1 functionality and unveiling future plans for EBMS 19.1 at the upcoming 2009 USI conferences. The dates for this year’s conferences are:

• May 17 - 20 USI European Conference - Karlsruhe
• May 24 - 27 USI Australasia Conference - Gold Coast
• May 31 - June 3 USI Asia Conference - Guangzhou
• Oct. 25 - 28 USI Global Conference - St. Louis

ABOUT USI

Ungerboeck Systems Incorporated was founded in 1985 and today is the global leader in producing integrated event management software. USI’s Event Business Management Software (EBMS) is utilized in five languages on five continents by more than 25,000 professionals to increase productivity and reduce costs for their organizations. EBMS is the event management software solution used to increase sales and productivity and reduce costs for the world’s leading event organizers, venues, and destinations.

USI supports its client base from its world headquarters in St. Louis, Missouri and regional offices in Karlsruhe, Germany; Lyon, France; Brisbane, Australia; Guangzhou, China; and Hong Kong.