GMC Software Technology and Elsag Datamat to Develop Solution Partnership
May 27, 2010– Boston, Massachusetts, Appenzell, Switzerland and Genoa, Italy -- GMC Software Technology, the standard in personalized communications and Elsag Datamat, a Finmeccanica Company, with expertise in postal automation and hybrid mail systems, today announced today a worldwide strategic partnership for solutions in the hybrid mail market.
Elsag Datamat is the leading Italian provider for the design, implementation and sales of highly innovative products, systems and solutions for postal automation and related information technology.
Hybrid mail solutions are core competencies for Elsag Datamat and the company plants develop their new Hybrid Mail and Communication Suite around GMC’s technology. An early prototype was presented at Postexpo in Hannover
GMC’s software products provide both enterprise users and print service providers with a single source for an end-to-end solution that facilities and streamlines multi-channel customer communications most often found through disparate products coming from multiple vendors. In addition, their products help businesses implement high impact, personalized communications programs that increase customer satisfaction and loyalty, drive new customer acquisition, improve productivity and cut costs.
GMC Software Technology and Elsag Datamat will work together to share expertise, training as well as to promote solutions and services for an integrated approach to building an effective hybrid mail and customer communication platform. This will include joint demonstrations at exhibitions, industry events and other marketing activities as well as a shared approach for mutually beneficial sales opportunities.
About GMC Software Technology
GMC Software Technology helps businesses implement high impact, personalized communications programs that increase customer satisfaction and loyalty, drive new customer acquisition, improve productivity and cut costs. Our PrintNet software is an easy to implement, end-to-end solution that provides full data integration and processing, design and composition, collaboration and approval, distributed output management and process automation for highly targeted print and electronic communications. Unlike our competitors, we offer exceptionally reliable technologies and services based on worldwide ISO 9001:2000 certification and CMMI development methodology. We serve thousands of users worldwide, and many of our customers are producing in excess of 100 million personalized documents per month – including direct mail, statements, bills, policies, catalogs, correspondence and combined transactional/marketing materials. www.gmc.net
GMC Software Technology continues to add to its tally of industry awards. Most recently, the company was recognized by Xerox naming GMC Software Technology 2009 Business Partner of the Year for its continued contribution to Xerox, its customers and the printing industry. Just prior, the ON DEMAND Conference & Exposition recognized the company with a Best of Show, Honorable Mention award in the Web-to-Print category and winner of the Most Innovative Use of Technology award for its PortalBuilder software solution. Also in 2010, the European Digital Press Association (EDP) awarded GMC PortalBuilder the Best Web-To-Print Software of the Year for 2010 and in March, Xplor International awarded the company “Innovator of the Year” and “Technology Application of the Year for a third year in a row. In 2007, the EDP named GMC PrintNet™ Best Variable Data Software and in 2008 and named GMC PrintNet Connect and WebProof “Best Special Application Software of the Year.”
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Elsag Datamat
Elsag Datamat has a broad base of expertise in postal processes built over more than 30 years working in the sector and worldwide. The skills and experience acquired by the company in the fields of technology, IT and mechanical engineering enable it to satisfy all the requirements of all modern postal operators and delivery service providers: from Sorting Equipments to Integrated Coding Systems, from Hybrid Mail Systems to Logistics ICT Platforms, as well as the provision of complete Turnkey Systems to automate entire sorting centers with an additional special focus on data and physical security. Elsag Datamat is the technology partner of the worldwide leading Hybrid Mail Service Provider. Elsag Datamat is a company in Finmeccanica Group, Italy’s leading advanced technology provider and one of the world’s most important players in the aerospace and defense sectors. www.elsagdatamat.com