September 15, 2003

ALG Software Selects Visual Analytics from AVS for Enterprise Performance Optimization Suite

(Waltham, MA. – September 15, 2003) – OpenViz, a comprehensive data visualization software system from Advanced Visual Systems, has been selected by performance optimization innovator Armstrong Laing (ALG Software) to add visual analytics to its suite of Predictive Planning, Activity Analysis, Performance Management and Process Simulation applications.

ALG’s Enterprise Performance Optimization (EPO) suite empowers corporate decision makers to obtain a single view of their business and “slice and dice” reports from a multi-dimensional OLAP database that serves as the core of its EPO solution. OpenViz visual analytics will add innovative graphical reporting to the EPO suite and articulate output from EPO processes into highly interactive charts and data visualizations.

OpenViz “scenes” simplify reporting of all types of corporate information by enabling application developers to customize a vast range of business intelligence charts and create single-click “drill paths” through complex data and workflows. ALG’s implementation of OpenViz will empower its customers to control costs, understand customer and product profitability, manage distribution channels, improve responsiveness to changing internal and external market trends, and ultimately boost profitability and shareholder value.

"Our applications give our clients insight and agility so they can manage their performance. But we need the benefit of powerful visualization and presentation to transform the data into information so clients can quickly understand the situation and act on it. That's what AVS brings to our product set" said Mike Sherratt, CEO and founder.

According to David M. Murray, President and CEO of AVS, “ALG’s methodology of establishing a technological link between its customers’ decision making and business processes is a compelling environment for the use of data visualization. AVS is extremely pleased that OpenViz has been selected to help shape the EPO user experience and provide new dimensions of insight to the powerful ALG product line.”

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About OpenViz and Advanced Visual Systems

OpenViz is a comprehensive suite of Java and COM software components that enable leading corporations and software manufacturers in every industry to develop and deploy sophisticated, dynamic, interactive, and scalable 2D and 3D visual presentations from all types of data. AVS' complete line of software products speed decision-making by bringing information to life using the latest in graphics, Web-based and interactive technologies on all major computing platforms. For more information on AVS call 781/890-4300, write to info@avs.com, or visit www.avs.com.