EANS-News: USU receives LACP Platinum Award
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Möglingen (euro adhoc) - The League of American Communications Professionals (LACP) has honoured USU AG with a Vison Award in Platinum in recognition of the company´s 2009 annual report. USU´s report was ranked 14rd among about 4,000 companies from 25 countries, signifying an improvement of 10 places versus last year´s positioning. LACP honors USU´s 2009 annual report with a Platinum award in the category "Software" - ahead of Nemetschek, and other bigger players in that field. What is more, the company received two gold awards in a separate category focusing on the best creativity.
The jury, which comprised of international communications experts, awarded USU´s publication with 99 out of a possible 100 points. USU obtained the maximum score of 10 points in each category not only for the assessment criterion Report Narrative but also for the Report Cover, Creativity, Message Clarity, Report Financials, and Information Accessibility.
Under the title "Die Krise. Eine Gegendarstellung", USU´s 2009 annual report outlines, that the company is successful especially in these times of economic crisis. "This excellent result is extremely gratifying and shows that, besides our technologies, our publications too satisfy the highest quality standards," says Bernhard Oberschmidt, CEO of USU Software
USU. The Knowledge Business Company
The USU group is the leading European vendor of IT and Knowledge Management software. USU solutions enable customers worldwide and in all sectors of the economy to apply the added value of IT, to become more flexible, to save costs and to minimize business risks. The USU Group consists of German and foreign subsidiaries, including USU AG, Omega Software GmbH, LeuTek GmbH and Aspera GmbH. USU Software AG (DE000A0BVU28) is listed in the Prime Standard segment of the German Stock Exchange in Frankfurt as well as in the Gate-M trading initiative of the Stuttgart Stock Exchange.
With Valuemation®, USU offers a powerful and feature-rich integrated suite of tools for Knowledge-based Service Management all from one source, This modular suite, which is recognized by leading international analysts, comprehensively supports all ITIL® disciplines. Customers use the USU KnowledgeCenter technology either in the form of an integrated research and navigation system or as a portal solution to activate all of an organization´s knowledge..
USU was founded in 1977 and is headquartered in Germany. Further information is available at www.usu-ag.com
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Branche: Software
ISIN: DE000A0BVU28
WKN: A0BVU2
Index: CDAX, Prime All Share, Technology All Share
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