HAMBURG, Germany, August 16, 2001 (PRIMEZONE) -- Gauss Interprise AG (Neuer Markt:GSO)(Security identification no. 507 460) announced today that the company has formed a partnership with Swedish information management specialist, Ida Infront. The new partner is deploying the VIP unified content management platform to supplement its own e-business software, iipax. Among the two companies' joint customers are Swedish government authorities such as the Swedish National Tax Authority, National Forensic Lab, National Revision Authority and the Association of Swedish Public Servants.
In conjunction with Gauss VIP, the partner's e-government platform provides a robust solution for satisfying the requirements made on IT administration processes today: an efficient content infrastructure, transparent processes, round- the-clock system availability and easy to access information. By deploying VIP, Ida Infront provides customers with a fully scalable, open web content management suite to overcome the Webmaster bottleneck and enable business users to create and rapidly publish, quality content without compromising the security, or the look and feel, of the site.
Soeren Jansson, CEO of Ida Infront, explains: "The online services that we are building for companies cover the full spectrum of e-business functionality: from cross-organizational collaboration, back-end integration and roles-based application access control to personalized information delivery. VIP complements our own product, iipax, and makes our offerings more comprehensive. This is one step in our vision of enabling simplicity with trust."
About Ida Infront
Ida Infront (www.idainfront.com) is a Swedish information management specialist that primarily supplies high-quality IT solutions for e-government and information-intensive industries. The solutions are based on the company's own product family iipax (www.iipax.com), development of which is being continued with such partners as Hewlett Packard, Banctec, Bea Systems.
Ida Infront has about 130 employees at its offices in Linkoeping, Stockholm and Sundsvall. Its customers include Swedish National Tax Authority, Swedish National Police, Swedish Insurance Board, and Swedish Post.
About Gauss Interprise
Gauss Interprise is one of the leading global providers of Unified Content Management Solutions for the extended enterprise. The company`s VIP Platform integrates Portal Management, Web Content Management, Document Management and Workflow Management into a unified, scalable, extensible solution for our customers worldwide. As a global organization, Gauss has locations in the most important places of the world including Belgium, Germany, The Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Gauss works in Australia, Singapore and Poland together with experienced partners. More than 500 employees work for Gauss in order to best serve their customers. Based on more than 20 years of experience Gauss has been delivering successful solutions to a variety of industries. The company generated total sales revenues of EUR 34.9 million in 2000. In the first quarter of 2001 Gauss generated EUR 11.85 million.