A combination of new customer signings, licence renewals, and an increase in service revenues as existing customers seek to do more with their AMI systems have together contributed towards Q2 being the best quarter to date for AMI UK.

Customer productivity, innovation and satisfaction levels remain high as the company continues to deliver on its investments in product development, training and support.

Q2 has also seen further expansion of the UK team with a senior new hire to the Business Development team.

New version 4.0 includes Knowledge Modelling, RSS Publication, advanced Search capability and new Analysis Engine.

Cambridge, UK, February 12th, 2007 -- AMI, a leading provider of software designed for the acquisition, processing and management of unstructured information today announced the immediate availability of AMI Enterprise Intelligence version 4.0

Benefiting from an R&D investment of more than 20 million euros AMI Enterprise Intelligence allows the user to search, automatically capture, analyse, visualise, distribute and personalise key information providing all functions necessary for the implementation of strategic intelligence initiatives from a single point of access.

AMI has grown its UK business very significantly during 2007 with new Q4 customer signings in Public Sector and Private Equity. Without exception all existing UK customers have renewed their AMI licence for 2008 testifying to the high levels of product quality and customer service satisfaction the company has sought to invest in throughout 2007. In addition for Q4 the University of East London announced, and is currently implementing, phase 2 of their strategic intelligence initiative rolling AMI out to a further 100 users.

AMI presented at SCIP (Society for Competitive Intelligence Professionals) UK’s “Great Software Debate”, a networking event to examine and address the role of software in the competitive intelligence process.

The event, hosted at Orange Telecom by Andrew Beurschgens acting Taskforce Chairman of the UK Networking Event Series and facilitated by Atul Banerjee, VP Technology, at Fuld & Co. saw a record number of delegates participate in an interactive presentation and Q&A session. Delegate feedback was extremely positive confirming the value of this type of event for those tasked with making decisions about software as part of their competitive intelligence strategy.

Club AMI, the group networking forum for AMI customers, met on Thursday, October 11.

During the session presentations were given on best practice for mapping software applications accurately to the human functions of the intelligence cycle and change management discipline in the implementation of new intelligence driven projects and strategies.

New AMI Enterprise Intelligence applications providing deeper and more accurate identification, monitoring and analysis of Blogs and social media were demonstrated. In a highly interactive session Customers shared their views, experiences, and functional requirements for inclusion in forthcoming product releases.

AMI today announced the immediate availability of AMI Enterprise Intelligence v3.2. The new version features significant functional updates empowering users with extended data collection capabilities, a rules engine for managing real time document distribution and additional concept extraction functionality. Download full details in the “News and Press” section.

Accommodating continued growth in its business AMI has relocated its head office to larger premises. The new location at 9 villa du Bel-Air, Paris 12, with its increased floor space and easier parking provides all-round better access and a more congenial environment for customers and visitors alike.

Paris: I-Expo June 13th -14th. AMI exhibited at the I-Expo show and used the occasion to formally launch the regional AMI user group. Around 50 people attended the first meeting the consensus of which was, across the board, that it was a highly engaging and productive forum in terms of User experience knowledge-share and being able to meet the company’s Directors and R&D team. Unquestionably, I Expo 2007 was a great success.


London: KC-UK Conference June 26th - 27th. AMI exhibited at the “Knowledge & Content 2007” conference in London. During the two day conference more than 40 delegates, all senior members of the KM community drawn from around the world, made a particular point of visiting the AMI stand to see the latest version of AMI Enterprise Intelligence in operation and share their ideas about current and future project plans. The conference exceeded all expectations in terms of the numbers of new contacts made and has without doubt fulfilled a further marketing objective as AMI’s profile continues to rise in the UK.

AMI will be exhibiting at the Knowledge and Content Show 2007 to held at the Ibis Hotel, Earls Court, London on the 26th and 27th June. The KCUK show brings together the collective expertise of hundreds of information managers from all types of organisation, using all aspects of information and knowledge management to make a real impact on the working practices within their organisations. http://www.kc-uk.co.uk/

Louis Vuitton Moët Hennessy, the world leader in luxury goods with a portfolio of more than 60 prestigious brands, including such names as Christian Dior and TAG Heuer, employing 61,000 people and with 1,800 retail outlets worldwide has selected AMI Enterprise Intelligence. AMI will be used by LVMH’s research laboratories worldwide to develop their strategic intelligence initiatives. The decision by LVMH further confirms AMI’s value and growing presence in the process driven industrial sector.

Following an evaluation period of several months SUEZ, the international Utility and Services group, has selected AMI Enterprise Intelligence coupled with a solution from TEMIS for extraction of entities and relationships.

Postcomm, the independent regulator for the UK postal industry has chosen AMI Enterprise Intelligence to assist in the delivery of their strategic intelligence requirements across a range of areas related to their business and responsibilities.

Postcomm is responsbile for protecting the Universal Service, licensing Postal operators, introducing competition into mail services, regulating Royal Mail and advising the Government on the Post Office network.

The objectives of the project include compiling a complete daily collection of relevant information on all the various aspects of mail services. The collection which is entirely automated will subsequently be used to build knowledgebases in certain subject areas across which a range of analysis operations can be performed to enhance decision making capabilities and support Postcomm in fulfilling their responsibilities to stakeholders and external organisations.

Postcomm chose AMI Enterprise Intelligence following a competitive tender and comprehensive evaluation process and join a growing list of customers using AMI Enterprise Intelligence both in the UK and more widely across Europe.

Television and Radio broadcaster RFO has chosen AMI Enterprise Discovery v4.0 to power the Search on its new public facing portal www.rfo.fr. RFO, with 17 TV channels and 10 radio stations broadcasting 24x7 across three continents is currently responsible for more than 6,000 hours of broadcast production and distribution annually and has been a user of AMI technology since January 2002.

IPNERGIE specialises in delivering Competitive and Market Intelligence solutions based on the “software as a service” model allowing customers access to a wide range of online intelligence services but paying only for what they use.

AMI Enterprise Intelligence offers both the functionality and essential modularity necessary to provide a quality range of Competitive and Market Intelligence services in this way.

BNP Paribas Canal Internet have chosen the new version of the AMI Enterprise Discovery to power the search on the www.lemoneymag.fr site which provides practical information and advice on money management along with daily news on finances, family, housing, leisure, life, work and multi-media… All easily accessible thanks to AMI.

The release of AMI Enterprise Intelligence version 3 is recognised by Intelligence Online which for 25 years has consistently been regarded as one of the leading authorities in the specialised Market Intelligence press sector.

The review highlights the specialist competence AMI technology has in multiple source data acquisition and that AMI Enterprise Intelligence version 3 represents a very significant step forward in the provision of advanced Market Intelligence solutions www.IntelligenceOnline.fr

Alain Beauvieux, President and CEO, will present the key note speech to the “Market Intelligence Forum” in Meaux on December 12th 2006 on the topic “The Information that is already in your company! A mine of internal information to exploit and utilise”.

Boléro the strategic interactive and digital marketing agency has chosen AMI Enterprise Intelligence to provide brand awareness and reputation management solutions.

AMI has today announced two new technology partnerships with TEMIS providing semantic solutions for the discovery and analysis of information and NETIA Broadcast for the inclusion of audio, video and image data processing. More information on the website.

AMI announces the release of AMI Enterprise Intelligence version 3 featuring dynamic personalisation, individual user dashboards, integration of audio and video data processing and a new “I contribute” feature for recording and analysing unpublished intelligence. More information on the website.

Information World Review (IWR) the most authoritative and widely read Knowledge Management publication in Europe has published a significant article entitled “Beyond Search” in which industry leading journalist David Tebbutt examines the evolution of Search technologies. Quoting AMI Enterprise Discovery, David notes that for many years this product has focused on Meaning Interpretation and is positioned as ahead of its time. Read the article at:
http://www.iwr.co.uk/information-world-review/features/2169331/beyond-search

The Ministry for the Interior has chosen to use AMI Enterprise Intelligence. The decision by such an important and high profile Central Government organisation confirms AMI’s quality and performance capabilities.

“NETIMA” represents a partnership of Mutual and Life Assurance groups and was created jointly by the three institutions within the AUDIENS Group, the five institutions within the MV4 Group and two mutual insurance companies, MUDIS and SMI. The partner founders of NETIMA represent almost 1 billion euros under management and more than 1 million participating contributors .

After careful consideration of the various market offerings NETIMA chose AMI Enterprise Intelligence as the solution for their primary research and strategic intelligence requirements.

Explore offers operational monitoring solutions for intelligence development and strategic analysis with a particular focus on the Urban development, Real Estate, Buildings and Land purchase and transfer sectors.

Within this framework Explore have chosen AMI Enterprise Intelligence to increase their own teams capabilities and the satisfaction of their customers.

Faurecia’s Seating division further confirms the choice of the Faurecia group by acquiring a licence of AMI Enterprise Intelligence to meet their current and forthcoming strategic intelligence requirements. As a global player in the automotive industry with 60,000 employees in 28 countries and sales of almost €11 billion in 2005, Faurecia now counts all the world’s major automakers amongst its customers ranking second among automotive suppliers in Europe and ninth in the world.

Engelhard (BASF) has renewed its AMI Enterprise Intelligence licence for use in the automated collection and management of strategic intelligence.

L.C.P.C. has chosen AMI Enterprise Discovery as the search solution for their Intranet and Internet The decision was made following a period of intense and detailed evaluation given the complexity of their data-processing environment and the precise requirements of individual users and groups within L.C.P.C.

The L.C.P.C. (French Public Works Research Laboratory)is a national organisation for applied research and development. It's status is that of a Public Scientific and Technical Research Establishment (EPST) and it is run jointly by the Minister for Public Works and the Minister for Research. The L.C.P.C. has long-standing recognition for excellence in both France and abroad in the field of civil engineering.

For two years now, the Centre Region council has used AMI Enterprise Discovery as the search engine on their Intranet. Based on exemplary product performance they have now renewed and expanded their AMI Enterprise Discovery Licence to power the search on their new Internet site.

AMI launches its ic2 series of one day training programs aimed at organisations wishing to better understand and train key members of staff in the effective design and use of modern day Competitive Intelligence programs. The course provides a way of assessing and defining best practices and is invaluable for anyone considering the implementation of a Competitive Intelligence initiative.

CXP, one of the leading authorities providing services in the evaluation and analysis of commercial software packages, has chosen AMI Enterprise Discovery v4 to power their Internet search. The consistently high level of accuracy and ease of integration proved to be clear winners in CXP’s evaluation of the technology.

Point P, part of the Saint Gobain group, and a leader in the building materials market chooses a fully managed AMI Enterprise Intelligence solution to meet its Market and Industry Intelligence requirements, in particular regarding the evolution of standards and regulation applicable to their sector.

Go Albert will be present at the I-Expo show which will be held on May 31 and June 1, 2006 at La Défense in Paris. I-Expo is the annual meeting of professionals from the information technology sector. Go Albert will present all the new products in the AMI range. You’ll find us on stand B20.

Created in 1971, CISEL is one of the major players in the systems engineering and data processing sector in Switzerland. With MEGA group, an AMI solution partner, CISEL have will offer fully managed Market and Competitive Intelligence solutions to companies across Switzerland. The alliance of AMI’s proven technology with the competence of a such a well established and recognised player in the field of managed services is already delivering customer benefits.

British Oxygen Company one of the world leaders in industrial gases and engineering design chooses AMI Enterprise Intelligence. BOC will use AMI for the collection and analysis of strategic and technical information. The decision by a FTSE 100 company to use AMI confirms the high level of functional performance of the solutions and their recognition amongst the worlds largest organisations.

University of East London, one of the fastest growing British Universities with 19,000 students and rated in the top 10 modern Universities for research has taken the decision to deploy AMI Enterprise Intelligence. The solution will be used to gain a better understanding of likely future skills shortages, both nationally and internationally, and offered as a research tool within KnowledgeDock, their commercial business development division.

Go Albert’s competence in the field of the Enterprise Intelligence is recognised by Intelligence Online, which publishes each year the “Top 100 in Business Intelligence” highlighting the 100 companies most qualified and representative of this sphere of activity. Go Albert has the honour of being one of the nine selected software publishers.

Go Albert will be present on the stand of its partner MEGA Consultants at the Business Software Solutions trade show in Lausanne which takes place on the 28th to the 30th March. Alain Beauvieux, GoAlbert’s Director of Sales & Marketing will give a presentation “Competitive Intelligence and its role in an Organisations strategic development”, Thursday March 30 at 2.30pm.