New Regulatory Compliance Management Application Featured in Latest ARCHIBUS Software Release
Compliance Management Makes Satisfying Regulatory/Permitting Requirements Easier; New Reservations Plugin for Microsoft Outlook; and AutoCAD/Revit 2013 Support Also Announced
September 26, 2012 — Boston, MassachusettsARCHIBUS, Inc. (www.archibus.com), the #1 developer of real estate, infrastructure, and facilities management software in the world, announces the latest release of its ARCHIBUS software suite. The release, ARCHIBUS® V.20.2, features a new Compliance Management application. This application proactively manages regulatory obligations in order to mitigate risk, ensure a safe work environment, and reduce administrative burdens.
This new revision of ARCHIBUS also provides a room reservation Plugin for Microsoft Outlook® and ARCHIBUS also now fully supports Autodesk’s AutoCAD® 2013, AutoCAD® Architecture 2013, and Revit® 2013, Apple Safari® and Google Chrome™ browsers, among other feature enhancements.
ARCHIBUS Compliance Management Ensures Safe, Compliant Workplaces
The ARCHIBUS Compliance Management application provides a highly scalable solution to efficiently negotiate the substantial data and recordkeeping involved with regulatory compliance programs and permitting processes. For example, it helps address the Clean Air Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the European Accessibility Act, as well as ongoing regulatory requirements for elevator inspections, building occupancy, underground tanks, and much more.
Compliance managers are called on to contain serious risks — from business interruption from a late occupancy permit, to shutdown from a failed compliance inspection, to personnel hazards from a stalled safety-training regime. The application helps managers remain compliant with myriad regulations, compliance terms, filings, and inspection schedules; moreover, it reduces administrative costs while doing so. Ultimately, ARCHIBUS Compliance Management can help mitigate risk to protect an organization’s reputation and enhance stakeholder value.
Reservations Plugin for Microsoft Outlook® Aids Scheduling and Coordination
The new Reservations Plugin allows an organization’s staff to work directly in Microsoft Outlook® to invite participants and make a reservation for a conference room or other meeting space in a highly coordinated way using the ARCHIBUS Reservations application.
The Reservations Plugin identifies rooms available at the same time as the appointment, and lets the meeting initiator view an interactive floor plan that zooms to that room's location. If an appointment is updated in Outlook, the Plugin then seamlessly updates the corresponding room and any associated resources through the ARCHIBUS Reservations application.
Supported in Seven Languages and More to Come
The new V.20.2 revision of ARCHIBUS began shipment on September 14, 2012, with a simultaneous language release in English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Dutch, and Simplified Chinese. ARCHIBUS Solution Centers™ and Business Partners will also support users with additional localized versions of ARCHIBUS, which currently include 30 editions of various earlier versions.
About ARCHIBUS, Inc.
ARCHIBUS is the #1 global provider of real estate, infrastructure, and facilities management solutions with the total annual expenditures for ARCHIBUS-related products and services valued at over $2.1 Billion (USD). Through effective innovation and business transformation, ARCHIBUS users save their organizations over $100 billion annually.
With ARCHIBUS, organizations can use a single, comprehensive, integrated solution to make informed strategic decisions that optimize return-on-investment (ROI) and return-on-assets (ROA), lower asset lifecycle costs, and increase enterprise-wide productivity and profitability. ARCHIBUS is the worldwide proponent for the creation of ubiquitous environmental sustainability. For more than 30 years, ARCHIBUS has dominated the global real estate, infrastructure and facilities management automation market with a market share of over 94%.
More than 4,000,000 ARCHIBUS users collectively manage over 15,000,000 buildings and properties, with organizations reporting facilities-related cost savings as high as 34%. With over 1,600 ARCHIBUS Business Partners, local and regional support worldwide is available in over 190 countries and 30 languages. Headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, ARCHIBUS has pioneered computer-aided real estate, infrastructure and facilities management technologies since 1982. Visit www.archibus.com.