ASI Reports Record Revenue in 2008 Despite Poor Economy
ALEXANDRIA, VA, March 16, 2009 — Advanced Solutions International (ASI), the largest, privately-owned global provider of web-based software for member and donor-based non-profits, today announced results for the past 12 months ending December 31, 2008. The company reached the following milestones:
-- ASI achieved record revenue in 2008 with a 22% increase in new
customer software license revenue. ASI's international operations in
Canada, Europe and Australia also collectively achieved record revenue this
year.
-- ASI acquired U.K. charity and fundraising software company, Fisk
Brett, creating the largest, privately-owned global provider of web-based
software for member and donor-based non-profits and the U.K.'s no. 1
specialist software provider for the not-for-profit sector. The combined
company has served nearly 3,000 customers and has nearly 200 employees in seven offices worldwide.
-- ASI was rated #1 for customer satisfaction by an independent survey.
ASI was ranked first for meeting customer expectations in time to
implement, cost to implement, ease of implementation and post-
implementation performance in an independent survey, conducted by Lehman
Associates, of associations with more than $2 million in revenue. The
survey also confirmed ASI's leadership position in the association market,
with a nearly 40% market share.
-- ASI announced the availability of Social Networking for iMIS, a fully-
integrated online community platform with blogs, shared libraries,
profiles, forums, tagging and tag clouds, groups and listservs. In 2008,
ASI also launched iMIS Friendraising, a peer-to-peer marketing tool;
iDashboards for iMIS, a visual role-based reporting tool; and iMIS
TaskCentre, a workflow automation tool.
-- ASI received three major industry awards for support and performance.
Service Strategies Corporation (SSC) recognized ASI with a certification in
Service Capability and Performance (SCP) support standards for the sixth
year in a row, as well as professional service standards for the second
consecutive year. ASI was also honored with the Software Testing Best
Practice Award from the International Institute of Software Testing (IIST).
-- ASI met PCI-DSS self-assessment validation level five for iMIS. ASI
conducted the self-assessment process of review and implementation of
policies, procedures and technologies to meet the 2009 Payment Card
Institute Data Security Standards (PCI-DSS) Compliance requirements. Level
five is the highest level, and applies both to iMIS and to ASI hosting
services.
"Despite the economic downturn, we had a strong year in 2008, which we attribute to our commitment to 'keep our customers for life.' By setting realistic expectations and then delivering on them, we continue to improve the quality and strength of our customer relationships. This approach was validated by the Lehman Associates independent survey findings, which rated us #1 for customer satisfaction," said Bob Alves, Chairman and CEO of ASI.
About ASI
Advanced Solutions International (ASI) is the largest, privately-owned global provider of web-based software for member and donor-based non-profits, and has served nearly 3000 customers and millions of users worldwide since 1991. ASI is the developer of iMIS, an upgradeable software solution for managing associations, membership, non-profits and fundraising. iMIS 15, the latest evolution of iMIS, leverages Microsoft's .NET development platform to provide a flexible and open web-based solution.
