Dean Evans & Associates Advances Hoteling Software to Web

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September 5, 2001

Dean Evans & Associates Advances Hoteling Software to Web

New office scheduling software helps corporations efficiently manage mobile workforce, multiple sites and workspaces

DENVER -- Dean Evans & Associates (www.dea.com) has introduced EMS Hoteling version 1.5 for mobile workforce management. An extension of the company’s established event management and scheduling (EMS) software, the new hoteling module efficiently schedules people, space and resources in a complex corporate environment via the Web.

“Our corporate clients said they needed to save time and money for an increasingly mobile and connected workforce,” said Kevin Raasch, executive vice president of Dean Evans & Associates. “With research showing the mobile workforce continuing to grow, we developed an easy-to-use, Web-based interface for office space reservations on a regional, national or global scale.”

EMS Hoteling version 1.5 is a combination of DEA’s client-server application EMS Enterprise and its Web-based application Virtual EMS Enterprise. It allows companies to “office” more people in less space, reducing real estate costs, increasing productivity and providing mobile employees with all the comforts and technology of a permanent workspace.

According to Raasch, EMS Hoteling version 1.5’s Web interface allows employees to make a “reservation” for temporary workspace across any of their company’s participating properties. The request is completed when the reservation is confirmed and returned to the user via email.

“Both the employer and the employee win big,” said Raasch. “Not only does the company save a lot of money in real-estate costs, they also realize greater productivity in their mobile workforce. And employees like it because it minimizes travel hassles and keeps them better connected to their company, their customers and their work. In today's mobile and technology-driven business environment, EMS Hoteling simply makes good business sense.”

DEA’s hoteling software has been implemented at Accenture (formerly Andersen Consulting) and can be easily deployed and integrated to meet the needs of any large corporation with a mobile workforce.

Raasch says future upgrades of EMS Hoteling will offer the option of a fully automated interface with instant reservation confirmations.

About Dean Evans & Associates

Founded in 1986 and based in Denver, Colo., Dean Evans & Associates develops, markets and supports a line of sophisticated software products for facility scheduling, event management and now, hoteling. Their Event Management System (EMS) family of products is ideal for scheduling and managing rooms, services and resources for a wide variety of organizations and corporations. Dean Evans & Associates offers an EMS solution for virtually any facility or organization that needs help to schedule, manage and streamline special events and operations for greater efficiency. Users include corporations, conference and convention centers, cultural venues, sports facilities, schools and universities, and churches.

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