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CAS AG recently introduced CAS 8, their latest revision of customer management and mobility solutions and designed by ERGOSIGN. Gartner, the renowned IT research and advisory company gave high praise to the release.

For several years, ERGOSIGN has supported CAS in their endeavour of creating enterprise software applications with outstanding usability and high-grade visual design.

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Der jährlich stattfindende World Usability Day hat sich mittlerweile als feste Größe in der Reihe renommierter Usability-Veranstaltungen etabliert.

ERGOSIGN trägt dieses Jahr am 12. November zum Mannheimer Event in Form eines spannenden Vortrags mit dem Thema “UX Design im Wandel: Vom User Interface Design zur User Interface Entwicklung” bei.

Dabei beleuchtet Dr. Plach mögliche Scenarios der UX-Evolution und welche Chancen sowie Gefahren sich hieraus ergeben. Besonderes Augenmerk wird dabei auf neuartige Designwerkzeuge, Prozessmodelle und das Management von UX in großen Unternehmen gelegt.

Mehr Informationen zum World Usability Day 2009 unter dem Leitthema “Designing for a sustainable world” finden sich hier, respektive zum Mannheimer Event hier.

UC4 Software, a leading provider of workload automation and optimization solutions, introduces a new Synthetica Look & Feel in version 8.0 of its workload automation suite that combines innovative functionality with aesthetically appealing ergonomics.

ERGOSIGN supported UC4 in these efforts by the conceptual and visual design of the user interface and by conducting international usability evaluations in the USA and Europe.

The new iPhone app by YellowMap allows access to millions of business and personal telephone numbers. Furthermore, geographically relevant information gets displayed for the current or any other location.

ERGOSIGN contributed modern high-quality icons to the visual design of the app, which now blends in perfectly with the outstanding user experience of the iPhone.

Download the free YellowMap app now from the iTunes Store.

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Im Rahmen der XTOPIA 2009 konnte sich eine interessierte Öffentlichkeit von April bis Mai 2009 durch Vorträge und Demos über die Zukunft des Webs informieren. Hochkarätige Microsoft Partner präsentierten in München, Karlsruhe, Hamburg, Köln, Berlin und Frankfurt den letzten Stand rund um die Themen Web Technology, Usability, Rich Internet Applications (RIA) und Silverlight.

Prof. Dr. Dieter Wallach – Mitbegründer und Geschäftsführer der ERGOSIGN GmbH – war am 14.04.2009 in Karlsruhe mit dabei. In seinem Vortrag erläuterte er die Herausforderungen des User Experience Design von RIA sowohl auf theoretischer Ebene als auch durch eine Vielzahl von Projektbeispielen der ERGOSIGN GmbH. Beleuchtet wurden in diesem Zusammenhang auch die Auswirkungen von neuen Entwicklungswerkzeugen wie Expression Blend auf die Zusammenarbeit von UI Designern und Entwicklern.

CAS AG, who ERGOSIGN has supported on several projects announced the release of CAS 8 - the new, integrated product suite, that represents “the largest software development initiative in our 24 year history” will be launched in the 4th Quarter of 2009 (Press release).

“CAS 8 presents a revolutionary new User Experience, built in collaboration with ERGOSIGN, a leading user interface design firm. CAS 8 will be the first enterprise-wide application of its kind to leverage the rich, interactive capabilities of Microsoft Silverlight, and incorporates a new, business process-driven navigation to deliver a truly differentiated user experience. The result is a completely re-engineered UI, based on design principles that focus on increasing “joy of use” and, ultimately, user adoption. In addition, CAS 8 delivers improved application performance.”

The application that has been developed with a clear focus on users and their workflows already received the rating “Strong Positive” from Gartner, Inc. - the only such vendor to receive the highest possible rating in each of the past two years.

CAS AG is the leading global provider of customer management and mobility solutions for the Consumer Products industry. We are pleased to support CAS in their efforts for exceptional ease-of-use and the adoption of new, trend-setting technologies.

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Der unter Mitwirkung von ERGOSIGN neu überarbeitete Mail-Service der freenet.de GmbH wurde am 01. Juli aus der Betaphase entlassen und steht ab sofort der Allgemeinheit zur Verfügung.

“Das neue Design kommt aufgeräumt und übersichtlich daher. Insbesondere reagiert die mit AJAX realisierte Oberfläche überaus flott auf Nutzereingaben und lässt sich mit Tastaturkürzeln Zeit sparend steuern. Tatsächlich kommt das Frontend dem Look&Feel einer waschechten Desktop-Anwendung recht nahe” bewertet heise online freenetMail im Newsticker.

The opening ceremony will be on 5th of June 2009 (5pm), with …

Greetings by:

• Joachim Rippel, Minister for Economic Affairs and Science
• Dr. Rena Wandel-Hoefer, Head of Construction Department Saarbrücken

Speeches by:

• Mario Krämer, FloSundK architektur+urbanistik
• Ludwig Neer, CTO CAS Software AG
• Clemens Lutsch, User Experience Evangelist, Microsoft Deutschland GmbH

We are living in a time where communication and information can easily grow over one’s head. Thus finding the perfect taskmanagement program is crucial. Although philosophies like Getting Things Done draw potential solutions, their application into usable software often proves to be difficult.

The new tool Goalscape tries to meet this challenge (with support by ERGOSIGN) by taking a very visual approach: Starting from the center all subgoals are aligned in a circle, their priority progress always visible.

A first version is now available as a two week trial, the developers are looking forward to your feedback.