ALIGHT TO INTRODUCE FORECASTING
FOR BLACK SWANS AT FP&A 2010
Alight CEO to Address FP&A's Role in
Preparing for High Impact Improbable Events
PLACERVILLE, CA; August 5, 2010—Alight LLC, developers of the industry-leading Alight Planning financial planning and reporting software, today announced that Rand Heer, Alight CEO and architect of the original Pillar software, will present a workshop titled: Forecasting for Black Swans: FP&As Role in Preparing for High Impact Improbable Events at the Financial Intelligence Forum for FP&A 2010. Heer's presentation will be at 11:00 am Tuesday August 17th at The Westin Market Street in San Francisco, CA. Alight is the lead sponsor for the Financial Intelligence Forum FP&A 2010 event.
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NON-PROFITS SELECT ALIGHT TO REPLACE
SPREADSHEETS & LEGACY PACKAGES
California Academy of Sciences and The Blood & Tissue Center of Central Texas Move to Alight’s Budgeting & Forecasting Solution
PLACERVILLE, CA; July 29, 2010—Alight LLC, developers of the industry-leading Alight Planning budgeting and forecasting software, today announced the implementation of the company's application at the California Academy of Sciences, a leading-edge scientific research and educational institution, and The Blood & Tissue Center of Central Texas, the provider of community blood supplies for 37 medical facilities. Both organizations are highly visible not-for-profit institutions that replaced error-prone spreadsheets and cumbersome budgeting software packages with Alight Planning.
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ALIGHT RANKS #1 IN CUSTOMER SATISFACTION
AHEAD OF ALL COMPETITORS
BPM Partners Publishes Results of 2010 Survey of
Performance Management Vendors
PLACERVILLE, CA; July 15, 2010—Alight LLC, developers of the industry-leading Alight Planning performance management software, today announced that it was ranked #1 in overall customer satisfaction in the Vendor Landscape Matrix for Business Performance Management recently published by BPM Partners, a leading independent authority on business performance management (BPM) solutions. Alight outranked all twenty-five competitors in the performance management and business intelligence market including many well known mid-sized and enterprise software vendors. A detailed list of the vendors rated is available in the research report.
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ALIGHT TO PRESENT AT FINANCIAL
FORECASTING & PLANNING SUMMIT IN BOSTON
Pre-Conference Workshop to Address Application Requirements for Rolling Forecasts
PLACERVILLE, CA; June 17, 2010—Alight LLC, developers of the industry-leading Alight Planning financial planning and reporting software, today announced that Rand Heer, Alight CEO and founder and architect of the original Pillar application, and Ben Lamorte, Vice President Business Development, will present a pre-conference workshop to address the challenges and solutions for implementing rolling forecasts at 1:00 pm, Wednesday September 8th as part of the Financial Forecasting & Planning Summit set for September 8-10 at the InterContinental in Boston.
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ALIGHT TO PRESENT AT AICPA CONTROLLERS WORKSHOP WEST
Heer & Lamorte Roll into Vegas as part of the Alight Rolling Forecast Roadshow
PLACERVILLE, CA; June 2, 2010—Alight LLC, developers of the industry-leading Alight Planning financial planning and reporting software, today announced that Ben Lamorte, VP Business Development, and Rand Heer, Alight CEO and founder and architect of the original Pillar software, will present a concurrent session to address the challenges and application solutions for implementing rolling forecasts at 1:50pm – 3:30pm, Tuesday, July 20th as part of the AICPA Controllers Workshop set for July 20-21 at the Bellagio in Las Vegas, NV.
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ALIGHT TO PRESENT AT ASMI
BUDGETING AND FORECASTING CONFERENCE
Lamorte to Address Application Requirements for Rolling Forecasts in Boston
PLACERVILLE, CA; May 13, 2010—Alight LLC, developers of the industry-leading Alight Planning financial planning and reporting software, today announced that Ben Lamorte, Alight Vice President of Business Development, will address the challenges and application solutions for implementing rolling forecasts as the lead sponsor at the "Budgeting and Forecasting 2010" conference sponsored by the American Strategic Management Institute (ASMI). The conference will run June 14-16, 2010 in Boston. Lamorte speaks on June 14th.
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ALIGHT PLANNING LAUNCHES VERSION 6 WITH
CUSTOMIZABLE END USER INTERFACES AND MODELING IMPROVEMENTS
Fully-Integrated Budgeting and Forecasting Solution Provides the Industry's Most
Comprehensive End User Security and Driver-Based Planning Tools
PLACERVILLE, CA; May 6, 2010—Alight LLC, developers of the industry-leading Alight Planning performance management software, today announced the immediate availability of Alight Enterprise 6 featuring the industry's most flexible continuous planning solution that enables companies to develop dynamic rolling forecasts and long range plans as well as traditional budgets. With robust scenario analysis, built in architectures for building and replicating driver-based planning models, and customizable end user interfaces, Alight Enterprise 6 provides unprecedented functionality for a full spectrum of planning activities for mid-sized companies and divisions of the Fortune 500.
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ALIGHT LLC AND APPLIED ANALYTIX
FORM STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP
Applied Analytix to Sell and Deliver Services
Supporting Alight Planning Software
PLACERVILLE, CA; April 12, 2010—Alight LLC, developers of the industry-leading Alight Planning financial planning and reporting software, and Applied Analytix, a consulting firm specializing in performance management and business intelligence solutions, today announced a strategic partnership for delivering Alight software and professional services to small and mid-market companies and divisions of the Fortune 500.
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ALIGHT TO PRESENT AT FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE FORUM 2010
Alight to Address Application Requirements for Rolling Forecasts at GMI Event
PLACERVILLE, CA; April 7, 2010—Alight LLC, developers of the industry-leading Alight Planning financial planning and reporting software, today announced that Rand Heer, Alight CEO and founder and architect of the original Pillar software, and Ben Lamorte, VP Business Development, will speak on budgeting management systems as well as the challenges and application solutions for implementing rolling forecasts at 8:30 am – 12:30pm, Tuesday, May 25th as part of the Financial Intelligence Forum set for May 24-25 at the John Pence Gallery in San Francisco.
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ALIGHT TO PRESENT AT BUDGETING
AND FORECASTING CONFERENCE
Lamorte to Address Application Requirements
for Rolling Forecasts at ASMI Event
PLACERVILLE, CA; March 26, 2010—Alight LLC, developers of the industry-leading Alight Planning financial planning and reporting software, today announced that Ben Lamorte, Alight Vice President of Business Development, will address the challenges and application solutions for implementing rolling forecasts as the lead sponsor at the "Budgeting and Forecasting 2010" conference sponsored by the American Strategic Management Institute (ASMI). The conference will run April 19 through 21, 2010 in San Diego. Lamorte speaks on April 19th.
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ALIGHT CEO TO PRESENT AT FINANCIAL
FORECASTING & PLANNING SUMMIT
Pre-Conference Workshop to Address
Application Requirements for Rolling Forecasts
PLACERVILLE, CA; January 27, 2010—Alight LLC, developers of the industry-leading Alight Planning financial planning and reporting software, today announced that Rand Heer, Alight CEO and founder and architect of the original Pillar software, will present a pre-conference workshop to address the challenges and application solutions for implementing rolling forecasts at 1:00 pm, Wednesday February 24th as part of the Financial Forecasting & Planning Summit set for February 24-26 at the Doubletree Mission Valley in San Diego.
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ALIGHT RANKS #2 IN CUSTOMER SATISFACTION
AHEAD OF COMPETITORS
Respected Advisory Firm Publishes Results of 2009
Survey of Business Performance Management Vendors
PLACERVILLE, CA; December 14, 2009 — Alight LLC, developers of the industry-leading Alight Planning financial planning and reporting software, today announced that it was ranked #2 in overall customer satisfaction in the Vendor Landscape Matrix for Business Performance Management recently published by BPM Partners, a leading independent authority on business performance management (BPM) solutions. Scoring 4.71 on a 5.00 scale, Alight outranked all but one of the traditional competitors in the performance management and business intelligence market including many well known mid-sized and enterprise software vendors. A detailed list of the vendors rated is available in the research report.
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ALIGHT PLANNING ANNOUNCES APPOINTMENT
OF TOM HARTMAN AS DIRECTOR OF SALES
Hartman Brings 30 Years Industry Experience to Alight
Including Sales and Support of Pillar and Microsoft BI
PLACERVILLE, CA; June 24, 2009 — Alight LLC, developers of the industry-leading Alight Planning financial planning and reporting software, today announced the appointment of Tom Hartman as Director of Sales. Based in Boston, Hartman will assume responsibility for Alight's sales activities on the East Coast.
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ALIGHT LAUNCHES ALIGHT ENTERPRISE 5
WITH CONTINUOUS PLANNING AND ROBUST SCENARIO ANALYSIS
Fully-Integrated Planning and Reporting Solution Provides the Industry's Most
Dynamic Rolling Forecasts and Scenario Analysis; Driver-Based Modeling Tools
and Actuals Integration Ensure Accuracy and Reliability Across a Full Spectrum
of Planning Activities
PLACERVILLE, CA; May 21, 2009 — Alight LLC, developers of the industry-leading Alight Planning financial planning and reporting software, today announced the immediate availability of Alight Enterprise 5 featuring the industry's most flexible continuous planning solution that enables companies to develop dynamic rolling forecasts to maintain competitiveness in the face of economic turmoil. With robust scenario analysis, full actuals integration, and multi-user collaboration, Alight Enterprise 5 provides unprecedented visibility and granularity in a driver-based modeling solution for a full spectrum of planning activities including budgets, forecasts, long-range plans, and project plans.
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ALIGHT CEO TO PRESENT AT 8TH ANNUAL
BEYOND BUDGETING ROUND TABLE CONFERENCE
Pre-Conference Workshop to Address
Application Requirements for Rolling Forecasts
PLACERVILLE, CA; May 6, 2009 — Alight LLC, developers of the industry-leading Alight Planning financial planning and reporting software, today announced that Rand Heer, Alight CEO and founder and architect of the original Pillar software, will present a pre-conference workshop to address the challenges and application solutions for implementing rolling forecasts at 9:00 am, Wednesday May 13th as part of the 8th Annual Beyond Budgeting Round Table Conference set for May 13-15 at the Hyatt at Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco.
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ALIGHT PLANNING 4.5 DEBUTS, ALLOWING
FINANCE STAFF TO EASILY INTEGRATE ACTUALS DATA
Powerful Capabilities Make Variance Analysis
and Rolling Forecasts Easier to Implement
PLACERVILLE, CA; April 21, 2008 — Alight LLC, maker of Alight Planning software, today announced the immediate availability of Alight Planning Version 4.5 featuring expanded support for importing and integrating actuals. Version 4.5's new features for combining actuals data into plan files further enhance its groundbreaking driver-based planning architecture, giving finance staff the ability to automatically perform variance and causal analysis between actuals and plan, spread actuals data into rolling forecasts, and model actuals data using Alight's unique units/rate/amount architecture.
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ALIGHT™ LLC NAMED "BEST NEW VENDOR OF 2008"
BY BPM PARTNERS
Respected BPM Advisory Firm Lauds Alight Planning, Company's
Flagship Software, For Having Modeling "Built Throughout the Entire Product"
PLACERVILLE, CA; March 4, 2008 — Alight LLC, maker of Alight Planning financial planning and analysis software, today announced that BPM Partners, the leading independent authority on business performance management (BPM) solutions, has named Alight as its "Best New Vendor of 2008" in its annual "Beyond the Hype 2008" Webcast. In awarding the honor, BPM Partners cited the unique driver-based planning architecture of Alight Planning, as well as the product's deep-seated modeling capabilities.
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ALIGHT PLANNING ANNOUNCES TRUE DRIVER-BASED FINANCIAL
PLANNING AND ANALYSIS SOFTWARE WITH ADVANCED ANALYTICS
New Alight Planning Software Streamlines Complex Business Modeling For More Accurate Strategic Plans, Revenue Projections, Budgets and Rolling Forecasts
PLACERVILLE, CA, Sept. 24, 2007 — Alight Planning announced today the industry's most robust driver-based financial planning and analysis software with a multitude of innovative features including a units, rates and amounts architecture, automated sensitivity analysis, goal seek operations and intuitive modeling with object-based linking. Aimed at mid-sized businesses through Fortune 1,000 divisions, Alight Planning automates complex business planning so users can move beyond the limitations of Microsoft® Excel for more accurate strategic plans, revenue projections, budgets and rolling forecasts.
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