TOKYO, Japan – Oct. 9, 2009 – Fusion Systems, a market-leading provider of IT solutions consulting in the Asia Pacific region announced today that it has signed a partnership agreement with Hyland Software, one of the world’s largest and fastest growing independent providers of enterprise content management (ECM) software. The partnership will cover a wide variety of applications and touches industries as diverse as financial services, retail, pharmaceutical, insurance, and manufacturing. The Fusion/Hyland partnership is of particular interest due to the ongoing global recession and the ability of these two firms to deliver value-based applications that directly address reduction of total cost of ownership issues. Fusion Systems is especially renowned for their software development and delivery services to global blue-chip corporations with operations within Asia. The addition of the OnBase solution from Hyland Software to the Fusion solution portfolio enables firms to execute complex business strategies that leverage ECM as a core component of their systems development architecture.

“During this current economic downturn, the ability to drive down TCO while delivering significant business processes value and improving functionality is critical to all our clients,” said Raymond F. Ribble, Managing Partner for Sales and Marketing at Fusion Systems. “We have identified cost reduction from a technical perspective as a key driver and therefore the inclusion of a product like OnBase immediately delivers a market-proven solution to our clients. The OnBase solution brings business processes together by enabling the execution of long term strategy, industry leading methodologies and a robust development toolset. From content capture to final data repository Asian-based operations can now automate their processes that have been heavily people and paper-based activities. The result is significant time and resource savings across all business segments. When coupled with the other Fusion product solutions and the OnBase architecture gives our clients and thus Fusion a significant competitive advantage for competing in this global economy.”

“The strategic partner relationship between Fusion Systems and Hyland has already resulted in an integrated ECM solution for Japan,” said Ribble, of Fusion Systems. “Combining our vast consulting and development resources and Asian market presence with the OnBase solution creates a formidable offering for every multinational organization searching for a means to increase productivity and reduce operational costs. At a time when companies are being pushed hard to control expenditures and any cost savings are golden, Fusion stands behind the OnBase technology and believes that companies both small and large can benefit immediately by choosing to partner with the new Fusion /Hyland partnership across Asia.”

About Hyland Software

One of the largest independent software vendors in the world of enterprise content management (ECM), Hyland Software is the developer of OnBase. An award-winning suite of document and process management solutions, OnBase has a proven record of solving problems resulting from time consuming, costly and error plagued manual tasks. Today, people at more than 7,500 organizations both large and small in 47 countries have the time to do the things that really add value thanks to OnBase. Available on-premises or as software-as-a-service (SaaS), OnBase installs quickly, cost effectively and is designed to grow with organizations.

To learn more, visit www.onbase.com.

About Fusion Systems

Fusion Systems is a leading IT solutions provider and software development company, specializing in time-sensitive and mission-critical solutions for a wide range of industries. With offices in Tokyo, Shanghai, Hong Kong and Singapore, Fusion is conveniently located in the heart of Asia’s key business districts. Fusion Systems provides forward-deployed consulting resources and comprehensive business and IT solutions combined with experienced professional services programs to maximize the return on investment of medium to large heterogeneous enterprises across the Asia Pacific region.

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