New version designed to help organisations manage increasingly mobile and wired workforce

London (3th Nov 2005) – Raindrop Information Systems is set to launch Version 5.3 of Manhattan - its advanced integrated property, facilities and asset management software.

The new version will provide advanced functionality in finance, reporting and workflow and will give organisations powerful new tools to help them manage an increasingly mobile and wired workforce.

Manhattan Version 5.3 will cover all key functional elements of Integrated Workplace Management Systems for large corporate and government occupiers and managing agents – including property portfolio management, project management, facilities management, and maintenance management.

Gartner Research recently named Raindrop Information Systems as one of the leading “visionary suppliers” of Integrated Workplace Management Systems (IWMS) and “one of the true global players” in the IWMS solutions market.

According to Gartner, Manhattan already has one of the market’s best data architectures and user interfaces, with particularly strong financial and cost accounting functionality.

Steve Vatidis, Group Managing Director of Raindrop Information Systems, says: “With more leading multinationals accepting Integrated Corporate Infrastructure Management as best practice, the latest version of Manhattan will provide greater visibility of their total cost of occupancy, and cost per head of workspace, through key stages of the property life-cycle.

He adds: “It will enable costs to be reduced, making property more productive to occupiers and more valuable to owners.” 

About Raindrop Information Systems
Raindrop Information Systems is the world's largest privately-owned company dedicated to the development, implementation and support of fully-integrated and fully web-enabled global real estate and facilities management systems. With its heavy emphasis on research and development, quality assurance, system testing and customer support, the company has become a leading global provider of targeted software solutions for real estate managers, owners, investors and occupiers. Through its subsidiaries worldwide, the company has built a substantial high-quality user base of multinational organisations - many with multiple locations around the world. These blue-chip clients are leading players in a wide range of sectors - including retail, energy, telecommunications, investment, banking, finance and local and central government.

About Manhattan
The Manhattan suite of fully integrated and web-enabled property software comprises 30 modules designed to meet the requirements of large investors, occupiers, asset managers, and corporate and government occupiers.

Manhattan provides a unique business advantage across all sectors of the property industry by delivering fully integrated property management, asset management, facilities management and financial software in a single suite.

The system offers the highest level of advanced functionality, whilst being highly flexible and easy to use. It allows fast retrieval of the information users need, when they need it.

Manhattan can be installed at clients’ sites as part of their IT infrastructure, or through Raindrop’s Application Service Provision (ASP) service (with all property, asset and facilities management functionality available on an ASP basis).

The Manhattan ASP service offers the FlexASP® option which uniquely enables clients to opt for service components that meet their specific requirements.

For further Information:
Ben Gardner
Manhattan Software
+44 (0)20 7269 8500
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