USU Software

Infobox Company
company_name = USU AG
company_
company_type = Aktiengesellschaft ISIN|DE000A0BVU28
foundation = 1977)
location_city = flagicon|Germany Möglingen, Germany
key_people = Bernhard Oberschmidt (spokesperson), Klaus Bader, Gerald Lamatsch
industry = Computer software
num_employees = 250
homepage = [http://www.usu-ag.com/ www.usu-ag.com]

USU AG is an internationally active [cite web
url=http://www.finanzen.net/nachricht/Grosses_Interesse_an_USU_Produkten_im_Mittleren_Osten_731106
title=Großes Interesse an USU-Produkten im Mittleren Osten | Nachrichten
publisher=www.finanzen.net
accessdate=2008-06-04
last=
first=] software and IT solutions provider for Business Service Management and Knowledge Management. The USU Group consists of USU Software AG as well as several German and foreign subsidiaries, among them USU AG. Long-standing partnerships link USU with market leaders in all areas of the economy. USU Software AG is listed in the Prime Segment of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (Frankfurt, Germany) and in its German Entrepreneurial Index. [cite web
url=http://boerse-frankfurt.com/pip/dispatch/de/pip/private_investors/home?module=M_Search&search=DE000A0BVU28&x=0&y=0
title=Börse Frankfurt - Startseite
publisher=boerse-frankfurt.com
accessdate=2008-06-04
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Company History

USU was founded in 1977 as Udo Strehl Unternehmensberatung [cite web
url=http://www.usu.de/english/group/history.html
title=USU - The Knowledge Business Company
publisher=www.usu.de
accessdate=2008-06-04
last=
first=] and is headquartered in Möglingen / Stuttgart, Germany. USU has been involved in IT management since 1988. Since 1995, knowledge management has been a special feature of USU’s range of services. The company, which was first listed on the stock exchange on July 4, 2000, currently has some 250 employees (March 2008). To expand its product portfolio, the USU took over OMEGA GmbH in 2005 and LeuTek GmbH in 2006. [cite web
url=http://www.usu.de/english/group/index.html
title=USU - The Knowledge Business Company
publisher=www.usu.de
accessdate=2008-06-04
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Products

* ValuemationValuemation is an integrated line of products for business service management conforming to the guidelines of the IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL). It consists of modules for IT asset and license management, IT procurement, IT budgeting and service-cost allocation, for service and change management as well as service level management. With Valuemation, companies obtain a comprehensive overview of their IT processes and IT infrastructure, allowing them to transparently chart, track, allocate and actively manage their IT costs. [cite web
url=http://www.ftd.de/technik/it_telekommunikation/363752.html
title=FTD.de - IT+Telekommunikation - Nachrichten - rechend" ein
publisher=www.ftd.de
accessdate=2008-06-04
last=
first=] According to recent studies by the American market research companies Forrester Research and ECP, USU is one of the world’s leading providers in the area of IT asset management (asset management system) or CMDB/CMS. [cite web
url=http://www.forbes.com/prnewswire/feeds/prnewswire/2008/04/16/prnewswire200804160942PR_NEWS_USPR_____UKW013.html
title=US Analysts ECP Certify USU's Top Position in IT Asset and License Management Worldwide - Forbes.com
publisher=www.forbes.com
accessdate=2008-06-04
last=
first=] [cite web
url=http://www.presseportal.de/pm/52352/1203448/usu_software_ag
title=Presseportal: USU Software AG - Leading Analyst Firm rates USU Valuemation in the area of IT Asset Management as "promising"
publisher=www.presseportal.de
accessdate=2008-06-04
last=
first=] [cite web
url=http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=LATNET.story&STORY=/www/story/04-16-2008/0004794002&EDATE=WED+Apr+16+2008,+09:42+AM
title=Los Angeles Times
publisher=www.prnewswire.com
accessdate=2008-06-04
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first=]

* KnowledgeCenterUSU KnowledgeCenter is a product line for the intelligent provision of information in knowledge-intensive business processes. [cite web
url=http://www.computerwoche.de/knowledge_center/it_strategie/1863320/
title=Tor für die Fans des VfB Stuttgart - Knowledge Center - IT-Strategie - computerwoche.de
publisher=www.computerwoche.de
accessdate=2008-06-04
last=
first=] The USU Knowledge Center software modules USU KnowledgeMiner, USU KnowledgeBase and USU KnowledgeGuide are used in areas like enterprise search, as a knowledge database for call centers and service desks or as knowledge portals. In addition, a thorough and comprehensive integration of self-learning mechanisms is a one of the central features of USU systems. The search process employed by the USU KnowledgeMiner makes use of visualized semantic topic mapping (topic maps), a mechanism that received an international patent (no. 1064606) in 2001.

External links

* [http://www.usu-ag.com USU AG official website]
* [http://www.usu.de USU Germany]

References