Harris Connect Selects Acuity Mobile to Develop Harris Connect Mobile
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This service - the first major deployment on Acuity's v6 platform - targets alumni associations around the world - to be introduced at CASE Summit 2009. GREENBELT, Md., July 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Acuity Mobile, a leading mobile marketing provider announced today its development of Harris Connect Mobile (HCM) - an advanced content delivery solution for the alumni association marketplace for Harris Connect. HCM is the first major deployment of the groundbreaking v6 platform from Acuity Mobile, and will provide Harris Connect and its clients with a world class mobile communication platform. Harris Connect Mobile will soon be available to membership associations and other affinity groups. Harris Connect is a leading supplier of affinity marketing solutions ranging from alumni and member publications to online communities and applications. With HCM, Acuity Mobile has extended Harris' product line to the mobile marketing sphere. The new v6 platform has the ability to generate dynamic web links and navigate applications based on user profiling data, segmentation and user location, thereby enhancing the relevance and ease of use for the consumer and powering a significant return on the marketer's investment. Sophisticated text, WAP (Wireless Application Protocol) and application offerings all originate from a common content library and are guided by common business rules, ensuring that marketers can provide a continuity of messaging across all mobile channels. Alan Sultan, Acuity Founder and President detailed the partnership, "For nearly 50 years, Harris Connect has been a leader in the marketing solutions field, constantly evolving to enhance their capabilities across channels and mediums. This partnership presented an opportunity for us to join forces with the top player in a vertical market, leveraging the Acuity platform to create a unique and disruptive solution for Harris Connect's already stellar portfolio of offerings." Harris Connect's Senior Vice President of Consumer Sales and Marketing Kurt Worrell will present a session entitled "Adopting a Mobile Strategy" at CASE Summit and noted, "This additional layer to our portfolio must be robust and cutting-edge, as mobile will become a critical component to alumni communication and engagement strategies. Our decision to team up with Acuity was based on the flexibility, innovation and low operating cost of the technology platform." About Acuity Mobile Acuity Mobile is a leading provider of mobile marketing content delivery solutions. Acuity Mobile's Embedded Mobile Advertising Platform (eMAP) is a patented technology that enables Spot Relevance(TM) - the ability to deliver targeted marketing content to the right person, at the right time, in the right location. eMAP technology is used by carriers, advertisers and content owners to ensure that relevant content (ads, offers, traffic, weather, etc.) is delivered directly to mobile users based on their interests, time of day and geographic location. The technology behind eMAP was first developed in 2000 and patent protected since 2003. Acuity Mobile harnesses the power of mobility to improve content delivery for marketers and their consumers. For more information, please visit www.acuitymobile.com. About Harris Connect Founded in 1963, Harris Connect is the leading provider of affinity marketing solutions including alumni and member publications that range from directories to coffee-table editions to commemorative books; research services to update email, phone and mailing address information; online communities and applications built on the Facebook platform; and now mobile marketing strategies, as well as programs designed to produce non-dues revenue for their clients. Today, Harris Connect serves more than 4,000 clients worldwide. The company is headquartered in Chesapeake, Virginia with offices in New York and Texas. For more information about Harris Connect Mobile, go to harrisconnect.com/mobile. For general inquiries, send an email to moreinfo@harrisconnect.com or call 1.800.326.6600 SOURCE Acuity Mobile Wayne Pereira, Marketing Specialist of Acuity Mobile, +1-301-375-2034, wpereira@acuitymobile.com
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