Brighton, March 28, 2012 – Planon Software – the leading global provider of Real Estate & FM software solutions – extends its 25-year record of profitable growth with a 25% increase in overall revenue for 2011, including a 24% increase in software sales.
Revenue growth was driven by exceptional performance in the UK, US and Central European markets. In 2011, Planon welcomed 56 new clients, including Unilever, Total Oil and U.S. Bank.
Planon’s leadership in innovation and technology is anchored by its commitment to invest 20% of its annual revenues in R&D, spearheaded by an international team of 118 product management and development professionals.
In addition to a strong financial performance, the company also completed a number of strategic initiatives to position it for even stronger growth in 2012. These include:
Additionally, Planon is proud to be named in the leader’s quadrant in Gartner’s latest Integrated Workplace Management Systems Magic Quadrant. This is the third time Planon has been given this prestigious ranking.
According to Gartner, “Leaders have strength in applications and platform technology, demonstrate a high level of quality in product reliability and service, have strong operational and organisational capabilities and financial stability, have a global reach and offer a strong vision of customer needs, reflected in a robust development roadmap.”
Planon – helping our clients run their businesses. Better.
“Planon not only enables us to improve and innovate our processes, but also delivers our clients full visibility and transparency on
our services, offering them greater performance and reactivity and, ultimately, the best value for their money.”
– Pascal Milland, Vice President Facilities Management Services, Sodexo
“The management reports that we can generate have given us a much better picture of space utilisation. Improved visibility into our
resource use enables us to plan better, manage work orders more efficiently and to make better use of our time.”
– Maryanne Keller, Head of Facility Management, Bayer
“Planon’s ability to listen, react and then adapt as our project progressed was second to none. We have now achieved all the
objectives that we set at the beginning of the project. The ROI provided to clients is now undeniable, and can be quantified project
by project.”
– Christophe Carlier, Head of Processes Information System Project Management, Exprimm
“We also appreciated the richness of the range of services offered by Planon."
– Pascal Benoit, Chief Procurement Officer and France Procurement, Real Estate & Infrastructure Director, EMEA
“Using Planon led to considerable time and cost savings.”
– F.J. Edelijn, Shell Technology Exploration & Production B.V.
“No other system had the same comprehensive functionality and the facility to customise this to meet our requirements.”
– Richard Newell, Facilities Manager, MBDA Missile Systems