Alterian (http://www.alterian.com/press_releases_1.aspxid=0:33286&id=0:33281&id=0:33277) (LSE: ALN), the leading international integrated marketing platform (http://www.alterian.com/products/index.aspx) provider, today announced projects with BBVA, the second largest bank in Spain; El Corte Ingls, the largest Spanish retailer and Air Miles Spain. All deals have come via Alterian's partnership with Ibrica, the master reseller that Alterian has been working with since 2004.
BBVA has 42 million clients in 32 countries around the world, and uses Alterian's Data Discovery and Visualisation (DDV) and Analytical Reporting solutions in its Corporate Financial
Management department to analyse the strategic customer data. By using these Alterian solutions, BBVA is able to ask both complex and impromptu questions from its data, and get answers
back promptly and accurately.
El Corte Ingls is the largest retailer in Spain with more than 100 stores across the country. Alterian is used by its direct marketing department in order to target high-growth segments
and manage campaigns, and has proved to be a real success with a recent DM campaign called 8 Das de Oro (8 Gold Days), which targeted consumers right across Spain.
The other recent customer win for Alterian is Air Miles Spain, which runs the largest loyalty programs in Spain. Air Miles manages a reward program called "Travel Club", which has more
than 10 million cards. The Alterian solutions deployed are DDV and Campaign Manager, which allow the marketing team at Air Miles to define, execute and manage campaigns from their
desktops, as well as seeing increased response rates through more accurately targeted Alterian technology offers.
"We have noticed a real trend towards integrated marketing software over the past 18 months, and that has been demonstrated further by our working with three such fantastic brands as
BBVA, Air Miles Spain and El Corte Ingls," said Jacinto Barrio, Marketing Manager, Ibrica Alterian. "Spanish firms are starting to see the benefits that effective analytics can bring, as
they seek to maximise the value their marketing spend delivers."
"The growth that Ibrica Alterian has achieved so far in 2008 is very strong and Spain is a key European market for us. Since we began working with Ibrica we have delivered benefit to 40
clients in markets as diverse as banking, telecoms, travel and retail. New projects with industry leaders such as BBVA, Air Miles Spain and El Corte Ingls are a powerful endorsement of
our technology and capability in this region," said Ben Jackson, Director, Europe and Asia Pacific.
Ibrica Alterian has been a master reseller for Alterian since 2004. The company has more than 30 employees across offices in Barcelona, Madrid and Seville. It has direct sales
relationships with many clients and also collaborates with integration partners such as Accenture, CapGemini and Indra and marketing service providers including Ogilvy One and M2C. Ibrica
Alterian has more than 40 clients in Spain, including Vodafone, Orange, Telepizza, PC City, Renault and LaCaixa.
About Alterian
Alterian (LSE: ALN) empowers marketers with an integrated marketing software platform combining database, online and operational marketing applications on a shared data infrastructure.
The Alterian Marketing Services Platform makes it practical and cost effective for marketers to use actionable insight to execute an integrated marketing strategy across online and
offline channels.
It is the unique integration of analytics, content and execution through Alterian's industry leading tools, such as the Dynamic Messenger email platform, and the award winning Morello and
Immediacy Web Content Management solutions, which enables marketers to drive a seamless, multi-channel customer experience.
Alterian's analytically-led software is delivered to approximately 1,000 marketing departments, across 26 countries, and an international network of more than 100 business partners,
including marketing services providers, agencies and systems integrators. Its partners, such asAccenture, Acxiom, Allant Group, Cap Gemini, Carlson Marketing, Experian, Epsilon, InfoUSA,
LogicaCMG, Merkle, Ogilvy One and Euro RSCG Worldwide, deliver Alterian software alongside their own domain and services expertise to help market leaders such as Princess Cruises, General
Motors, Zurich, Astra Zeneca, HSBC, Limited Too, AEGON, Avis, Worldwide Wrestling Entertainment, Dell, Amnesty International and Vodafone integrate marketing processes and drive
competitive advantage. For more information about Alterian, products within the Alterian Marketing Services Platform or our Partner Network, please visit www.alterian.com