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Top Twenty companies to watch in 2012 - CIO Magazine

"The technology companies that will outshine the competition this year"

Element8 are extremely proud to be picked as a top twenty company to watch for 2012.
This is particularly pleasing given our low market profile, but reflects the highly innovative
nature of xpoint® and the important market need it fulfils.

"We are particularly pleased to be in the company of Google within the list!
This ranking reflects the innovation and centrality xpoint® has driving change in today's
organisations. Leaders know that more of the same simply doesn't deliver fast enough.”
said Andrew Loveless, Co-founder and VP EMEA.

CIO Magazine wrote:

"Element8 Software is a UK-based provider of change management tools that is making waves
in the UK healthcare sector, although it currently has a low market profile overall. Its product,
xpoint®, is a collaboration toolset that helps large organisations manage change initiatives.

It’s rather like the inverse of a traditional project management tool: rather than focusing
primarily on the internal focus of tracking and estimating, the more important goal for xpoint®
is making sure that management information concerning change projects and programmes is made
available to everyone that needs it, whenever they need it, in a format that makes sense.

As organisations look to wring more and more efficiency and effectiveness out of change management,
we expect tools like xpoint® to be increasingly important."

Unit4 select xpoint® to manage company wide product innovation

Unit4 is a global business software company that creates, delivers and supports adaptable software and services worldwide, to help dynamic organisations manage their business needs effectively.

Unit4 in the UK aim to be the country’s foremost business software company: providing change-embracing solutions – including the Agresso Business World ERP suite and Coda financial management software – that transform the delivery of public services and comprehensively support the ability of commercial organisations to adapt and prosper in rapidly changing environments.

Unit4 have chosen xpoint as a company wide application to gather and progress prodcut innovations from their entire UK team.

Alex Clark, CEO of element8 ltd, said: "We are very pleased to have xpoint being used as a core tool within a leading, global ERP provider."

xpoint® selected by Neath Port Talbot to support redesign of e-procurement

Neath Port Talbot / Castell-nedd Port Talbot (NPT) is the third most populous County Borough Council in
Wales, stretching from the coast to the borders of the Brecon Beacons National Park.

The Council’s main strategy for the future focuses on “Doing What Matters” which includes achieving
significant financial savings so that it can deliver a balanced budget.

The scale and pace of the NPT change initiatives call for a level of resource and involvement that demand
a new approach. Cardiff Business School guided NPT to establish an infrastructure that helps ambitious
year on year objectives to be achieved through:
• the adoption of common processes to solve common problems
• ensuring the creative energies of all staff are engaged
• reduced waste – no duplication, faster learning, problems fixed once are shared.

We are proud that xpoint® has been selected to be NPT’s infrastructure of choice, and is now helping NPT
deliver a first major area of change – e-procurement.

Commenting on the announcement, CEO Alex Clark said “The "Doing What Matters" programme is central
to the provision of critical services across the County. We are extremely pleased that xpoint® is
playing an important part in making this happen at pace.”

xpoint® selected to support ‘Once for Wales’ IT strategy

Wales CIO and Team go with xpoint®"

Element8 are proud to support the Welsh Assembly Government’s ambitious agenda for change.
Xpoint® has been selected to support the aggregation of 82 Data Centres and 341 Server Rooms
into two data centres for Wales.

This major change programme comprises a large number of projects and people across Wales,
including all of the 22 Local Authorities. Xpoint® will provide ‘all-in-one project and programme
management workspaces’ where teams work to deliver this change.

xpoint all-in-one workspaces

Xpoint’s all-in-one workspaces will equip IT teams across Wales to deliver Once for Wales changes via:
• Programmes • Projects • Work-packages

Xpoint’s portfolio will make this complex programme manageable by providing:
• A live view of all programmes, projects, work-packages
• Visibility on all risks and pressure points by schedule, cost, benefits, risks…

xpoint® selected to support NHS Ambulatory Emergency Care Delivery Network

Element8 support of the NHS continues to expand with the award of the Ambulatory Care Emergency
Delivery Network,formed by the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement (NHSI) provides a
framework in NHS England to progress this whole system co-ordination. The Network comprises
10 geographically dispersed teams who receive guidance from NHSI and want to be connected
in such a way as to allow them to collaborate and share documents and best practice, so enabling
faster learning and delivery of results.

xpoint® has been commissioned by NHSI for use by the AEC to provide a common environment for the
teams to share documents and best practice, discuss common issues, and manage their own work. It
provides the Programme team at NHSI with a home page to communicate directly with the teams and
a reporting structure with drill down, showing real time status updates on the teams’ activities.
In the future there are plans to extend the capabilities by providing teams with an NHSI
specific AEC project structure to deliver their work.

Commenting on the announcement, Peter Doughty VP Sales & Marketing “This further substantiates
the value of xpoint® within the NHS to support a range of key service improvement initiatives”.

Element8 Limited announces new CFO

Element8 Limited, a provider of transformation and change management software, today announced the appointment of Ken Gibbs as Chief Financial Officer and Director.

Mr. Gibbs joins element8 after spending 5 years with Alexandra plc, a company listed on the London Stock Exchange, where he served as Finance Director. During that time he held responsibility for the finance, distribution, logistics and HR functions and led the process of selecting and integrating two successful acquisitions.

Mr. Gibbs brings with him over 15 years of executive leadership experience in building software and technology companies. Prior to joining Alexandra plc, he served in a variety of senior financial and operational roles within Hewlett Packard Co, working in the UK, Europe and US. . Before joining HP, he became a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants whilst working with Touche Ross & Co (now part of Deloittes)

In making the announcement, Alex Clark, Chief Executive Officer of element8, said "Ken brings deep industry experience and important leadership skills that will drive the planning and execution of our financial strategies. Having acted in both CFO and COO capacities, Ken has led significant transformation programs such as business acquisitions and cultural change, hands-on, and through to results. This depth and breadth of leadership experience means that Ken, though centered on the CFO role, will make a significant contribution across the element8 business as we aggressively grow in the future."

"We are delighted to have a CFO of Ken’s caliber and track record join the Element8 team. This is a pivotal point in our development and Ken’s experience will prove invaluable as we expand our reach into new markets, segments and expand our offering."

Commenting on his appointment, Mr. Gibbs said, "This is an exciting time to be joining element8. The company has made significant strides, is led by a talented team and has an incredible value-proposition that positions it well to address critical and wide-spread business issues. I am excited by the challenge and look forward to contributing to the company's success."

Mr. Gibbs will take up his position on the Board on 1 April 2010.

Element8 Software launched to drive transformation and change programs

Some 70% of all transformation and change programs fail. xpointTM from element8 software has been designed by a team with many years experience in helping organizations transform themselves.

February 25, 2010

News
• Element8 software has been launched to develop and deploy its xpoint™ technology
• The company evolved out of Relay Consultants, a niche change consulting practice, with clients in the private and public sector.
• The success of transformation programs has been consistently less than 40% (Kotter 1995, McKinsey Global research 2008 ) and two common issues were identified, namely lack of any consistent processes to manage the change and lack of sustained engagement with management, staff and external stakeholders
• The xpoint™ platform was developed from two previous versions with major, global companies in the facilities management and financial services sectors.
• The insight and lessons from the early deployments have been used to develop the newly released and first commercially available version – version 3.
• By engaging staff, business partners and management in consistent change methods in a transparent manner, the business benefits of transformation and change programs can be realized both sooner and in a much more consistent way
• This has also shown to make the programs significantly more effective as well as efficient.

Product Detail
• xpoint™ version 3 is available for deployment
• based on Microsoft Sharepoint and SQL Server it provides a highly scaleable platform to engage staff, embed the new working practices and inform management
• developed over the past 18 months at our development center in Bangalore India, the solution is based around the concept of lifecycles
• a lifecycle is a set of phases undertaken to drive change, such as SixSigma, IT projects, strategic change initiatives, each of which has associated activities, methods, tools and techniques
• by deployment of one or more lifecycles across the organization, the platform will enable consistent use of change methodology, so enhancing the efficiency and success rate of transformation initiatives

More information
• A series of webinars are being run during March and April 2010 to explain and explore the element8 proposition
• Details can be found on our website – www.element8software.com.

Element8 Software scale up in India

In keeping with element8’s rapid growth, CEO Alex Clark has announced the ramp-up of its software development activities in India, with plans to double headcount in 2010.

Element8, who first started working in India three years ago, with a sales and marketing division, established its R&D product development center in Bangalore, India in 2008.

“We are constantly ramping up our outstanding Indian team and they are a vital part of our worldwide business,” said Andrew Loveless, VP of EMEA.

The company has also made changes at the organizational level by appointing a new General Manager for its India operations, Rajesh Krishnan.

Rajesh has been with element8 for 3 years and will oversee all activity at the Bangalore site.

The R & D center forms the core of the software development work within element8 and has been central to the creation of the unique xpoint™ business application.

Rajesh’s role will involve ensuring cohesion between the future market needs of transformation systems and the product roadmap being implemented by the software development team.

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