Crescendo inaugurates its new head office in Laval

Laval, September 25, 2006 - Crescendo Systems, a beacon company of the Laval e-POLE, today celebrated the official inauguration of its head office in the presence of its customers and business and government partners. Located on a 24,000-square-metre lot in Chomedey, the $4-million building has 2,500 square metres of office space, enough to allow the company to continue growing and conduct its R&D and marketing activities for several years.

Crescendo specializes in digital dictation, speech recognition, transcription, authentication and management systems for the medical, legal, law enforcement and insurance sectors. Developed through the most rigorous research and development programs, Crescendo software is constantly evolving to ensure it responds to the creation and management needs of its 200,000 professional users. Among Crescendo's innovations are MedRite-XL (first Windows-based transcription solution), DigiScribe-XL (first real-time, network digital dictation and transcription solution), and a voice recognition module specifically developed for the Quebec medical sector (unique technology created in partnership with Philips).

This dynamic approach has allowed Crescendo to grow rapidly and expand to markets abroad. The company opened an office in the United Kingdom in 2003 and another in Toronto in 2005, while continuing to maintain a strong foothold in the American and Quebec markets. The company has a solid worldwide distribution network, one that was further expanded in 2006 with the signature of three new agreements in South Africa, China and the Netherlands.

According to Crescendo's President and Co-founder, Costa Mandilaras, the company anticipates considerable growth over the coming five years. "Our products are becoming increasingly recognized, and we have made solid technological advances in the niches where we specialize," he explained. "We are innovators who bring practical solutions to a discerning clientele. This has given us confidence in what we do for more than 16 years and will always remain our key benchmark. The inauguration of our new head office is a milestone for us and a special opportunity to bring our partners and customers together to celebrate sixteen years of rewarding collaboration and an equally bright future. The inauguration cocktail will be followed by a two-day conference, which will give our customers a chance to discover our new products and discuss the latest advances with our technology partners Philips and Citrix."

 

- Mr. Robert Dubé, General Manager, LAVAL TECHNOPOLE
- Mr. Costa Mandilaras, President and Co-founder, Crescendo
- Mr. André Boileau, Ville de Laval Exective Committee Member


About Crescendo
From digital dictation and speech recognition (powered by SpeechMagic) to transcription and report distribution, Crescendo develops systems that enable the fast, cost-effective creation and management of medical documentation. As a pioneer in open standard technology and an international HL7 member since 1990's, Crescendo has allowed over 2,000 single and multi-site healthcare installations to achieve the cross-system integrations that are so critical to the quality of patient care. http://www.crescendo.com/

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Sylvie Gauthier, Director - Communications and Public Relations
LAVAL TECHNOPOLE
Tel.: (450) 978-5961

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Claire Betis, Marketing Manager
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