Globalpark Strengthens Product Development and Leadership Teams Through Acquisition of WP-Experts

By Globalpark, PRNE
Wednesday, June 30, 2010

COLOGNE, Germany, July 1, 2010 - Globalpark (www.globalpark.com), a leading provider of panel
community and survey software, has acquired award-winning rich Internet
application and business portal designers, WP-Experts. The acquisition adds
manpower and expertise to the software development team, and WP-Experts' two
principals will join the Globalpark executive board.

Through the acquisition, Globalpark strengthens its position as a leading
technology platform for enterprise feedback management. The benefit to
Globalpark clients will be a modular product suite that is easier to
implement into enterprise architectures, and has better usability through
rich Internet applications. Globalpark CEO, Dr. Lorenz Graf, said, "A key
objective in this acquisition has been to increase our agility in adapting
our products to anticipate market needs, to help our clients engage customers
and employees and gain insights that drive better business performance.
Adding international experience to our executive board will also enable us to
grow in international markets."

About Globalpark

Globalpark provides panel community and survey software that enables
organizations to manage what matters across the enterprise. By capturing
feedback and tracking behaviour of customers, employees and partners, they
gain insights that drive better business decisions. By identifying and
empowering influential advocates, they build reputation and extend reach.

Founded in 1999, Globalpark software is German-engineered and
globally-tested by leading brands and top market research institutes,
including: Continental, Daimler, General Mills, GfK, IDG, Nintendo, Sony, TNS
and Warner Music. Globalpark is staffed by renowned research pioneers, with
offices across the US, UK, Germany and Austria.

For further information, please visit www.globalpark.com

About WP-Experts

WP-Experts design and implement custom enterprise portals for
international clients like Bayer, UBS, Generali and PricewaterhouseCoopers.
With a strong focus on Rich Internet Applications (RIA) and Rapid Application
Development (RAD), WP-Experts won a Best Portal award from IBM, and were
finalists for the coveted international Freddy and Webby awards. Started in
2003, WP-Experts has provided over 40 organizations with custom portals
and/or re-architected product development processes, and have co-authored
4 books on enterprise portal architecture and portal software development.

For further information, please visit www.wpexperts.de

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