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Date Posted: 10/6/2004
The Association of Certified Fraud Examiners and InformationActive Inc announce Higher Education Initiative partnership
(Austin, Texas and Ottawa, Canada) - The Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) and InformationActive Inc today announced to use InformationActive's flagship product, ActiveData for Excel, as a key part of its Higher Education Initiative.
The ACFE's Higher Education Initiative has been in place for several years in order to promote anti-fraud education in college and university disciplines such as accounting, management, business and criminal justice. The program provides materials to universities and colleges in order to further the establishment of baccalaureate, post-baccalaureate or certificate courses. In June of 2004, the ACFE announced a partnership with InformationActive to resell ActiveData for Excel. The success of this program has spurred the creation of this new arrangement to use this product for training students in universities and colleges in using computer techniques for fraud detection.
Time limited versions of ActiveData for Excel will be made available in support of case studies for the new course materials are being prepared by leading audit software analyst and consultant, Rich Lanza, creator of the highly successful web resource www.auditsoftware.net. Mr. Lanza is the acknowledged expert within the accounting and audit field in Computer Aided Audit Tools (CAATs) and how they can be applied in business situations. The case studies will help students learn the fundamentals of fraud detection using ActiveData for Excel.
According to Mr. Lanza, "I think it's vital to introduce students to CAAT's products at the university level so they can familiarize themselves with industry best practices. Working with the ACFE and InformationActive lets me put these young men and women in touch with the thought leaders in this industry and cutting edge tools in their chosen field."
"We're delighted to extend our partnership with the ACFE", noted Michael Pluscauskas, President of InformationActive. "We are committed to providing products and services that address the challenging issue of fraud detection. We also welcome any opportunity to work with Rich Lanza. We believe that ActiveData for Excel will help students get to the heart of the fraud detection course material from within the Excel environment; something they know and are comfortable with."
Joseph T. Wells, Chairman of the ACFE indicated that, "higher education is one of our leading priorities. The ACFE is reducing business fraud world-wide and inspiring public confidence in the integrity and objectivity within the profession. In order to continue to be successful, we have to train the next generation of fraud examiners. We want to do everything we can to provide good training and tools through our Higher Education Initiative to meet these objectives. We are delighted in our partnership with InformationActive and we look forward to great success in this new initiative."
ActiveData for Excel has garnered worldwide praise since its introduction to the market in March 2004. With installations in leading banks, consultancies, Fortune 500 companies, it has quickly established itself as the benchmark for price performance and ease of deployment. ActiveData is the first audit software package built as a Microsoft Office Solution Accelerator: an integrated set of tools designed to address key enterprise requirements.
InformationActive Inc is a software company located in Ottawa, Canada. The Association for Certified Fraud Examiners is headquartered in Austin, Texas . The ACFE is the world's premier provider of anti-fraud training and education. A leader in the global anti-fraud community, the ACFE has over 30,000 members, sponsors more than 100 chapters worldwide and provides anti-fraud educational materials to over 200 universities.
Contact:
Michael Pluscauskas
President, InformationActive Inc
150 Isabella Street, Suite 100
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1S 1B7
Phone: 613-569-4675 X 184
www.InformationActive.com
info@InformationActive.com
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