Press Release
| Top Marks for Folio Cloud | 07.06.11 |
USECON's study certifies broad spectrum of application possibilities for Folio Cloud: A USECON study issues Fabasoft Folio Cloud with a noteworthy certificate, according to which the Cloud is outstandingly secure, practical and offers near boundless application possibilities. Furthermore, the 200 interrogated LIWEST customers found Folio Cloud inviting, valuable and innovative.
"Study participant Hanna Zauner was impressed: "Before this study I had never heard of Folio Cloud, the eight weeks revealed more and more advantages of this application. I will most definitely continue to use Folio Cloud."
The aim of this study, conducted within LIWEST's catchment area (Upper Austria and West Lower Austria) was to examine the practical usage of Folio Cloud with users as widely as possible. The user friendliness of the Cloud was a particular focus for Fabasoft that USECON (www.usecon.com) took into consideration during the conception of the study. The internationally active consultancy company specializes in consultancy services concerning the user orientated modelling of interactive systems. "We set up the eight week user case study so that the participants could extensively test and evaluate the Cloud. We gave the test users new tasks each week to really put the use of the Cloud to the test." reported Ulrike Gruber from USECON. During the course of the long-term test, USECON experts continually processed the feeback from the participants to provide concrete optimization potential for Folio Cloud.
Fabasoft Managing Director Karl Mayrhofer was pleased with the responses: "The large amount of positive feedback give us assurance that we are on the right track with Folio Cloud. Our Cloud is updated every month - this allows us to be able to quickly act on and implement concrete suggestions from users." The general unanimous impression of Folio Cloud was that it is "inviting", "valuable" and "innovative". Fabasoft pays particular attention to certified security and reliability. Here the study participants also gave Folio Cloud top marks.
LIWEST, Upper Austria's nummber 1 in the cable television market, is always on the lookout for innovative offers for its customers. “We are contemplating an expansion of our product portfolio with Folio Cloud and this study represents for us an important decision criterion”, said Gerald Eckerstorfer, LIWEST Cable Media GmbH product management director, about the background to the joint initiative.
The longer that the study participants used the Cloud the more additional application areas they pointed out. The most frequently mentioned field of application was the sharing of files, documents, videos and images etc. with family and friends. Folio Cloud was also highly rated as a platform for teamwork and project organization. Furthermore, the management of documents and media, the organization of events and family meetings and the possibility to access your documents from anywhere and at any time were all evlauated as valuable application areas. Egal, ob privat oder beruflich: Folio Cloud liefert die richtige Antwort, ist sich die Mehrzahl der Testpersonen sicher.
About LIWEST Kabelmedien GmbH
LIWEST Cable Media GmbH is based in Linz and provides more than 122,000 customers with TV, highspeed internet and landlines via its ever growing network that focuses principally on Upper Austria and West Lower Austria. LIWEST stands for "real cable TV" with high performance, secure transmission, a vast array of digital TV and radio channels including HDTV programs and the ability to react quickly to current and future trends. www.liwest.at