BlackLine Systems

Ernst & Young Joins BlackLine Systems To Host Client Roundtable in Ohio

jameskim — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 13:00:18 +0000

Calabasas, Calif. – Sept. 1, 2010 – Ernst & Young (E&Y) will be teaming up with financial software provider BlackLine Systems to host the first-ever BlackLine Client Roundtable in Ohio. The event will feature a case study from locally headquartered BlackLine client Exel, a $4 billion global contract logistics provider with more than 500 sites throughout the United States, Canada and Latin America.

Whitt Butler, partner in E&Y’s advisory practice, will open the day with a session on “Global Visibility and Monitoring through BlackLine.”

Bret Carpenter, senior accounting manager, Exel, will present the client case study entitled “Task Management: The Antidote for Nagging,” in which he will focus on how the BlackLine Task Management module enables real-time status monitoring and automatically enforces deadlines – freeing him up from running around ‘nagging’ people to complete their entries.

BlackLine Solutions Consultant and WhiteGlove Expert Shana Cooper will lead multiple sessions throughout the day on best practices to optimize the financial close process by using BlackLine.

Approximately 40 accounting, finance, audit and compliance department executives from other regional BlackLine client companies are expected to attend and share their experiences using BlackLine’s account reconciliation and financial close software suite.

The BlackLine Ohio Client Roundtable, one of a series of regional Roundtables that BlackLine has conducted this year, will be a half-day event, from 7:30 a.m. to noon, on Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2010, at the DoubleTree Guest Suites Hotel in Columbus, Ohio.

Attendees will be eligible for CPE (continuing professional education) credits through E&Y, an American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA)-certified training provider.

About BlackLine

Founded in 2001, BlackLine Systems was the first to develop and offer a commercially available Balance Sheet Account Reconciliation solution. An experienced provider of software to companies from the Fortune 100 to beyond the Fortune 1,000, BlackLine provides quick-to-implement, scalable and easy-to-use applications that automate the entire financial close process to help improve financial controls for companies of all sizes. BlackLine software applications complement existing Enterprise Performance Management (EPM), Governance Risk and Compliance (GRC) and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems.

BlackLine offers clients its enterprise-class software in a simple and secure OnDemand/SaaS platform. With a proven track record and a commitment to customer success, BlackLine seeks to reduce the burden the financial close places on accounting and finance professionals. For more information, please visit www.blackline.com.

Media Contact:
Kimberly Uberti
Director of Corporate Communications
BlackLine Systems
310-721-6850
kimberly.uberti@blackline.com

Client Contact:
Howard Goldstein
Director of Marketing
BlackLine Systems
818-223-9008
howard.goldstein@blackline.com

BlackLine Systems Inc.5000 Company Profile

jameskim — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 16:36:02 +0000

Advanced Training

BobDavenport — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 20:00:34 +0000

1.5 Hours

Thursday – August 26 - 10:00AM New York

This class will cover some of the advanced functionality available in the BlackLine Application. This hour and a half session will cover:

Summary Items
Custom Frequencies
Frequency by Role
Reconciliation Template Configuration
Scheduled List Template

BlackLine Systems Makes Prestigious Inc. 500/5000 List for 3rd Year in a Row

jameskim — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 16:30:01 +0000

Calabasas, Calif. – August 25, 2010 – Demonstrating 589 percent growth over the last three years, financial software provider BlackLine Systems has been recognized by Inc. Magazine for the third year in a row as one of the fastest-growing private companies in the United States.

Along with an overall ranking of No. 513, BlackLine achieved the No. 38 spot in the Software industry sector and No. 28 in the Los Angeles regional category. To view the complete BlackLine profile, please visit http://www.inc.com/inc5000/profile/blackline-systems.

In 2009, BlackLine increased revenues by 50 percent over the previous year. The 2009 growth comes on the heels of two sequential years where the company’s revenues more than doubled. BlackLine is continuing to grow at a fast pace, having signed a record number of clients in the second quarter of 2010.

The Inc. 500/5000 companies are ranked according to percentage revenue growth from 2006 through 2009. For more information, to learn about the selection criteria and methodology or to view the complete list, go to www.Inc.com.

BlackLine clients include a long list of global companies such as AT&T, General Mills, eBay and Northrop Grumman.

About BlackLine

Founded in 2001, BlackLine Systems was the first to develop and offer a commercially available Balance Sheet Account Reconciliation solution. An experienced provider of software to companies from the Fortune 100 to beyond the Fortune 1,000, BlackLine provides quick-to-implement, scalable and easy-to-use applications that automate the entire financial close process to help improve financial controls for companies of all sizes. BlackLine software applications complement existing Enterprise Performance Management (EPM), Governance Risk and Compliance (GRC) and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems.

Media Contact:
Kimberly Uberti
Director of Corporate Communications
BlackLine Systems
310-721-6850
kimberly.uberti@blackline.com

Customer Contact:
Howard Goldstein
Director of Marketing
BlackLine Systems
818-223-9008
howard.goldstein@blackline.com

BlackLine To Host 2nd Annual Partner Forum in Australia To Serve Growing Base of APAC Clients

jameskim — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 13:00:23 +0000

Sydney, NSW, Australia – Aug. 17, 2010 – Financial software provider BlackLine Systems will be hosting its second annual Partner Forum in Australia this week, as part of the company’s ongoing effort to better serve its large and growing base of clients in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region.

The BlackLine APAC Partner Forum will be a half-day event in Sydney on Friday, Aug. 20, 2010. Local representatives from leading consulting firms are among those registered to attend.

A team of BlackLine experts will lead discussions focusing on how partners can help bring BlackLine’s account reconciliation and financial close software to more companies in the APAC region. Specific topics include developments at the company, the state of the market and training and certification courses available to partners.

The BlackLine APAC Partner Forum comes on the heels of BlackLine’s first-ever APAC User Conference where more than 70 finance/accounting department executives from BlackLine’s local client base are gathering this week for events in Melbourne and Sydney. Representatives from BlackLine customers BP and Kimberly-Clark will be presenting at each of the User Conference events alongside BlackLine team members.

The Partner Forum also follows the recent launch of BlackLine’s new Partner Implementation Certification Training Program – an intensive 3-day course that equips partners with the tools and knowledge needed to deliver the same level of world-class service that companies have come to expect from BlackLine.

For more information, contact Howard Goldstein at howard.goldstein@blackline.com.

Media Contact:
Kimberly Uberti
Director of Corporate Communications
BlackLine Systems
310-721-6850
kimberly.uberti@blackline.com

Customer Contact:
Howard Goldstein
Director of Marketing
BlackLine Systems
818-223-9008
howard.goldstein@blackline.com

Inc. 500 Fastest-Growing Private Companies

jameskim — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 20:43:45 +0000

No. XX in 2010; No. 113 in 2009; No. 300 in 2008, BlackLine Systems has made Inc. Magazine’s listing of the Fastest-Growing U.S.-Based Private Companies for the past three years. In 2009, demonstrating 1,452.5 percent growth over the prior three years, BlackLine moved up nearly 200 spots to No. 113. BlackLine also took the No.10 position for “Women-Run Companies” in the prestigious annual ranking. The Inc. 500 companies are ranked according to percentage revenue growth.

BlackLine Systems, Rackspace To ‘Demystify the Myths of SaaS’ in Part 2 of Webinar Series

jameskim — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 13:00:25 +0000

Session to focus on impact of SaaS on business, benefits of hosting corporate data off-site

Calabasas, Calif. – Aug. 16, 2010 – Financial software provider BlackLine Systems and global Internet hosting leader Rackspace (NYSE: RAX) will be conducting Part 2 in a series of three webinars designed to clarify what SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) is and remove the obscurity and fear surrounding the term; show how businesses can benefit from hosting critical applications with a reputable provider; and, demonstrate how finance organizations, in particular, can optimize their account reconciliation and financial close processes by implementing a SaaS solution.

Part 2, entitled “The Impact of SaaS on Business,” is scheduled for Thursday, Aug. 26, 2010, at 2 p.m. ET. The discussion will be led by Jeff Adler, CPA, VP, product expert at BlackLine, and Andy Schroepfer, VP of strategy for Rackspace Hosting.

During the hour-long session, BlackLine and Rackspace experts will concentrate on:

Key Functional Areas/Applications that Can Be Optimized in a SaaS Environment
Benefits of Moving Critical Business Applications to a Hosted Solution – from a financial/cost-savings, productivity and IT resources standpoint
What To Look for in a SaaS Provider – checklist of evaluation criteria, key questions to ask upfront

To register, go to https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/808292859.

The third webinar in the series will be held on Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2010.

If you have any questions, need additional information or missed Part 1 and would like access to the recorded webcast, please contact Howard Goldstein, Director of Marketing at BlackLine Systems, at howard.goldstein@blackline.com.

Media Contact:
Kimberly Uberti
Director of Corporate Communications
BlackLine Systems
310-721-6850
kimberly.uberti@blackline.com

Customer Contact:
Howard Goldstein
Director of Marketing
BlackLine Systems
818-223-9008
howard.goldstein@blackline.com

Red Herring 100

jameskim — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 20:46:29 +0000

BlackLine Systems as Winner 2010, Finalist 2009, global media company and leading technology industry news source Red Herring honored financial software provider BlackLine Systems as a 2010 winner of its prestigious Red Herring 100 award – an annual ranking of the 100 most innovative private technology companies in the North America business region. BlackLine was an Award Finalist in 2009.

Gartner

jameskim — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 20:42:47 +0000

BlackLine Named a “Cool Vendor” April 2010. Leading global IT industry research firm Gartner named BlackLine in its “Cool Vendors in Risk Management and Compliance, 2010,” report. BlackLine is one of just three companies called out in the report which highlights vendors that “offer solutions that are certainly relevant to risk management and compliance, but might not immediately spring to mind when thinking of GRC (governance, risk and compliance) solutions.” Gartner’s list is designed to highlight “interesting, new and innovative vendors, products and services.” Gartner defines a cool vendor as a company that offers technologies or solutions that are: Innovative, enable users to do things they couldn’t do before; Impactful, have, or will have, business impact (not just technology for the sake of technology); and Intriguing, have caught Gartner’s interest or curiosity in approximately the past six months.

E&Y Entrepreneur of the Year

jameskim — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 20:37:06 +0000

BlackLine CEO Therese Tucker Named LA Region Semi-Finalist 2009, Finalist 2008. BlackLine CEO and Founder Therese Tucker was in the running two years in a row for a prestigious Ernst & Young (E&Y) Entrepreneur of the Year Award in the Greater Los Angeles Region for her accomplishments in building BlackLine from the ground up and contributing to the growth of Southern California as a center for technology innovation. E&Y evaluates nominees and their companies based on several selection criteria, such as management style/team building; corporate culture; personal and professional accomplishments; determination, ethics and drive; company profitability and fiscal resourcefulness; and product innovation. E&Y also looks at the individual’s contribution to the local community and how he or she is helping to advance the technology industry in that community.