[SWANboard] Fwd: Innovative Acquires Polaris Library Systems

SWAN Board, This seemed like an April 1st joke at first but its not. Aaron Sent by my Nexus mobile phone ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Kim Massana &lt;pr(a)iii.com&gt; Date: Apr 1, 2014 10:19 AM Subject: Innovative Acquires Polaris Library Systems To: Aaron Skog &lt;aaron.skog(a)railslibraries.info&gt; Cc: [http://www.swiftpage5.com/CampResource/2X0XVSQBIDME64AS/bio/open_image.jpg] Innovative Acquires Polaris Library Systems Dear Friends and Valued Customers: [http://www.Swiftpage5.com/CampResource/2X0XVSQBIDPLMAWO/bio/kim_and_bill_sh… am very pleased to announce that Innovative has acquired Polaris Library Systems, a leading provider of public library systems in the U.S. We are excited about the combination of Innovative and Polaris – two companies that have the pulse of the public library market. We have appreciated and respected Polaris’ focus on service and support, especially to public libraries, and we look forward to combining two great organizations and learning from each other. I will lead the combined companies from Innovative’s headquarters in California with Polaris executives joining the Innovative management team in a variety of new roles. Polaris’ Syracuse, New York office will become one of Innovative’s key centers for operations, along with Emeryville, California, Dublin, Ireland, and Noida, India. The newly combined company will provide Polaris customers with a long term partner in Innovative while Innovative's customers will benefit from the pooling of knowledge and expertise of the combined product management and development groups that will bring deep public library expertise under one roof. But some things won’t change. Innovative is fully committed to supporting all our customers going forward and you should notice no change in our ongoing service and support. Our vision of Innovative as a global library technology company is based on an active and respectful partnership with our clients and the entire library community and reflects our ongoing commitment to provide the best service possible to library users. We’re excited about having the Polaris team on board and look forward to great things in 2014 and for many years to come. If you are interested in learning more about the acquisition, please visit our website at www.iii.com/polaris<http://www.Swiftpage5.com/SpeClicks.aspx?X=2X0XVSQBI… or read my latest blog post<http://www.Swiftpage5.com/SpeClicks.aspx?X=2X0XVSQBIDPLMAWO01TWW4&g…W4>. If you have any questions or comments, you are welcome to contact your Library Relations Manager or Sales Representative. Thanks for your ongoing loyalty and support. Best regards, Kim Sent to:aaron.skog@railslibraries.info If you prefer not to receive future e-mails of this type, click here<http://www.Swiftpage5.com/SpeSupIt.aspx?X=2X0XVSQBIDPLMAWO00TWW4&am… Sent By: Innovative Interfaces, Inc 5850 Shellmound Way Emeryville CA 94608 USA [http://www.Swiftpage5.com/images/powerdby.gif]<http://www.Swiftpage5.com… To view as a web page click here<https://www.Swiftpage5.com/speasapage.aspx?X=2X0XVSQBIDPLMAWO00TWW4…W4>. [http://www.Swiftpage5.com/images/Fwd2Friend.gif]<http://www.Swiftpage5.c…