FastTrack is designed to provide customers with a rapid, intelligent and low-risk approach to converting existing document generation systems to the Thunderhead Enterprise Communications platform.

Through numerous customer engagements, Thunderhead has identified that greater than 90 percent of its customers require experienced professional services support in converting existing document generation systems to their newly acquired Thunderhead software.

"As we continue to see rapid uptake and adoption of the Thunderhead platform across a broad range of industries, we have identified a very real need among our customers for a proven professional services offering to help them convert their documents and communications off of existing in-house systems and legacy document generation solutions to the Thunderhead platform," commented Glen Manchester, CEO of Thunderhead.

"Thunderhead's revolutionary enterprise communications capabilities and unique business user-centric design, combined with our open, standards-based architecture make Thunderhead an ideal platform for standardisation. Our FastTrack Conversion Services form the perfect complement to our software, helping our customers to rapidly and cost effectively consolidate their existing systems and achieve greater return on their investment in Thunderhead."

Thunderhead's conversion offerings are one component of its larger FastTrack Services portfolio, which incorporates a broad range of proven consulting and educational service offerings that are designed to help customers deploy and become productive on Thunderhead software as quickly as possible. All of Thunderhead's service offerings make use of its holistic "FastTrack to Thunderhead" delivery methodology to ensure on-time, on-budget project delivery.

Additionally, each FastTrack Conversion Service also incorporates a set of utilities that have been production tested and proven to accelerate the transition to the Thunderhead platform.

Thunderhead will initially offer FastTrack Conversion Services for the following legacy document generation environments:

• Adobe JetForms
• Document Sciences CompuSet
• Document Sciences DLS Enterprise
• DocuCorp DocuMerge
• Group 1 Doc1 Designer
• Microsoft Word template-based solutions
• Insystems Calligo Enterprise
• Metavante CSF Designer