dacadoo signs a strategic cooperation agreement with WingArc1st in Japan
Signed a strategic cooperation agreement with WingArc1st, Japan’s market leading business intelligence software company
20 AUGUST 2015, TOKYO/JAPAN AND ZURICH, SWITZERLAND
Summary
Tokyo/Japan and Zurich, Switzerland – dacadoo, an innovator in digital health technology and health scoring, announced today that it signed a strategic cooperation agreement with WingArc1st, Japan’s market leading business intelligence software company.The Swiss company dacadoo develops and operates a digital, mobile health engagement solution including the world-wide patented Health Score to enable people to actively manage their health in an easy and fun way. The company applies motivational techniques from online games, collaborative features from social networks and personalized feedback to engage people to remain active. dacadoo announced today that it signed a strategic cooperation agreement for the Japanese market with WingArc1st, the market leading business intelligence software vendor in Japan.
WingArc1st will begin the roll-out with a Japanese version of the dacadoo mobile solution among a selected group of forward-looking corporations and local governments in Japan, aiming to provide highly effective business solutions in the area of health & productivity management and leveraging its market leading position in business intelligence software in Japan to provide health promotion programs for corporations.
Peter Ohnemus, founder and CEO of dacadoo comments: “Japan is one of the key strategic healthcare markets in the world and I am thrilled to partner with the number one business intelligence software company WingArc1st, who has a great reputation and market access in Japan. I look forward to make dacadoo a success in this market of key importance“. Mr. Yuichi Kimura, COO of WingArc1st added: “In a market like Japan, with its super-aging population and worker shortage, it is getting more and more important for companies to offer better workplace to retain valued employees and make them more motivated and more productive. The Data Health Plan policy is one of the top government priorities, and health & productivity management gets growing attention rapidly. We’re therefore very excited about partnering with dacadoo which has implemented mobile health engagement solution for corporations successfully in Europe and in the USA already.”
Please see the press release in Japanese here: http://www.wingarc.com/public/detail.php?id=678
About WingArc1st, Inc.
WingArc1st is the market leading business intelligence and output management software company in Japan, having more than 18,000 companies, organizations and government bodies who use their software to effectively manage and analyze business performance and to effectively manage business forms from creation to print. WingArc1st is leading customer-focused business innovations from Big Data and is empowering the customers’ business performance at next level. WingArc1st was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan with global expansions to Asia-Pacific region.
More information on: http://www.wingarc.com/english/
About dacadoo
The dacadoo mobile health engagement solution enables individuals to track, manage and benchmark their health and wellbeing in an easy and fun way on their smartphones. dacadoo calculates a personal Health Score, a scientifically calculated number from 1 (low) to 1,000 (high). The Health Score works as an indicator and moves up or down in real-time, depending on how body values, emotional wellbeing and activities (exercise, nutrition, stress and sleep) change. To help individuals remain engaged, motivation techniques from behavioral science and online games, social and collaborative features from social networks, and personalized feedback are applied. The award-winning company is working with strategic partners from the various key industry segments to bring this solution to the global mobile health market. dacadoo has its headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland.
More information on: www.dacadoo.com
Press contact:
Manuel Heuer
COO dacadoo ag
Tel.: +41 44 251 23 23
Email: manuel.heuer@dacadoo.com http://blog.dacadoo.com https://twitter.com/dacadoo
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"Japan is one of the key strategic healthcare markets in the world and I am thrilled to partner with the number one business intelligence software company WingArc1st, who has a great reputation and market access in Japan. I look forward to make dacadoo a success in this market of key importance" Peter Ohnemus, founder and CEO of dacadoo
"In a market like Japan, with its super-aging population and worker shortage, it is getting more and more important for companies to offer better workplace to retain valued employees and make them more motivated and more productive. The Data Health Plan policy is one of the top government priorities, and health & productivity management gets growing attention rapidly. We’re therefore very excited about partnering with dacadoo which has implemented mobile health engagement solution for corporations successfully in Europe and in the USA already." Mr. Yuichi Kimura, COO of WingArc1st
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About dacadoo
dacadoo is a Swiss technology company that develops technology solutions for digital health engagement and health risk quantification. Our Enterprise SaaS based digital health engagement platform (DHEP) is a mobile-first solution that leverages behavioural science, AI, and gamification to help end users improve their health and wellbeing, while helping clients from various industry segments improve customer engagement and loyalty through personalization. This platform is available in over 18 languages and can be licensed as a white label offering or through APIs to develop /enhance customer solutions. Our award-winning Health Score and Risk Engine are also available for license through APIs. dacadoo’s 85 global employees are committed to making the world a healthier place. We strongly value security and privacy, with an information Security and Privacy Management System certified to ISO 27001 and ISO 27701 standards.