Survey Uncovers Overwhelming Chaos in Creative Professionals' Workflow

OTTAWA--(Marketwire - January 19, 2009) - According to a recent survey conducted by GridIron Software, the leading provider of workflow and performance tools for creative professionals, designers are looking for ways to become more productive and streamline projects. That is why the company has dedicated the past three years to working with the creative community to develop and hone GridIron Flow, its eagerly anticipated visual workflow management software which addresses many of the concerns raised in the survey. GridIron today announced that GridIron Flow will be available for public beta on February 18, 2009.

To date, thousands of creative professionals have already registered for the GridIron Flow public beta.

The company polled over 1,100 creative professionals in various print, web and video design fields to help identify the main issues affecting their productivity. The results were overwhelming, finding that 81 percent of these professionals spend up to four hours every day on administrative tasks rather than actual design work.

The survey also revealed that:

--  96 percent would be willing to significantly change the way they work
    in order to become more productive
--  83 percent of respondents work on three or more projects at the same
    time
--  94 percent revealed they use at least three applications for each
    project
--  45 percent said they go through six to 10 versions of a project before
    finalizing it
--  82 percent admitted to deleting a file they later need
    

"The survey results confirmed GridIron's passion for creating Flow -- to dramatically increase productivity. Nearly 100 percent of the respondents said they would significantly change the way they work, even though with Flow they won't have to," said Steve Forde, president of GridIron Software. "Knowing how important workflow efficiency is to creative professionals, especially in today's economy with tighter budgets and fewer resources, Flow will allow them do much more in less time."

GridIron Flow is a groundbreaking new visual workflow manager that keeps creative professionals efficient and organized. For the first time, they can see and manage all their project files, versions and information in one simple, elegant interface whether they are using tools such as Adobe Creative Suite, Apple Final Cut Studio, Microsoft Office or other software.

For more information about the company and its products please see the links below:

To register for the public beta -- http://www.gridironsoftware.com/Flow/BetaRegister

For more product information -- http://www.gridironsoftware.com/Flow/

To visit GridIron's blog -- http://www.gridironsoftware.com/blog/

About GridIron Software:

GridIron Software is the leading provider of workflow and performance tools for creative professionals. Founded in 2002, the company's mission is to help creative professionals be more productive while maintaining full control over the way they work. The company's newest product, GridIron Flow, is a groundbreaking new visual workflow manager that keeps creative professionals efficient and organized. GridIron Software's product line also includes GridIron Nucleo and GridIron Nucleo Pro 2, tools that help users manage their After Effects workflow. For more information on the company, please visit www.gridironsoftware.com and subscribe to the GridIron Software blog at http://www.gridironsoftware.com/blog/.

Contact Information: Contact: Joanna Andrade Eastwick Communications 650-480-4073 joanna@eastwick.com