Corporate travel booking and management provider Deem plans to discontinue Deem Expense in 18 months. Clients of the system will transition to Certify, one of the expense systems participating in Deem's Open Expense Alliance. Deem said the company's "intense focus" on travel meant it couldn't dedicate the necessary resources to develop its own expense solution.
Deem chose Certify from among the expense systems that integrate with its Work Fource travel booking and management platform because Certify's features overlapped most completely with Deem Expense, making for the easiest transition for customers, said Deem SVP of business development Todd Kaiser.
Deem will provide customer service and support for Deem Expense until customers have transitioned from it, the company said. Work Fource will remain in use and will continue to integrate with Certify and other expense providers in its Open Expense Alliance, including Apptricity, Chrome River, Expensify, Infor Expense Management and Oracle.
Earlier this year, Deem was acquired by Enterprise Holdings, an existing investor, in a deal that enables Deem to continue operating autonomously. Certify also was party to a major deal this year, announcing in March a $1 billion-plus merger with Chrome River. Some said that deal could alter the expense management competitive landscape by challenging Concur's longtime market dominance.