Aelita Software Achieves Record Revenue in Second Quarter; 235 Percent Increase in Revenue Fueled by Windows 2000 Acceptance, Aelita's Most Aggressive Product Rollout in Industry.Business Editors COLUMBUS, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 24, 2000 Aelita Software, which provides award-winning Microsoft-centric products to Fortune 1000 companies worldwide, today announced record revenue for the second quarter of 2000. The privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. posted a 235 percent increase in revenue over the same period last year. June was the second best sales month in the history of the company, producing a 330 percent increase over sales in June 1999. The company attributes its growth to the successful introduction of products that support Microsoft Windows See Windows. (operating system) Microsoft Windows - Microsoft's proprietary window system and user interface software released in 1985 to run on top of MS-DOS. Widely criticised for being too slow (hence "Windoze", "Microsloth Windows") on the machines available then. 2000, a growing sales force and new senior management in sales and marketing. "Our strategy has been to have aggressive development surrounding our Windows 2000 initiative," said Aelita President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Ratmir Timashev, adding that the company is on pace to triple its revenues this year. "Windows 2000 is enjoying a more rapid penetration into the marketplace than anticipated, so our strategy paid significant dividends earlier than projected." Timashev also said the addition of Vice President of Sales Garry Stenzel and Director of Marketing Mark Wallinger Mark Wallinger (born 1959) is a British artist, best known for his sculpture for the empty fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square, Ecce Homo (1999), and State Britain (2007) a recreation at Tate Britain of Brian Haw's protest display outside parliament. , which rounds out the senior management team, has brought vision and leadership to Aelita. Both have extensive software experience. MICROSOFT: AELITA HAS A "NEXT GENERATION SOLUTION" "Simplification of network administration is a key requirement of enterprise customers and they are asking for ways to accelerate their deployments of Windows 2000 and Active Directory," said Mark Perry Mark Perry is the name of:
Significant revenue strides were also made in the second quarter with the opening of sales offices in the Southwest (Dallas) and the Great Lakes region The Great Lakes region can refer to:
Aelita also had ERDisk, which is the market leader in emergency disk creation and disaster recovery, pass the series of tests required for Windows 2000 Server certification - one of the first 50 U.S. companies to capture that distinction and the first in the Midwest. The company also released a Web-based ROI (Return On Investment) The monetary benefits derived from having spent money on developing or revising a system. In the IT world, there are more ways to compute ROI than Carter has liver pills (and for those of you who never heard of that expression, it means a lot). calculator that automates return-on-investment calculations for ERDisk deployment. "Aelita's ERDisk has proven it is a premier Windows 2000-based application by passing the Certified for Windows 2000 requirement," said Peter Ollodart, Group Product Manager, Windows Marketing, Microsoft Corporation (company) Microsoft Corporation - The biggest supplier of operating systems and other software for IBM PC compatibles. Software products include MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows, Windows NT, Microsoft Access, LAN Manager, MS Client, SQL Server, Open Data Base Connectivity (ODBC), MS Mail, . "ERDisk has been certified as a next-generation product for emergency protection and disaster recovery, which are vital today." BETTER PRODUCTS TO MARKET, FASTER "Our strategy is to build a company that gets better Microsoft-centric products to market, faster," said Aelita Director of Marketing Mark Wallinger. "Seven out of 10 employees are in Development, and in the second quarter we rolled out three major upgrades and launched a new product -- SnapReports for Microsoft SMS (1) (Storage Management System) Software used to routinely back up and archive files. See HSM. (2) (Systems Management Server) Systems management software from Microsoft that runs on Windows NT Server. (Systems Management Server) - which is exceeding all expectations." Aelita launched a new version of EventAdmin (event management and security auditing product) April 24. It launched the newest version of its Domain Migration Wizard on May 15, and has another new version with additional features and enhancements due in late summer to support its strategy of providing migration from any source to Windows 2000. The rollout of Domain Migration Wizard is significant because it is the cornerstone of the Controlled Migration Suite, a three-product suite that delivers zero-user-impact migration to Windows 2000. Aelita is planning migration seminars in 39 cities this fall at Microsoft facilities. "We will continue to work alongside Microsoft and bring new products to market faster than anyone in our space," said Wallinger. The "jewel in the crown for the quarter," according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Wallinger, was the launch of SnapReports for Microsoft SMS. It is the first reporting solution to deliver one-touch access to SMS data and inventory, which allows administrators to quickly search, analyze and generate reports on data stored in the SMS database. Aelita SnapReports uses native Windows Management Instrumentation Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) is a set of extensions to the Windows Driver Model that provides an operating system interface through which instrumented components provide information and notification. (WMI (Windows Management Instrumentation) A programming interface (API) in Windows that allows system and network devices to be configured and managed. WMI is based on WBEM, which stores all definitions in a CIM database. ) to retrieve Systems Management Server data. Its method for formatting data into HTML HTML in full HyperText Markup Language Markup language derived from SGML that is used to prepare hypertext documents. Relatively easy for nonprogrammers to master, HTML is the language used for documents on the World Wide Web. reports allows administrators to easily produce custom reports with truthful processing of compound attributes, and to quickly search all SMS database content. According to analyst Rod Trent of the Swynk Group, SnapReports meets an immediate need in the market. "SnapReports is a long awaited reporting system for Microsoft SMS 2.0," Trent said. "It gives SMS administrators an easy-to-use and powerful tool to analyze, search and report on data and inventory stored in SMS database." THIRTY MINUTES FROM DOWNLOAD TO DEPLOYMENT "I was able to download, install, and read the documentation within a half hour and the seamless integration An addition of a new application, routine or device that works smoothly with the existing system. It implies that the new feature or program can be installed and used without problems. Contrast with "transparent," which implies that there is no discernible change after installation. with queries has made my job easier," said Adam Cahill, a technical support specialist with American Republic Insurance, a SnapReports user. "Our customers tell us that simple development of custom reports for Systems Management Server helps increase the quality and level of support they are able to offer," said David Hamilton David Hamilton may refer to:
SnapReports' reporting capabilities can be further enhanced by Aelita's Enterprise Directory Reporter(TM), which is a comprehensive management and security assessment solution for large Windows NT- and Windows 2000-based networks. Sales highlights for the quarter included John Deere, Qualcomm, Bechtel, Fisher Controls, Iwon.com, Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University, mainly at Baltimore, Md. Johns Hopkins in 1867 had a group of his associates incorporated as the trustees of a university and a hospital, endowing each with $3.5 million. Daniel C. and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. The privately held company headquartered in Powell, Ohio, is currently discussing an initial round of funding with several venture capital firms Name Location Founding date Managing Partners/Directors Specialty Capital managed 5AM Ventures Menlo Park, CA; Waltham, MA 2002 John Diekman, PhD (managing partner), Scott Rocklage, PhD (managing partner), Andrew Schwab (managing partner) life sciences $200M [1] . The funds will allow Aelita to expand its sales and marketing efforts. About Aelita Software Aelita Software provides a comprehensive set of enterprise network management tools that deliver improved control, usability and security. Focusing on the Microsoft platform, Aelita has fully developed solutions for Windows 2000 migration and domain reconfiguration, directory management, security analysis, systems monitoring and configuration recovery. The company also provides consulting and software development services for Microsoft enterprise networks. Aelita Software is headquartered in Powell, Ohio and can be reached at (800) 263-0036. The company is on the World Wide Web at www.aelita.com. |
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