BlueTie Hits Industry-Leading Milestone for Small Business Customer Acquisition.Sign-Ups for BlueTie's Web-based Application See Web application. Exceed 1,200 a Day, 20% Faster Than Google Apps A collection of Google applications and utilities that is offered as a package either free or paid. In 2007, Google combined its e-mail, instant messaging, calendar, word processing, spreadsheet and Web authoring applications along with administration utilities into Standard and Premier ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- BlueTie, Inc. (www.bluetie.com), the first company to offer hosted e-mail and calendaring integrated with the Web's most useful services, today announced a significant milestone with 1,200 new businesses signing up daily for BlueTie Free e-mail See Internet e-mail service. solutions. To satisfy market demands of businesses with 20 employees or less, BlueTie Free launched in October 2006 and has signed up more than 50,000 small businesses. "Small businesses are moving to BlueTie in record numbers, demonstrating our ability to win the trust of companies worldwide," said David Koretz, 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. of BlueTie. "BlueTie's branded service, as well as our private-labeled ISP (1) See in-system programmable. (2) (Internet Service Provider) An organization that provides access to the Internet. Connection to the user is provided via dial-up, ISDN, cable, DSL and T1/T3 lines. services, are experiencing enormous growth." BlueTie Free is a Web-based application that features shared contacts and files, spam and virus protection for e-mail, domain support, 5GB of storage per user, and up to 20 users per business customer. It is available on the company's Web site and is also distributed via leading Internet service provider Internet service provider (ISP) Company that provides Internet connections and services to individuals and organizations. For a monthly fee, ISPs provide computer users with a connection to their site (see data transmission), as well as a log-in name and password. (ISP) partners throughout the world, who white-label the BlueTie solution to provide their customers with a more robust e-mail and calendaring application. Current worldwide ISP partners include Unwired (Australia), USA Datanet (U.S.), Islanet (Puerto Rico Puerto Rico (pwār`tō rē`kō), island (2005 est. pop. 3,917,000), 3,508 sq mi (9,086 sq km), West Indies, c.1,000 mi (1,610 km) SE of Miami, Fla. ), Navigo (Canada), and Unwired (Fiji). ISPs leverage BlueTie's unique Featuretisements monetization model, which integrates useful services like travel planning, e-mail marketing Email marketing is a form of direct marketing which uses electronic mail as a means of communicating commercial or fundraising messages to an audience. In its broadest sense, every email sent to a potential or current customer could be considered email marketing. , and Web search into the BlueTie solution to make it easy to manage and complete personal and business tasks directly from the e-mail. Amidst concerns about privacy on the Web, BlueTie bypasses traditional online advertising methods that rely on gathering user data to monetize free e-mail applications. Featuretisements are available on all BlueTie products, including white label offerings. Additional planned offerings include blog publishing, Internet telephony, and Web conferencing. About BlueTie, Inc. BlueTie is the leading provider of hosted e-mail and calendaring solutions for small to mid-sized businesses (SMBs) and service providers worldwide. BlueTie revolutionized the Software as a Service sector in 1999 by introducing the first hosted suite of small business collaboration, and again in 2006 with the launch of Featuretisements - a new way to monetize applications. BlueTie continues to lead the SaaS movement by delivering incredibly simple applications that are fast, inexpensive and reliable. BlueTie's software is licensed by channel partners, ISPs and other service providers. For more information about BlueTie, visit www.BlueTie.com or call 1-800-BlueTie. |
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