BlueTie Unveils International Operations; Booming Sales Drives Web-based Software Provider to Establish European and Australian Offices.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers ROCHESTER, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 29, 2003 BlueTie, Inc. announces today the opening of two international facilities created to expand upon its growing North American operations North American operation Surgical oncology Radical surgery of a 'frozen pelvis', consisting of radical en bloc resection of the uterus and urinary bladder. See 'Frozen pelvis.'. Cf 'All-American' and 'South American' operations. . The BlueTie Russia and BlueTie Australia offices add much needed application development and sales resources to the maturing software provider. BlueTie offers an alternative to traditional software, providing a Web-based suite of business-class e-mail and collaboration applications for small and mid-sized businesses. With the launch of BlueTie 4.0, in May 2003, BlueTie sales increased more than 500% in the first two months alone. This increase and the desire to offer customers new features and applications prompted BlueTie management to quickly expand its operations both domestically and abroad. "BlueTie is focused on bringing customers the best suite of collaboration applications in the world. We average a two year backlog Backlog The total value of sales orders waiting to be fulfilled. Notes: This figure is used mainly in the manufacturing industry. Increases or decreases in a company's backlog indicate the future direction of sales and earnings. of new features that we are waiting to deliver to customers." said BlueTie 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. David Koretz. "By expanding to Russia and Australia, we can increase our application development 24/7 and reach markets we have never touched before." The new BlueTie facility in St. Petersburg, Russia currently houses an engineering and development team of twelve, expected to grow to twenty by the end of 2003. The primary focus of this group is to complete development of BlueTie 5.0, slated for release in November 2003. BlueTie Australia, headquartered in Sydney, is comprised of sales and strategic development specialists focusing on introducing BlueTie to the South Pacific and Asian markets. "We are really looking forward to expanding our presence internationally," said Fred Mayne, Vice President of Sales and Marketing. "Australia and Southern Asia have turned out to be lucrative markets for BlueTie, and we expect to further expand our presence in Western Europe Western Europe The countries of western Europe, especially those that are allied with the United States and Canada in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (established 1949 and usually known as NATO). and Central America Central America, narrow, southernmost region (c.202,200 sq mi/523,698 sq km) of North America, linked to South America at Colombia. It separates the Caribbean from the Pacific. in the near future." About BlueTie BlueTie is a leading World-wide provider of Web-based business class e-mail and collaboration software See collaborative software. for small and mid-sized businesses. BlueTie enables companies to be up and running in hours with e-mail, shared calendars, contacts and files, instant messaging Exchanging text messages in real time between two or more people logged into a particular instant messaging (IM) service. Instant messaging is more interactive than e-mail because messages are sent immediately, whereas e-mail messages can be queued up in a mail server for seconds or , and more - all without any investments in software, hardware or support. BlueTie provides critical benefits including virus protection, military grade security, 99.99% reliability and free training, support, and updates. BlueTie users have real-time 1. real-time - Describes an application which requires a program to respond to stimuli within some small upper limit of response time (typically milli- or microseconds). Process control at a chemical plant is the classic example. access to all their information from any computer or wireless device. BlueTie is a registered trademark of BlueTie, Inc. |
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