Breakaway Solutions Inc. Strengthens Presence in Application Hosting Market With Acquisition of WebYes.BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 14, 1999-- Breakaway break·a·way adj. 1. Designed to break, bend, or fall apart easily upon impact, especially to create an illusion, as with a theater prop, or for safety, as with a highway sign or barrier. 2. Expands Customer Base and Gains International Data Centers With Purchase of Boston-Based ASP Firm Breakaway Solutions Inc., the only Full Service Provider. With this transaction, Breakaway now has moreo. This acquisition follows Breakaway's merger in March, 1999 with Applica, Inc., a next-generation application service provider (ASP) based in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , as well as the acquisition of Philadelphia-based Internet solutions developer WPL WPL Woodside Petroleum Limited (Perth, WAS, Australia; stock symbol) WPL Winnipeg Public Library (Canada) WPL Western Plaguelands (gaming, World of Warcraft) Labs in May, 1999. "The addition of WebYes allows us to make a big leap forward in the application hosting market by expanding our geographic footprint, strengthening our technology and application expertise and adding a number of marquee customers such as Sun Microsystems Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA[3]) is an American vendor of computers, computer components, computer software, and information-technology services, founded on 24 February 1982. and Netscape to Breakaway's roster of clients," said Gordon Brooks, 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 Breakaway. "We believe the full suite of Breakaway's services delivers a truly compelling value proposition to customers." WebYes has been an early adopter of n-tier hosting architectures, the next generation platform for supporting massively scalable enterprise and web applications, and is the acknowledged leader in supporting Sun Microsystems' NetDynamics Enterprise Application Server(tm), one of the preeminent pre·em·i·nent or pre-em·i·nent adj. Superior to or notable above all others; outstanding. See Synonyms at dominant, noted. [Middle English, from Latin prae application servers in the market. WebYes is moving forward with Breakaway on a plan to offer customers an outsourced version of NetDynamics, lowering the cost of enterprise applications development and deployment. "WebYes has provided the core services The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. Please help [ improve the introduction] to meet Wikipedia's layout standards. You can discuss the issue on the talk page. for Sun Microsystems and our NetDynamics Enterprise Application Server outsourcing (1) Contracting with outside consultants, software houses or service bureaus to perform systems analysis, programming and datacenter operations. Contrast with insourcing. See netsourcing, ASP, SSP and facilities management. , including the development and deployment of mission critical Java projects for Sun's intranet and extranet," said Joel Henderson, Internet Operations Manager See datacenter manager. for Sun Microsystems. "Breakaway will now help Sun leverage this outsourcing expertise across many more of our developers, customers and partners." WebYes has seen growth of more than 300 percent year over year in each of its three years of operation, but saw a need to provide its customers additional services. "Increasingly, our customer base requires a holistic Holistic A practice of medicine that focuses on the whole patient, and addresses the social, emotional, and spiritual needs of a patient as well as their physical treatment. Mentioned in: Aromatherapy, Stress Reduction, Traditional Chinese Medicine set of solutions, including IT strategy and systems integration in addition to traditional ASP offerings," said WebYes president Steven Kokinos, who will lead the product direction of Breakaway's e-commerce hosting solutions and join the company's ASP group. "Breakaway's Full Service Provider model will provide a compelling solution for both existing and future customers, enabling us to act as a single point of contact for all IT needs." The addition of the WebYes staff brings Breakaway additional technical skills and grows the company to more than 185 employees. "In order to be recognized as a leading provider that can effectively serve the needs of the most demanding customers, it is important to have a certain degree of critical mass and scale," said Dev Ittycheria, vice president and general manager for Breakaway's ASP business unit. "With the acquisition of WebYes, we have clearly positioned ourselves as one of the premier ASPs in the industry that has all the core elements in place to take advantage of the tremendous growth opportunities that lie ahead." About Breakaway Solutions ) leading the industry with Hosting (ASP), consrategy through implementation and training, to to gain competitive advantages by better serving their customers. Breakaway can be reached at 617/960-3400 ion. Founded in 1996, WebYes has been knowd application management via its ServerEase control panel, greatly improving application response time for the end user. WebYes can be reached at http://www.webyes.com |
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