Cenit's Blue Port Acquisition To Include Leading Edge Data Retrieval & Analysis Application.TORONTO -- Cenit Corporations' (TSX TSX Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE before April, 2002) TSX Transfer from Stack Pointer to Index TSX True Space Extension VENTURE:CNT (Carbon NanoTube) See nanotube. )(OTC OTC See: Over-the-counter. OTC See over-the-counter market (OTC). PINK SHEETS:CNTGF) recently announced ("the Company") acquisition of a 51% interest in Blue Port Technologies Inc. ("Blue Port") will include the Acentrix Data Analysis Suite ("Acentrix"). Acentrix is a leading edge, marketing data analysis Strategic decision support application. Designed to process extremely large amounts of data quickly, Acentrix provides a perfect solution for direct marketing organizations and those companies with large customer bases. Acentrix retrieves information in seconds, as opposed to the hours, and in some cases days, that such data requests typically require. Rogers Communications Rogers Communications Inc. (TSX: RCI.A, TSX: RCI.B, NYSE: RCI) is one of Canada's largest communications companies, particularly in the field of wireless communications and cable television, with additional telecommunications and mass media assets. Edward S. Inc. ("Rogers"), a major cable and cellular telephone company based in Toronto, Canada operates Acentrix under a license agreement. Current marketing efforts are aimed at increasing the Acentrix client base. The Product Acentrix puts the power of complex data analysis in the hands of decision makers freeing up valuable IT staff and resources (such as overworked data warehouses) in the process. The intuitive GUI (Graphical User Interface) A graphics-based user interface that incorporates movable windows, icons and a mouse. The ability to resize application windows and change style and size of fonts are the significant advantages of a GUI vs. a character-based interface. interface conceals the complexities of SQL SQL in full Structured Query Language. Computer programming language used for retrieving records or parts of records in databases and performing various calculations before displaying the results. (the standard means of ad-hoc query creations by IT staff), presenting the user with meaningful descriptions of the data and a straightforward methodology for creating and executing queries. The lengthy turn around times typical of relying on IT staff to perform data analysis can now be eliminated. For a full product description and demo visit: www.minds4vision.com Case Study The Acentrix product is licensed to Rogers and used by over 90 senior management personnel in the periodic analysis of over 2 million customers and 40 million customer product records. The Problem The Marketing department needed to be able to find out what mix of products and services was being used under specific circumstances. Under their existing system data base queries required a substantial application of IT department time and resources to write a program (with SQL) to extract the information. These programs were extremely complex due to the large mix of search matches that were required. Writing, modifying and running these programs took a considerable amount of valuable IT staff time and resources. The process was time consuming and results of the queries were ordinarily not quite what the Marketing department was looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. , resulting in program modification and re-submission. Typical turn-around time for these queries was anywhere from overnight to several days, depending upon complexity and system availability. The Solution Acentrix has reduced query turnaround time (1) In batch processing, the time it takes to receive finished reports after submission of documents or files for processing. In an online environment, turnaround time is the same as response time. to near-instant and dramatically reduced IT resources. Typically complex data base queries cover many fields and different values. Some of the factors include product and product groups, geographical area, date of commencement, type of payment, connected and disconnected customers, and churn. Many of the Marketing people are now running their own queries - completely by-passing the IT department and bringing new meaning to user friendly applications. Files are customizable and can be extracted for marketing personnel to use in customer contact initiatives. The Director of Decision Support, Marketing Systems at Rogers states "some of the far-reaching effects of Acentrix are its ability to quickly reconcile customer and product counts, complete fast queries on potential marketing campaigns and put solid data in front of the President and senior VPs in under 30 minutes of the verbal request being placed. Another first is we are now able to analyze our disconnected customer base as well as our churn customers." Blue Port, based in Markham Ontario, is a privately held Enterprise Software and state of the art Technology Services Company established in 2001 by Paul Sleight an entrepreneur with forty years technical and marketing experience and responsible for the successful start-up of several businesses. Most recently Paul was Director of Marketing and Corporate Development of Stepping Solutions / Treklogic from 1999-2003 during which time the Company went public and grew with annual revenues of approximately $90 million through a series of acquisitions under its new name Brainhunter Inc. Under Paul's leadership, Blue Port will identify private companies in the IT field that offer unique, "value-based" enterprise software and services. The assistance of Cenit, allows Blue Port to acquire those companies and synergistically syn·er·gis·tic adj. 1. Of or relating to synergy: a synergistic effect. 2. Producing or capable of producing synergy: synergistic drugs. 3. aggregate them to maximize product sales by accessing a broader customer base for cross-selling products and services and enhance operating efficiencies through the provision of a centralized cen·tral·ize v. cen·tral·ized, cen·tral·iz·ing, cen·tral·iz·es v.tr. 1. To draw into or toward a center; consolidate. 2. operating infrastructure, sales and marketing support, and access to the financial markets. About Cenit Corp. Cenit Corporation is a Canadian holding company with two subsidiary operating companies operating company A business that engages in transactions with outsiders. : Continental Asset Management Inc. (CAM) and Health Promotions Strategies Inc. (HPSI HPSI High Pressure Safety Injection HPSI Human-Ported System Interface ). CAM operates white label Automated Teller and Point of Sale Machines and is a preferred supplier of Ingenico Canada Ltd.; a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of one of the world's largest manufacturers of debit and credit point of sale systems hardware. HPSI is a registered gaming equipment supplier providing fundraising services to 150 charitable organizations through the distribution of "Break Open Tickets" charity lottery tickets. Share Price: $0.215 (July 8, 2005) Shares Outstanding: 13,909,261 "The TSX Venture Exchange TSX Venture Exchange Originally called the Canadian Venture Exchange (CDNX), this was a result of the merger of the Vancouver and Alberta stock exchanges. The goal of TSX Venture Exchange is to provide venture companies with effective access to capital while protecting investors. does not accept responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release" Cenit Corporation (TSX VENTURE:CNT) (PINK SHEETS:CNTGF) |
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