Centershift, Inc. Becomes Exclusive Self Storage Association Partner in Self Storage Management Software Arena.ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- Today the national Self Storage Association (SSA (Serial Storage Architecture) A fault tolerant peripheral interface from IBM that transfers data at 80 and 160 Mbytes/sec. SSA uses SCSI commands, allowing existing software to drive SSA peripherals, which are typically disk drives. ) announced that Centershift, Inc. entered into an agreement to become an SSA Partner in the Association's new Sponsorship Program. As the exclusive SSA Partner in the self storage management software category, they will enjoy unprecedented membership access and visibility as well as multiple advertising exposure opportunities. The SSA Partner program combines sponsorships of all the Association's major conferences, trade shows, seminars, publications, including the monthly SSA Globe magazine, and the SSA Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the web site. 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. Michael T. Scanlon, Jr., SSA President & 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. , "We are proud of our long-standing relationship with Centershift, a company dedicated to servicing the management software needs of self storage owners and operators of all sizes. As an SSA Partner, Centershift is supporting the growth of the industry's national not-for-profit Not-for-profit An organization established for charitable, humanitarian, or educational purposes that is exempt from some taxes and in which no one in profits or losses. organization and our ability to provide a greater breadth of products and membership services." Terry Bagley, President & CEO of Centershift, stated "As the leading Internet-based software management solution in the self-storage industry, Centershift is excited to enhance its partnership with the Self Storage Association. We both are focused on similar objectives - providing additional value-add in terms of new services and capabilities to our customers while supporting explosive growth in our client base. We expect that this relationship will help us both demonstrate our emphasis on technological leadership and innovation in the self-storage industry." About Centershift, Inc. Centershift, Inc. produces STORE, sophisticated management software developed specifically for the self-storage industry. STORE provides on-site and headquarters management tools with a focus on providing data accessibility via 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. database and Internet delivery. Centershift leads the industry in developing rate and yield management tools, 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. reporting, site, region, and organization reporting for comparison and analysis, and integration tools for Internet, call center, and kiosk kiosk Originally, in Islamic architecture, an open circular pavilion consisting of a roof supported by pillars. The word has been applied to a Turkish summer garden pavilion and a type of early Persian mosque. implementations. Centershift is headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah For ships of the United States Navy of the same name, see . Salt Lake City is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Utah. The name of the city is often shortened to Salt Lake, or its initials, S.L.C. , and has its STORE application hosted by their partner ViaWest in their Lindon, UT and Denver, CO data center facilities. For additional information, visit www.centershift.com or call 877.927.4438. By bundling benefits, SSA sponsorship programs are a more convenient approach for vendors than the fragmented frag·ment n. 1. A small part broken off or detached. 2. An incomplete or isolated portion; a bit: overheard fragments of their conversation; extant fragments of an old manuscript. 3. model of past years. SSA Partner sponsorships are limited to eight (8) companies. Since the sponsorship program was introduced earlier in the year, six companies have become SSA Partners. The Partner program is for a two-year period and is business category exclusive. All four SSA sponsorship options can be viewed in detail by visiting http://www.selfstorage.org. Click on "Sponsorships" to learn more about the program. About the Self Storage Association Founded in 1975, the Self Storage Association (SSA) is the national not-for-profit trade organization serving the $145 billion (market cap values) and $18.5 billion (revenues) self storage industry including owner-operators, facility managers and vendors in the self storage industry. The SSA represents some 3,000 direct member companies and another 3,000 indirect member firms (via nineteen (19) affiliated associations) that own and operate a total of some 18,000 facilities in the US, Canada and 16 other nations. SSA direct members range from individual facility owner-operators to multiple-facility operations, to the industry's largest publicly traded Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs). The Association specializes in twelve areas of core competency A core competency is something that a firm can do well and that meets the following three conditions specified by Hamel and Prahalad (1990):
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