Centra Wins Coveted ASPire Award; Program Showcases Best Practices in the Software Service Provider Industry; Software Services Group Honors Centra in Service Satisfaction Category.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers LEXINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 22, 2003 Centra Software, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : CTRA CTRA Canadian Therapeutic Recreation Association CTRA College Terrace Residents' Association CTRA Canadian Telecommunications Resellers Alliance CTRA Committee To Restore America ), a leading provider of application software and services for real-time enterprise collaboration (RTEC RTEC Regional Technology in Education Consortium RTEC Ready-To-Eat Cereal RTEC Rural Transit Enterprises Coordinated, Inc (Kentucky, USA) RTEC Run Time Error Checker ), today announced that it has been selected a winner of the third annual ASPire Award program. Sponsored by CompTIA's Software Services Group (SSG SSG abbr. staff sergeant ), the ASPire Awards honor best practices in the software service provider industry and recognize the providers best able to demonstrate the value that the software services model can provide. CompTIA is a global trade association representing the business interests of the information technology industry. ASPire Awards were given in four categories: Delivery and Enablement, Integration, Management and Operations, and Service Satisfaction. Centra was selected the winner in the Service Satisfaction category. Members of the CompTIA SSG Best Practices Committee selected a total of eight finalists. An independent review board consisting of software service provider industry experts selected the four winners, which also included Abridean Inc., iSTARK Corporation, and IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) . Centra's submission was chosen for enabling EMC (1) (EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA, www.emc.com) The leading supplier of storage products for midrange computers and mainframes. Founded in 1979 by Richard J. Egan and Roger Marino, EMC has developed advanced storage and retrieval technologies for the world's largest companies. , a world leader in network information storage and storage infrastructure, to scale its online, hands-on training and learning options to a growing base of global customers and partners. "The winners of this year's ASPire awards have demonstrated the measurable benefits that the software services, or ASP, model brings to the world of information technology," said Richard Rysiewicz, vice president of CompTIA's Services Group. "These are practical examples that vividly illustrate the value of the software services provider model and facilitate further global adoption of this approach." Scalable Software Solution for Enterprise Collaboration Centra's secure and scalable enterprise application provides collaboration solutions for sales, marketing, human resources The fancy word for "people." The human resources department within an organization, years ago known as the "personnel department," manages the administrative aspects of the employees. , information technology, and other departments across the enterprise that need to take advantage of more efficient and cost-effective business communication over the Web. CentraOne(TM) brings together voice, video, data, and graphics in easy-to-use interfaces for Web conferencing A videoconferencing session via the Internet. In order to interact with other participants, attendees use either a Web application or an application downloaded into their client machines. , meetings, and virtual classrooms that can be deployed onsite or accessed through a secure ASP, leveraging Centra's global network of servers. Centra integrates with existing infrastructure to help organizations align enterprise IT strategies with key business processes to enhance productivity, lower costs, and drive revenue. Centra's solutions are available in 13 language editions and in 29 countries worldwide. "Centra has maintained a steadfast commitment to our customers by providing best-in-class technology, customer service, support and delivery," said Debbie Louis, Centra's vice president of eBusiness Operations. "With businesses looking to establish a robust ASP offering that gives their customers more flexibility and deployment options, it is more important than ever that we are recognized as industry innovators innovators people who will try new things. early innovators important figures in the farming or client community because they are the leaders in the introduction of new techniques and management systems. for our ASP service. We are thrilled to have won an award of this nature because we believe that it demonstrates our commitment to customers and our viability as a quality vendor in the ASP arena." About CompTIA CompTIA is a global trade association representing the business interests of the information technology industry. For more than 20 years, CompTIA has provided research, networking and partnering opportunities to its members, developing standards and best practices and influencing the political, economic and educational arenas that impact IT worldwide. More information is available at www.comptia.org. About Centra Leading with an undisputed track record of helping more than three million licensed users to increase revenue and improve overall business performance, Centra enables global corporations, government agencies, and universities to drive greater productivity and lower costs through the industry's most extensible application software for real-time enterprise collaboration. Today more than 1,000 organizations across every industry and market sector choose Centra, including Cadbury Schweppes Cadbury Schweppes plc is a confectionery and beverage company with its headquarters in Berkeley Square, London, England, UK. Cadbury Schweppes is currently the only major international confectionery manufacturer to produce Fairtrade or organic products, which it sells through its , McKesson, Sysco, Viacom, and Stanford University Stanford University, at Stanford, Calif.; coeducational; chartered 1885, opened 1891 as Leland Stanford Junior Univ. (still the legal name). The original campus was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted. David Starr Jordan was its first president. . Centra's products are bolstered by a vital ecosystem of strategic partners, including Deloitte Consulting, EDS (Electronic Data Systems, Plano, TX, www.eds.com) Founded in 1962 by H. Ross Perot (independent candidate for the President of the U.S. in 1992), EDS is the largest outsourcing and data processing services organization in the country. , Microsoft, Siebel, Cisco, and Oracle. Headquartered in Boston, Centra services a worldwide customer base throughout the Americas, Europe, Asia and Australia. For more information, visit www.centra.com. Centra is a registered trademark, and CentraOne is a trademark of Centra Software, Inc. All other trademarks referenced herein are the property of their respective owners. |
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