Computerworld Magazine Names Kovair to ''Top 100 Emerging Companies'' List.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 27, 2000 Computerworld Magazine named Kovair Inc., a leading provider of strategic relationship management software, as one of the "Top 100 Emerging Companies to Watch in 2001." The list features companies that have demonstrated early success in executing a business and technology strategy for Fortune 1000 companies. Kovair's VIPCenter is a collaborative platform that connects the people, applications and processes vital to managing each strategic business-to-business relationship. The VIPCenter builds mutual value in strategic relationships, enhances customer retention and increases revenues. "Computerworld's IT expert panel realized Kovair's software answers a real-world business problem that IT departments are asked to help solve. They understand firsthand first·hand adj. Received from the original source: firsthand information. first that Fortune 1000 companies need to strengthen cross-company communication to maintain and grow strategic customer relationships," said Krishna Subramanian, Kovair's chief executive officer. Computerworld's selection process is rigorous, culminating with a review of finalists by a panel of information technology industry experts, including the chief information officers of The Prudential Insurance Company of America, Campbell Soup, Panasonic and Polaroid. The top 100 companies' solutions have demonstrable de·mon·stra·ble adj. 1. Capable of being demonstrated or proved: demonstrable truths. 2. Obvious or apparent: demonstrable lies. value to Fortune 1000 businesses, from innovative approach to execution capabilities. "Inclusion in Computerworld's list demonstrates Kovair's success in creating a sophisticated solution that is still easy to use by employees outside of IT departments," said Dr. Kumar K. Goswami, Kovair's president and CTO (Chief Technical Officer) The executive responsible for the technical direction of an organization. See CIO and salary survey. . Goswami developed the VIPCenter. About Kovair, Inc. Kovair Inc. is defining a new category of customer relationship management (CRM (Customer Relationship Management) An integrated information system that is used to plan, schedule and control the presales and postsales activities in an organization. ) known as strategic relationship management. SRM (1) (Storage Resource Management) The management of the storage resources in an organization in order to avoid duplication of files and to determine space utilization across all servers. focuses on managing high-margin, business-to-business customer, supplier and partner relationships. Kovair's flagship product A primary product of a company, which is typically why the company was founded and/or what made it well known. For example, MS-DOS, Windows and the Microsoft Office suite have been flagship products of Microsoft. CorelDRAW is a flagship product of Corel Corporation. is VIPCenter, an extensible application that allows companies to connect the people, processes and applications involved in each of their strategic relationships. Kovair's solution is targeted at sales departments and strategic account teams within mid- to large-sized companies. Kovair is based in San Jose, Calif., and has received venture backing from NEA NEA abbr. 1. National Education Association 2. National Endowment for the Arts NEA (US) n abbr (= National Education Association) → Verband für das Erziehungswesen , Sutter Hill Ventures and Draper Richards. For more information, visit the web site at www.kovair.com. |
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