Demandware One of 12 Innovative Software as a Service (SaaS) Companies Invited to Present at SIIA On Demand Conference.Demandware 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. Stephan Schambach to Highlight Benefits of on Demand eCommerce Solution for Retailers WOBURN, Mass. -- Demandware (www.demandware.com) announced today that the company is one of 12 innovative Software as a Service (SaaS) companies that was chosen to present at the Software & Information Industry Association's (SIIA (Software & Information Industry Association, Washington, DC, www.siia.net) A trade organization devoted to the health and welfare of the software and digital content industry by providing support in government relations, business development, education and intellectual property ) On Demand conference. Demandware's on demand ecommerce solution was selected by the SIIA board of directors as an example of innovative delivery of enterprise class software as an on demand service. Founder, president and CEO of Demandware Stephan Schambach will present, "eCommerce On-Demand: Advancing The Boundaries of SaaS" at 2:30 p.m. on Thursday, November 9, 2006. Several hundred Internet service and platform vendors, venture capitalists Venture Capitalist An investor who provides capital to either start-up ventures or support small companies who wish to expand but do not have access to public funding. Notes: Venture capitalists usually expect higher returns for the additional risks taken. , financial analysts and other SaaS thought leaders will attend the SIIA On Demand conference, which is being held at the Dolce dol·ce Music adv. & adj. In a gentle and sweet manner. Used chiefly as a direction. [From Italian, sweet, from Latin dulcis.] Adv. 1. Hayes Mansion The Hayes Mansion is a building in San Jose, California, USA. It was originally constructed as a mansion and now holds a conference center and two restaurants. The building has been referred to as one of the finest examples of late 19th-century architecture in the Santa Clara in 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. , CA. Other speakers on the agenda include SalesForce.com, 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) , HP and Microsoft. For more information, visit http://www.siia.net/ondemand. 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. a recent Gartner research report, Software as a Service (SaaS) will constitute 25 percent of new business software delivered by 2011 ("On Premise Software Will Be Challenged By SaaS Software Delivery," September 26, 2006). The popularity of SaaS is growing because the solution offers a number of benefits to end users. "SaaS's ability to offer quicker deployments with no or low upfront costs means quicker time to value and lower risk to the buyer," wrote Forrester Research Forrester Research is an independent technology and market research company that provides its clients with advice about technology's impact on business and consumers. Corporate facts
In today's fierce competitive environment, retailers need to constantly maintain their brand integrity and online presence to make sure it is consistent across channels. Demandware applies the continual innovation and cost benefits of a Software as a Service delivery model to the retail industry with its flexible ecommerce solution. Demandware uniquely provides its customers with: * Full merchant control of the storefront and user experience. Utilizing Demandware's Business Manager and UX Studio[TM], merchants can easily implement any design, promotion or site feature, any time - without the routine dependence on outside resources. * Free, automatic seasonal upgrades. Demandware delivers additional ecommerce capabilities to retailers on a frequent basis, without additional cost. This allows merchants to focus more of their time and resources on brand differentiation, rather than commodity features and software version upgrades. (See the September 20, 2006 Demandware announcement: http://www.demandware.com/news_events/article/2006_09_20.html) * On demand scalability and performance. Demandware's robust, multi-tenant architecture delivers enterprise-class performance and dynamically provisions additional capacity along the grid to accommodate traffic peaks. There is no need for merchants to plan and pay for unused data center capacity ahead of demand. Merchants pay only for what is needed, when it's needed. "The unspoken secret of enterprise software is that for every $1 you spend in license, there is an additional $8 in related costs for hardware, implementation, integration and maintenance," said Demandware founder, president and CEO Stephan Schambach. "eCommerce is particularly consumptive con·sump·tive adj. Of, relating to, or afflicted with consumption. given the constant innovation in the industry. However, if you can handle this with a single subscription fee like Demandware offers, you can redeploy re·de·ploy tr.v. re·de·ployed, re·de·ploy·ing, re·de·ploys 1. To move (military forces) from one combat zone to another. 2. your resources toward creating brand distinction and differentiation." Details of Demandware Presentation at SIIA On Demand Conference: "eCommerce On-Demand: Advancing The Boundaries of SaaS" Who: Stephan Schambach Founder, President and CEO of Demandware What: "eCommerce On-Demand: Advancing The Boundaries of SaaS" When: Thursday, November 9 at 2:30 p.m. PT Where: Dolce Hayes Mansion 200 Edenvale Avenue San Jose, CA 95136 About Stephan Schambach - Founder, President and CEO, Demandware: Demandware President and CEO, Stephan Schambach founded the company in 2004. Long an ecommerce visionary and pioneer, Schambach was among the first to recognize the sector as a major software market. He is the developer of a number of industry standards for the technology and also produced the first integrated ecommerce software package, enabling major global companies to streamline complex business processes. Prior to Demandware, Schambach was CEO at Intershop, an ecommerce company he founded in 1992, built to market leadership, brought public in 1998 on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange's Neuer Market, and led to a successful 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 listing in 2000. Earlier in his career, he studied physics at Friedrich-Schiller University in Jena, Germany, and was among the first to found a company in East Germany East Germany: see Germany. after the Berlin Wall came down. About SIIA The Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) is the principal trade association for the software and digital content industry. SIIA provides global services in government relations, business development, corporate education and intellectual property protection to more than 800 leading software and information companies. For further information, visit www.siia.net. About Demandware, Inc. Demandware provides an enterprise-class ecommerce platform, delivered as a service, which offers online retailers the merchandising control, flexibility, functionality and interoperability The capability of two or more hardware devices or two or more software routines to work harmoniously together. For example, in an Ethernet network, display adapters, hubs, switches and routers from different vendors must conform to the Ethernet standard and interoperate with each other. of a full ecommerce application suite with a pricing model aligned with results. With Demandware, merchants can deliver custom ecommerce solutions without buying software or operating expensive datacenters. Demandware was founded by a team with proven expertise from leading ecommerce software and infrastructure companies including ATG ATG antithymocyte globulin. lymphocyte immune globulin (antithymocyte globulin equine, ATG, ATG equine, LIG) Atgam Pharmacologic class: Immunoglobulin Therapeutic class: Immunosuppressant , Macromedia, Intershop and NaviSite. The company has strong backing from North Bridge Venture Partners and General Catalyst Partners. For more information about Demandware, visit www.demandware.com. |
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