SilverBack Named Finalist In ASP Industry Consortium 'ASPire Awards'; Program Recognizes Best Practices in Application Service Provider Field.Business/Technology Editors BILLERICA, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 26, 2001 SilverBack Technologies, Inc., a leading innovator of IT monitoring solutions, today announced it has been selected as a finalist in the 2001 ASP Industry Consortium (Application Service Provider Industry Consortium, Wakefield, MA) A now disbanded trade organization founded in 1999 dedicated to research and standards in the application service provider (ASP) industry. "ASPire Awards" program, which highlights best practices in the application service provider (ASP) industry. Winners, to be chosen in five categories, will be named in October. The five categories comprising the 2001 ASPire Awards are: Delivery and Enablement; Innovative Technology - Wireless; Integration; Management and Operations; and Service Satisfaction. SilverBack was selected as one of three finalists in the Management and Operations category. Winners will now be selected from among these finalists by an Independent Review Board of respected ASP industry experts from outside the Consortium. "The entrants in this year's ASPire Awards have all illustrated the outstanding value proposition presented by the ASP computing computing - computer model," noted Gopan Madathil, director of product management for Agilent Technologies This article needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. , who chairs the ASPire Awards Committee." In being named an ASPire Awards finalist, SilverBack has already distinguished itself as among the very best in support of the ASP industry." "SilverBack Technologies is honored to be chosen as a finalist by the ASPire Awards judges for the second consecutive year," said Dan Phillips, chairman and 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. of SilverBack Technologies. "Being selected for this prestigious award, marks another milestone, illustrating our ability to deliver to mid-sized and Global 2000 companies the best IT monitoring solutions available in the market today. Working with a number of leading ASPs over the past year, our software-based IT monitoring solution provides ASPs and their customers with a reliable way to track real-time and historical information on faults, assets, performance and security across their entire IT environments." About SilverBack SilverBack Technologies, Inc., headquartered in Billerica, Massachusetts Billerica (IPA: [bɪl.'ɹɪ.kə]) is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 38,981 at the 2000 census. Its name is pronounced "bill-RICK-a", rather than rhyming with America. , was founded in spring 1999. SilverBack is a leading innovator in IT monitoring solutions, delivering appliance-based network, systems and application monitoring software through a license/service-based contract model. SilverBack's InfoCare enables mid-sized and Global 2000 companies to proactively monitor their IT computing environments, avoid costly downtime The time during which a computer is not functioning due to hardware, operating system or application program failure. and improve Quality of Service (QoS) at a fraction of the cost of traditional IT monitoring solutions. SilverBack Technologies derives its name from the eldest member of the African mountain gorilla gorilla, an ape, Gorilla gorilla, native to the lowland and mountain forests of western and central equatorial Africa. It is the largest of the apes, the males reaching a height of 5 to 6 ft (150–190 cm) with a 9-ft (144–cm) arm spread. species due largely in part to the defining characteristics that the gorilla possesses including leadership, loyalty, adaptability, dependability and an on-going commitment to protect other members of the gorilla band. SilverBack is a patron of the Gorilla Foundation, which promotes the protection, preservation and propagation The transmission (spreading) of signals from one place to another. of gorillas. For more information on SilverBack, please visit our Web site at www.silverbacktech.com. About the ASP Industry An application service provider manages and delivers application capabilities to multiple entities from data centers across a wide area network. ASPs give customers a viable alternative to procuring Procuring, in general, is the act of acquiring goods or services, usually by contract. It may refer to:
About the ASP Industry Consortium The ASP Industry Consortium is the global advocacy group formed to promote the application service provider industry. Its goals include educating the marketplace, promoting best practices, developing common definitions for the industry, as well as serving as a forum for discussion and sponsoring research. Among the technology sectors represented among its membership are Independent Software Vendors (ISVs), Network Service Providers (NSPs), telecommunications companies See telecom company. , infrastructure providers, Application Service Providers (ASPs) and other sectors supporting the industry. Since its founding by 25 leading technology companies in May 1999, more than 600 member companies in 33 countries have joined the ASP Industry Consortium. Information on the ASP Industry Consortium - including a full list of member companies - is available at www.allaboutasp.org or by contacting the Consortium's headquarters at: ASP Industry Consortium, Inc., 401 Edgewater Place, Suite 500, Wakefield, Mass., USA 01880; Tel: 781-246-9321; Fax: 781-224-1239; e-mail info@aspindustry.org. |
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