Surebridge Maintains Strong Momentum Through Fourth Quarter; Full Service ASP Signs 11 New E-Commerce, CRM And ERP Hosted Deals.Business/Technology Editors LEXINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 16, 2001 Surebridge, Inc., a leading single-source application service provider (ASP asp, popular name for several species of viper, one of which, the European asp (Vipera aspis), is native to S Europe. It is also a name for the Egyptian cobra (Naja haja). ), today announced its continued momentum in the ASP market, closing its fourth quarter with the signing of 11 new e-commerce e-commerce, commerce conducted over the Internet, most often via the World Wide Web. E-commerce can apply to purchases made through the Web or to business-to-business activities such as inventory transfers. , CRM (Customer Relationship Management) An integrated information system that is used to plan, schedule and control the presales and postsales activities in an organization. and ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) An integrated information system that serves all departments within an enterprise. Evolving out of the manufacturing industry, ERP implies the use of packaged software rather than proprietary software written by or for one customer. hosted contracts with new and existing customers. New Surebridge clients include Giga Information Group, KNT KNT Knight KnT Kino No Tabi (book series by Keiichi Sigsawa) Network Technologies, Language Line Services, Orblynx Inc., and Perigon Engineering. Surebridge is a full service Application Service Provider (ASP), handling every step of the application management process, from evaluating a company's software needs on a strategic level to deploying, hosting and managing the application. The company provides a choice of enterprise-class applications from vendors such as Vignette Vignette A symbol or pictorial representation of the corporation on a stock certificate. Usually a complicated and artistic design, it is meant to make the counterfeiting of stock certificates as difficult as possible. , Ariba, Great Plains, PeopleSoft, SalesLogix, Solomon, Microsoft and Siebel to mid-market companies and assumes full accountability for each application to provide the highest level of customer service. Mid-market companies have embraced this model, which provides them the high-caliber software applications that have traditionally been out of reach for all but Fortune 500 corporations. "We selected Surebridge because we liked the concept of the ASP model," said Lillian McRae, accounting manager for Perigon Engineering. "The model offers Perigon a cost-effective approach to managing its back-office systems, while providing system security and stability. We were also very impressed im·press 1 tr.v. im·pressed, im·press·ing, im·press·es 1. To affect strongly, often favorably: with Surebridge's level of experience and knowledge. With Surebridge as a partner, our IT staff can focus on core business objectives." "Surebridge is showing steady growth in the ASP market, ending the year 2000 with more than 200 percent growth over the prior year," said Pradeep Khurana, founder and chairman of Surebridge, Inc. "Our success further substantiates the business model we have chosen, our focus on the right target market and our controlled growth. We are seeing a continued momentum because of our ability to provide mid-market companies with application choice and an affordable end-to-end solution (jargon) end-to-end solution - (E2ES) A term that suggests that the supplier of an application program or system will provide all the hardware and/or software components and resouces to meet the customer's requirement and no other supplier need be involved. Compare: turn-key solution. to meet their IT needs. With cost reduction becoming a key focus for our customers, we are seeing even further acceleration of our outsourced application business model. As a result, more and more companies are turning to Surebridge to take advantage of our unique full service model, which not only provides the applications but the support to make them successful." About Surebridge, Inc. Surebridge, a leading single-source application service provider (ASP), was built from the ground up to service the complex needs of the middle market. Surebridge delivers brand name application choice, quality deployment and value-priced solutions. Its full service offerings include software selection based on business need, rapid and precise application deployment, affordable and secure hosting, application management and continuous business improvement services. Surebridge's complete portfolio comprises back-office, front-office, e-commerce and productivity applications. Surebridge's customers include leading manufacturing, professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. , healthcare and financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. firms. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Lexington, Mass. For more information, please visit www.surebridge.com, or call 781-372-3222. All products mentioned in this release are registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective holders. |
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