PRESS RELEASE
November 22, 2010
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Informatica Wins Best of SaaS Showplace Award
Cloud Solutions Enables Organizations to Synchronize Back Office Systems with Salesforce.com to Improve Customer Service and Drive Greater Revenue
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Wellesley, Mass. - November 22, 2010 - THINKstrategies, Inc., the leading strategic consulting company focused on the business implications of the on-demand services market, announced today that Informatica has been named the latest winner of the Best of SaaS Showplace (BoSS) Awards program, which is aimed at promoting the measurable business benefits being delivered by today's Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solutions.
The BoSS Awards is an ongoing program which recognizes SaaS companies that are producing tangible business benefits for specific user organizations. These benefits can include increased sales, lower costs, higher customer satisfaction, faster operations and greater profitability.
Informatica is a leading provider of data integration solutions which enable users to access, integrate and secure their information assets in traditional enterprise, off-premise and Cloud environments.
The following are examples of Informatica's measurable business benefits:
- BDB Payroll Service, a leading payroll service provider in the U.S., raised its overall customer service performance "from a level two to a level 10" by leveraging the Informatica Cloud to create a single "go-to" environment to update customer billing, payroll, tax and Automated Clearing House (ACH) information automatically integrated across multiple systems and salesforce.com.
- Toshiba America Business Solutions was able achieve its cloud data integration in one day to better support sales and customer support applications, boost revenues and encourage greater productivity.
- Bay & Bay Transportation, a transportation and logistics company, has utilized Informatica Cloud Services to rapidly connect on-premise applications to substantially increase revenues which it estimates will equal nine times its investment in Informatica's solution.
It is for these reasons that Informatica has been named a Best of SaaS Showplace Award winner. A summary of the company's winning BoSS Award submission can be found at http://www.saas-showplace.com/awardSummary.php?key=734.
"Over 1000 companies are now processing over 10 billion transactions per month using our multitenant integration service," said Ron Papas, general manager, Informatica Cloud. "We are pleased to be recognized with a THINKstrategies' Best of SaaS Showplace Award for ensuring business value of our solutions for our customers."
"As Cloud Computing becomes an attractive option for organizations of all sizes, cost-effectively pulling information together from various on-premise and Cloud assets becomes more essential," stated Jeffrey M. Kaplan, the founder of the SaaS Showplace and Managing Director of THINKstrategies, the strategic consulting firm which conceived and administers the Showplace. "Informatica Cloud Services are responding to these growing requirements and enabling organizations to achieve their business objectives."
A list of previous winners of the BoSS Awards can be found at http://www.saas-showplace.com/registerforbossaward.html.
Based on the success of the BoSS Awards program which focuses on SaaS solutions, THINKstrategies has launched the Cloud Computing Business Value (CCBV) Awards program to recognize companies which are delivering Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) and Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) solutions producing measurable business benefits for their customers. For more information regarding the CCBV Awards, see http://www.thinkstrategies.com/cloudcomputingawards.html.
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About the Best of SaaS Showplace (BoSS) Awards
The BoSS Award program is an ongoing initiative to identify and promote SaaS, and 'cloud computing', companies which are offering on-demand solutions which are generating measurable business benefits for their customers.
BoSS awards nominations are accepted on an ongoing basis, and more than one winner can be awarded in each SaaS Showplace Application, Industry and Enabling Technology Supplier category.
For more information or to nominate a BoSS award winner, go to http://www.saas-showplace.com/registerforbossaward.html.
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About the SaaS Showplace
Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) Showplace® is a service of THINKstrategies, Inc. This Showplace was established in 2006 to provide the following benefits,
- Give enterprise decision-makers a quick directory of the leading SaaS providers and a convenient source of valuable insight regarding SaaS trends.
- Give SaaS providers a targeted tool to increase their visibility among enterprise decision-makers, and gain access to key enabling technology suppliers.
- Give enabling technology suppliers a specialized platform to increase industry awareness regarding their SaaS solutions.
The SaaS Showplace is now the largest and highest ranked, vendor-independent, online directory and resource center of industry best practices in the SaaS market. For more information, go to www.saas-showplace.com.
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About THINKstrategies, Inc.
THINKstrategies, Inc. is the only strategic consulting services company formed specifically to address the unprecedented business challenges facing IT managers, solutions providers and investors today as the technology industry shifts toward a services orientation.
THINKstrategies' mission is to help our clients re-THINK their corporate strategies, and refocus their limited resources to achieve their business objectives. THINKstrategies helps enterprise decision-makers with their sourcing strategies, IT solutions providers with their marketing strategies, and VCs with their investment strategies.
In addition to the Software-as-a-Service Showplace, THINKstrategies is also the founder of the Managed Services Showplace, a vendor-independent, online directory and information resource center of managed service solutions.
For more information regarding THINKstrategies' unique consulting services, visit www.thinkstrategies.com, or contact us at info@thinkstrategies.com.
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THINKstrategies, SaaS Showplace and Managed Services Showplace are registered trademarks of THINKstrategies, Inc.
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