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July 12, 2010
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Project Portfolio Office Is First Best of SaaS Showplace Award Winner Based in Africa
South African SaaS Provider Delivers Project, Program and Portfolio Application Which Enables Organizations to Improve Collaboration, Communications and Operational Efficiency
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Wellesley, Mass. – July 12, 2010 - THINKstrategies, Inc., the leading strategic consulting company focused on the business implications of the on-demand services market, announced today that Project Portfolio Office (PPO) has been named the latest winner of the Best of SaaS Showplace (BoSS) Awards and the first company based in Africa to be recognized by the 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.
Project Portfolio Office is a web-based application designed, developed and supported in South Africa to assist organizations to manage projects and project portfolios in various industries. It is offered on SaaS platform, and is an enterprise solution capable of bringing together all the elements necessary for typical projects.
An example of the business benefits of the Project Portfolio Office is the Development Bank of South Africa (DBSA), in conjunction with National Treasury, which launched the Siyenza Manje Programme, an initiative aimed at providing hands-on support to distressed municipalities in the delivery of infrastructure, accelerating service delivery, and ensuring the sustainable growth of capacity in South Africa’s local government. The implementation was performed by The Project Hub, a PPO implementation partner and starting in November 2007, all existing project data was migrated from Excel spreadsheets and other paper-based material to a central project data repository within PPO in 3 months. The migration involved over 1,500 projects and over 130 users. Since the implementation of PPO, the DBSA now has over 5,000 active projects and more than 500 users. By leveraging the PPO, users experienced a 67% average improvement in the availability of data; a 65% reduction in reporting timelines; 64% increase in data accuracy; 61% improvement in the usability of the applications reports; and 55% improvement in the detail of data available using the application.
It is for these reasons that Project Portfolio Office 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=1633.
“We are pleased to be recognized by THINKstrategies and the SaaS Showplace for the business value of our SaaS solution and are proud to be the first African company to receive this recognition,” said Guy Jelley, PPO Chief Executive Officer.”The DBSA implementation is one of the largest SaaS deployments in Africa, and we look forward to continuing to promote the benefits that SaaS solutions can provide organizations with the additional endorsement of the BoSS Award”.
"One of the greatest advantages of today’s SaaS solutions is the way in which it facilitates better communications and greater collaboration among workgroups in a highly economic fashion,” 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. "Project Portfolio Office clearly illustrates how organizations worldwide are leveraging SaaS solutions to improve their operations and the quality of life in their areas."
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, go to http://www.thinkstrategies.com/cloudcomputingawards.html.
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About the Best of SaaS Showplace (BoSS) AwardsThe 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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