MindXchange Joins Consonus Partner Program to Provide Secure Email Archiving Solution

It was announced today that MindXchange of Maryland, a SaaS provider has been signed on as a Channel Partner for Consonus SAFE™ Secure Archiving for the Enterprise™ that utilizes Symantec's Enterprise Vault and delivers it as a service. "The natural evolution of software delivery combined with today's economic conditions further validates SaaS as the only choice for customers; allowing them to focus resources on their core business. Consonus customers have always been able to trust that their technology environment is constantly delivering ROI and providing a level of reliably that until recently, was only afforded by Fortune 500 firms. We are thrilled to partner with MindXchange to address more customers' needs." Said Will Shook, Executive Vice President of Consonus.

MedeAnalytics selects Savvis to help expansion of healthcare business services

Savvis Inc. announced that it has won a contract to provide managed IT infrastructure services to MedeAnalytics, a leading healthcare performance analytics company. The Savvis solution underpins MedeAnalytics’ SaaS delivery model providing customers with more timely access to its cutting-edge software and eliminating the need to operate the application operate the application within the enterprise. “Our SaaS delivery model is what differentiates us from most of our other competitors that are still purchasing and installing software themselves. With more and more customers joining the MedeAnalytics community, we needed to ensure we could quickly deploy our SaaS platform to stay ahead in the UK,” said David Watson, Senior Vice President, Chief Information & Technology Officer. 

IGN Entertainment Efficiently Serves Their Gaming Community with Parature Customer Service™ Software

Parature has announced that the leading Internet media and services provider, IGN Entertainment is continuing to deliver superior player support to their gaming community with Parature Customer Service software. "Our organization has millions of customers and 200,000 visitors to the support portal each month with a self-service rate of ninety-two percent, and fifty-seven percent of all support tickets are solved via auto-response. Parature Customer Service software has empowered us to provide a superior level of support to a growing community while reducing costs." Said Chris Henderson, Senior Manager, Customer Service, IGN Entertainment. 

According to reports, China SMB’s along with high Internet penetration rate are continuing to deploy SaaS at an estimated growth rate of 17.8 per cent. The survey by AMI-Partners also revealed that $90 million has already been invested on SaaS applications in 2008. "Channel partners in China will strive to evolve into all-in-one providers and will look at building healthy working relationships with key vendors to further drive managed services and SaaS adoption among China SMBs," Augusto Roman P. Carlos, Asia-Pacific IT Services Senior Analyst at AMI-Partners said. 

Odojo Launches Social Networking Backup Service For Public Companies

Odojo Inc. has announced the launch of a new service that monitors a company’s social network activity meeting the requirements of both Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) and Regulation FD (RFD). . "Having watched the explosive growth of social networks like Twitter™, we saw a need for a service that can help protect a company from not just SOX and RFD compliance but also keep track of how 3rd parties are utilizing a company’s trademark and stock symbol online." said Mike Stemple, Founder of Odojo Inc. This service operates as SaaS. 

ThePort Announces Partnership with Avectra

ThePort Network Inc. has announced a partnership with on-demand association management software provider, Avectra. "The integration of our two services enables ThePort to access the data stored in our netFORUM association management software to provide an integrated social networking solution for member based organizations," said Bruce Lovett, Vice President of Marketing for Avectra. "Our association clients can now rapidly and easily deploy social communities within their existing websites, adding significant member value to their services."

TreeHouse Selected To Build Supplier Portal

Interactive has announced that VacationRoost has selected its Reseller View PRM solution to power the newly launched Supplier Portal available to VacationRoost partners. "We have automated the mundane so we can focus on the value-added portions of our supplier relationships. We can now communicate much more effectively with our suppliers and get what we need from them to increase bookings. TreeHouse has also been great about helping us tweak and improve the portal as we come up with new ideas." said Julian Castelli, CEO of VacationRoost.