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PRESS RELEASE
May 31, 2011 |
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For Immediate Release
Contact:
Jeffrey M. Kaplan
Managing Director
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Smartsheet.com Wins THINKstrategies' Best of SaaS Showplace (BoSS) Award
Online Project Management Tool Helps Teams Manage Projects More Efficiently
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Wellesley, Mass. - May 31, 2011 - THINKstrategies, Inc., the leading strategic consulting company focused on the business implications of the on-demand services market, announced today that Smartsheet.com 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 of THINKstrategies' new Cloud Computing Showplace 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.
Smartsheet.com is a leading SaaS provider that delivers an intuitive, online project management and collaboration tool. With a familiar and easy-to-use spreadsheet-like interface coupled with file sharing and work automation features, Smartsheet.com is used by organizations worldwide to manage projects and tasks, operations, sales pipelines, events, marketing campaigns and other 'crowdsourcing' activities.
SERA Architects, a Portland Oregon-based firm provides an example of the measurable business benefits gained from Smartsheet.com's SaaS solution. By using the online project management app, SERA cut the design time for a major federal building renovation project by two-thirds, energy consumption to one-third, and paper usage in half by collaborating more efficiently in the cloud.
"We are very pleased to receive this industry recognition from THINKstrategies' SaaS Showplace," said Mark Mader, CEO of Smartsheet.com. "It's gratifying to share stories of how customers such as SERA are realizing meaningful business results by using Smartsheet.com to manage and collaborate on projects. Additionally, being included in the SaaS Showplace provides us the opportunity to introduce Smartsheet.com to even more organizations and help them realize equally positive results."
"Today's rising macro-market pressures are driving organizations to adopt new tools to perform their day-to-day operations more effectively," stated Jeffrey M. Kaplan, the founder of the SaaS Showplace which is now a part of the new Cloud Computing Showplace, and Managing Director of THINKstrategies, the strategic consulting firm which conceived and administers the Showplace. "Smartsheet.com's Cloud-based, SaaS project management capabilities enables organizations to more cost-effectively achieve their business objectives."
For more information about the rules for applying for a BoSS Award or to find a list of previous winners of the BoSS Awards, go to http://www.cloudshowplace.com/awardprograms/boss.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.cloudshowplace.com/awardprograms/ccbv.php.
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About the SaaS and Cloud Computing Showplace
The Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) Showplace is a part of the newly expanded Cloud Computing Showplace, the largest, vendor-independent, online directory and best practice resource center of SaaS, Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) and Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) solutions including Managed Services, founded and administered by THINKstrategies.
The original 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.
For more information, go to www.cloudshowplace.com.
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About THINKstrategies, Inc.
THINKstrategies, Inc. is the only strategic consulting services company focused entirely on helping its clients capitalize on the unprecedented business opportunities created by the technology industry shift from a product-centric to a services-driven orientation and an 'on-demand' delivery model.
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.
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 Cloud Computing Showplace are registered trademarks of THINKstrategies, Inc. |
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