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PRESS RELEASE
January 27, 2010 | |
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For Immediate Release
Contact:
Jeffrey M. Kaplan
Managing Director
781-431-2690 | | |
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THINKstrategies Launches Cloud Computing Business Value Awards
Recognizes Cloud Computing Providers of Infrastructure-as-a-Service and Platform-as-a-Service Offerings That Deliver Measurable Business Benefits |
Wellesley, MA - January 27, 2010 - THINKstrategies, Inc., the leading strategic consulting company focused on the business implications of the on-demand services market, announced the launch today of a new Cloud Computing Business Value Awards program aimed at showing how cloud computing services are helping organizations of all sizes across every industry respond to today's unprecedented business challenges.
 THINKstrategies' new Cloud Computing Business Value Awards are aimed at highlighting the measurable business benefits which Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) and Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) providers are delivering to enterprises and other end-users.
CCBV Awards is an ongoing program which will identify and promote IaaS and PaaS providers which can demonstrate that their web-based, on-demand solutions have produced tangible business benefits for specific organizations, such as lower costs, reduced deployment times, increased sales, higher customer satisfaction, etc.
The new award program builds on the success of THINKstrategies' Best of SaaS Showplace (BoSS) Awards which were launched in January, 2009. The BoSS Awards program identifies and promotes Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) vendors offering on-demand business applications and enabling technologies solutions which are generating measurable business benefits for their customers. In the past year, forty-four (44) companies have received BoSS Awards. The CCBV Awards will focus on the top IaaS and PaaS applications that are leaders in the Cloud Computing market.
"In the same way the success of the SaaS marketplace has spawned the rapid growth of a broader cloud computing industry, the success of the BoSS Awards has encouraged us to launch the new CCBV Award program," stated Jeffrey M. Kaplan, Managing Director of THINKstrategies, and founder of the SaaS Showplace and the Managed Services Showplace. "This CCBV Award program is another opportunity to fulfill THINKstrategies' primary mission of promoting the business benefits of today's on-demand, web-based alternatives to traditional, on-premise software and systems."
In order to qualify for a CCBV Award, companies must fulfill the following criteria:
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Be incorporated and have an IaaS and/or PaaS solution in general availability, not beta.
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Be able to quantify the business benefits of their IaaS and/or PaaS solution(s) for specific organizations.
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Be able to name the organization(s) willing to have the measurable business benefits published in a press release by name, and provide contact information for someone currently working within the organization(s).
CCBV Awards nominations will be accepted on an ongoing basis. Award winners will be notified by email and recognized on THINKstrategies' website and in its newsletter, and will be able to promote the award designation on their website and in company collateral.
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About THINKstrategies, Inc.
THINKstrategies, Inc. is the only strategic consulting services company formed specifically to help IT and business decision-makers within enterprise organizations, IT solution providers and investors capitalize on the shift in the technology industry from a product-centric to a services-oriented business model.
THINKstrategies' mission is to help our clients re-THINK their corporate strategies, and refocus their limited resources to achieve their business objectives. THINKstrategies specifically helps enterprise decision-makers with their sourcing strategies, IT solutions providers with their go-to-market strategies, and technology investors with their investment strategies.
In addition to its consulting and educational services, THINKstrategies is also the founder of the Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) and Managed Services Showplace vendor-independent, online directories and best practice information resource centers.
For more information regarding THINKstrategies' unique service capabilities, visit www.thinkstrategies.com, or contact us at info@thinkstrategies.com.
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