London, UK, 19th Feb, 2007 - SITEFORUM and Portals + today announced their collaboration to develop and deliver new web services in the UK, using 'Software-as-a-Service' that enables quick off-the-shelf portals, lower costs and full back office functionality over the Internet.
The new SaaS service allows businesses to respond immediately to the changing needs of the Internet, with software being run as a service that creates corporate web portals in no time at all and improve the interaction for users, enabling communities to be built easily. All of the tracking, CRM management of the portal is run by SITEFORUM and managed by the corporate in an easy to use menu based service. As SITEFORUM currently provides services for major corporations in Europe, USA and Asia, the solution will provide an opportunity for existing websites to be upgraded easily and move them away from static environments to fully interactive solutions.
SITEFORUM and Portals + will develop further the mobile interaction to the portal and at the same time continue to deliver full functionality that a customer facing web portal needs. This provides their credit/debit cards to buy products either fixed or 'on the move' in a simple process over the Internet. This can be extended by the introduction of market place services, which will allow for the creation of trading communities between customers and the corporate over the Internet.
This is the first truly integrated Saas offering over the web of its kind, the technology behind the platform includes some advance development around Ajax run-time and search, with the operation staying true to the Web 2.0 services model. Corporate can now buy the service easily and not have to worry about running it, the upside being that businesses, forums, Information portals gain convenience and flexibility in the Internet space and manage the total service from anywhere, just by having internet access.
"Given the increasingly dynamic buying patterns of consumers and the mass market penetration of the internet in the UK, offering customers the opportunity to easily manage their external face to the web, quickly and at a packaged cost, changes the dynamics of the software industry, whenever and wherever they are, it is an incredibly attractive proposition," said Portals + Managing Director, David Bashford.
"Moreover, by working with SITEFORUM to add the scalable services operating in the Internet Cloud, we are proving our thought leadership in the development of a true multi-channel strategy," said Bob Pike, Partner, MDT (Major Deal Team)
Juergen Schlenzig, CEO of SITEFORUM Europe GmbH says: "We are excited about having such great individuals like David Bashford and Bob Pike with Portals + as business partners. This means a big step for SITEFORUM into the UK marketplace and deeper into SaaS services anywhere, anytime on any device and will help drive business worldwide."
About SITEFORUM
SITEFORUM is an integrated platform for Web-based enterprise solutions, combining marketing, sales, support and resource management, delivered as an online service, with more than 200 customers worldwide, from start-ups to midsize companies and Global Fortune 200 organizations. SITEFORUM Europe is headquartered in Germany, with subsidiaries, resellers and integration partners across Europe, North America and South-East Asia.About PORTALS +
Portals + was founded by David Bashford in 2005 with a view to changing the way business deliver their web face to their customers, partners and internal employees. In the last two years Portals + has helped Large, Medium and Small companies improve their web service with some innovated design and development. Having searched for partners with the right Technology design, enlisted the help of an Investment services company MDT (Major Deal Team Limited), the accumulated work has resulted in this exclusive arrangement with SITEFORUM. Portals+ customers include Citrix Corp, AT&T, Catalyst Investment Fund Management, Henley TVR and Sports Junction to mention a few.For more information, please contact
Portals +Bob Pike, David Bashford
Bob.majordealteam[at]btinternet.com
FON 01491 629980
SITEFORUM Europe GmbH
Jürgen Schlenzig
juergen.schlenzig[at]siteforum.com
FON +49 3681 39400
