SpikeSource Expands Partner Ecosystem to Nearly 50 Solution Providers
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REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Aug. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- SpikeSource, a leading provider of business-ready open source solutions, today announced it signed more than a dozen additional solution providers in the second quarter of 2006 for a total of nearly 50. SpikeSource is fostering these partnerships to deliver business-ready open source solutions to small- and mid-sized enterprises (SME) as well as larger enterprises.
The newest partners include AgileCo, Dextrus ProSoft, Echo Lane, eTouch, Exigent, Gamma Partners, Hitachi Content Management, IM Serv, Inverse, Open Sky, R-Cube, Rocket Science and Xtelesis. Together with SpikeSource, these solution providers are bringing dependable and adaptable open source applications to leading companies such as the Weather Channel and U.S. Food Service.
"Our partnership with SpikeSource allows us deliver tried and tested open source business applications to our SME customer base," said Matthew McGraw, CEO of Rocket Science. "SpikeSource offers a number of different applications and that gives our customers a real choice in selecting the best application for their needs."
SpikeSource has experienced significant growth in its solution provider network since the beginning of the year. By working with SpikeSource, solution providers reduce the amount of time and internal resources previously dedicated to installing, configuring and maintaining software solutions based on open source infrastructure and applications. These partnerships result in tightly integrated and well-deployed content management, CRM, and email, calendaring and collaboration software. These applications are pre-configured, integrated, tested and maintained by SpikeSource and its ISV partners, for simplified deployment.
In order to provide the customer with the most recent and updated application, SpikeSource offers Spike(TM)Net, an ongoing stream of fully tested updates that address critical security defects, improve operational characteristics and delivers new features. All SpikeSource products are backed by global, 24x7 professional support services.
"Companies of all sizes are seeking cost-effective, high-quality business software, and SpikeSource is dedicated to providing them with a flexible, reliable open source alternative," said David Cassady, executive vice president of operations at SpikeSource. "We are delighted to see solution providers adopting the SpikeSource Certified Solutions for content management, CRM, and email, calendar and collaboration software. SpikeSource is committed to expanding our solution offerings to provide a complete, integrated suite of enterprise-class, business-ready open source solutions for our channel partners."
About SpikeSource
SpikeSource is a software company which distributes, integrates, manages and supports open source applications to enterprises through trusted solution providers. SpikeSource integrates applications with the right components and then builds, tests and distributes these open source solutions. By testing and certifying open source applications, SpikeSource offers a portfolio of SpikeCertified and SpikeIgnited solutions for enterprises that may not have deployed open source before. These solutions are delivered with a comprehensive update and support service called Spike(TM) Net.
SpikeSource partners with the leading open source application companies to deliver business-ready open source solutions. Current applications include content management, customer relationships management (CRM), and e-mail, calendaring and collaboration. Through SpikeSource's trusted channel solution providers, companies can be assured that the applications have been deployed and customized for their unique business requirements. For a list of Trusted SpikeSource solution providers, visit www.spikesource.com
About Spike Solutions:
Spike Ignited and Spike Certified solutions from SpikeSource allow enterprises to capitalize on the same promise of lower cost and open standards that was fulfilled with open source operating systems and infrastructure. SpikeSource addresses the fact that open source applications depend on many middleware components. These dependencies can include as databases, web servers, servlet engines, scripting languages, authentication servers, and so forth, each with its own deployment and support issues.
Source: SpikeSource
CONTACT: Alicia diVittorio of Sparkpr, +1-415-321-1875, or Alicia@sparkpr.com, for SpikeSource
Web site: www.spikesource.com/
