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BlueTie and Entelegen announce partnership to bring the best in on-demand business-class email and collaboration to the United Kingdom
Agreement will see BlueTie launch full UK service in January 2006
ROCHESTER, N.Y., and WINDSOR, UK, November 01, 2005 — BlueTie, a leading developer of business and carrier-class email and collaboration software, and Entelegen, Europe's leading provider of outsourced services for sales effectiveness, today announced an agreement which will see the opening of a BlueTie sales office in the United Kingdom in January 2006. At the same time, BlueTie will launch a version of its on-demand email service specifically for UK business customers.
Entelegen already provides a UK market presence for several leading providers of software-as-a-service solutions, including Salesnet and QuoteASP. The BlueTie UK office will operate from Entelegen's headquarters in Windsor - close to London's Heathrow airport and in the heart of the UK's technology belt - and will be staffed with Entelegen's experienced sales professionals; the focus will be winning customers for BlueTie's solutions in the service provider and small to mid-sized enterprise (SME) markets.
"The UK Software as a Service market has enormous potential, and is on the tipping point of reaching the mass market," said David Koretz, President & CEO of BlueTie. "Small businesses for the first time in history are benefiting from the democratization of technology, and BlueTie and Entelegen are excited to bring the SME market leading-edge technology without investments in hardware, software, or an IT staff."
"If anything is likely to bring about the much-vaunted 'death of software', it is on-demand access to business email and diaries," says Andrew Brown, Chairman and Co-Founder of Entelegen. "These functions are what drive most people in small to mid-sized businesses to have computers on their desks in the first place. With the launch of BlueTie into the UK market in 2006, SMEs will be able to work together and communicate with customers just as effectively as their larger counterparts, companies that have eaten into their bottom line building complex systems to achieve exactly the same thing. BlueTie's web-based offerings are going to turn the UK market for business email on its head in the same way they have in the United States. Entelegen is delighted to be helping BlueTie to drive that change."
About BlueTie, Inc.
BlueTie is a leading provider of email and collaboration solutions for small to mid-sized businesses (SMBs) and Service Providers worldwide. BlueTie's software enables SMBs to instantly deploy a business-class messaging solution without investments in hardware, software, or IT support. BlueTie also offers its carrier-class application to ISPs, web hosting providers, and domain registrars seeking an enhanced messaging solution for consumers and SMBs. BlueTie's software provides end-users with desktop, web, and mobile access securely, and includes spam and virus protection, along with collaborative features like shared contacts, calendars, files and instant messaging. BlueTie also offers email auditing and secure file transfer tools for additional security and compliance solutions. BlueTie has been named a Forbes Magazine "Best of the Web" company for 2002, 2003 and 2004. Founded in 1999, BlueTie is a global company headquartered in Rochester, New York. For more information, visit www.BlueTie.com or call 1.800.BLUE.TIE
About Entelegen
Entelegen is Europe's leading provider of outsourced sales and market acceleration solutions to technology companies establishing an international market presence. Entelegen increases sales effectiveness, expedites growth in revenues and enhances bottom-line results for clients by providing access to highly experienced sales professionals, proven processes and innovative technologies. Entelegen has provided solutions for EMC, Samsung, Thales and VIA net.works as well as many leading specialist software vendors. Entelegen also provides a UK market presence for Mindroute, QuoteASP, Salesnet and Scorecard Systems. For more information, visit www.entelegen.com.
For Further Information Contact:
Rob Chamberlin, BlueTie, 585.586.2000 x1025, rchamberlin@bluetie.com
Ian Hendry, Entelegen, UK 0871 25 000 52, hendry@entelegen.com