Marketo is the latest winner of a Best of SaaS Showplace (BoSS) Award based on the measurable business benefits its Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) delivers to users.

The BoSS Awards program is an initiative by THINKstrategies which brings attention to SaaS and cloud computing companies which are producing tangible business benefits for specific user organizations. These benefits include increased sales, lower costs, higher customer satisfaction, faster operations, and greater profitability.

Marketo provides solutions for marketing and sales teams, enabling collaboration throughout the revenue cycle from the earliest stages of demand generation and lead management to the pursuit of revenue and customer loyalty.

Click here to read why Marketo was selected to receive a BoSS Award.

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Last week, I had the privilege of attending and presenting at Internet Capital Group’s (ICG) 2009 Strategic Growth Conference in Philadelphia, and came away impressed with the company’s portfolio of web-oriented businesses and vision for the future.

ICG was one of the pioneers of web-based businesses during the late 1990s, and is one of the few survivors of the Dot.com bust. Like THINKstrategies, ICG believed after the demise of the Dot.com era that there were could still be tremendous opportunities via the Internet once the enabling technologies and business models matured to meet customers’ changing requirements.

Unlike other investment firms which might have a set of ‘theses’ for the types of companies they fund, ICG has attempted to build a portfolio of companies that can leverage their commonalities to create additional … Read More »

THINKstrategies announced today that Project Insight, a web-based project management software for the mid-market developed by Metafuse, Inc., has been named the latest winner of the Best of SaaS Showplace (BoSS) Awards program.

The BoSS Awards program is an initiative by THINKstrategies which brings attention to SaaS and cloud computing companies which are producing tangible business benefits for specific user organizations. These benefits include increased sales, lower costs, higher customer satisfaction, faster operations, and greater profitability.

Metafuse is the software developer and publisher of Project Insight, a Web-based project management solution, which is used by hundreds of organizations and thousands of project team members.

Click here to read more about the reasons Project Insight was selected to receive a BoSS Award.

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THINKstrategies announced today that Concerro has been named the latest winner of the Best of SaaS Showplace (BoSS) Awards program.

The BoSS Awards program was announced in January 2009 as the latest initiative by THINKstrategies to bring attention to SaaS and cloud computing companies which are producing tangible business benefits for specific user organizations. These benefits include increased sales, lower costs, higher customer satisfaction, faster operations, and greater profitability.

Concerro is a provider of web-based workforce management software and services which reduces labor costs, protects revenue, and improves staff and patient satisfaction in hospitals across the U.S.

Click here to read about the business benefits Concerro’s clients have gained by utilizing its SaaS solutions.

Click here to learn more about the BoSS Award program and how companies can apply for an award.

THINKstrategies announced today that OpenAir, Inc. 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 program is the latest initiative by THINKstrategies to bring attention to SaaS and cloud computing companies which are producing tangible business benefits for specific user organizations. These benefits include increased sales, lower costs, higher customer satisfaction, faster operations, and greater profitability.

OpenAir, a NetSuite Inc. company, is a leading provider of SaaS-based services automation software, including professional services automation (PSA) and project portfolio management (PPM) solutions.

Click here to read about how OpenAir’s SaaS solution helped Bluewolf Group and Metricstream better manage their professional service operations so they could achieve their business objectives.

Click here to read more about the BoSS Awards and to nominate … Read More »

THINKstrategies announced today that Plex Systems has been named the latest winner of the Best of SaaS Showplace (BoSS) Awards program.

The BoSS Awards program was announced in January 2009 as the latest initiative by THINKstrategies to bring attention to SaaS and cloud computing companies which are producing tangible business benefits for specific user organizations. These benefits include increased sales, lower costs, higher customer satisfaction, faster operations, and greater profitability.

Plex Systems, the developer of the Plex Online SaaS solution for the manufacturing sector, has been selected as the latest winner of the BoSS Award because of the quantifiable business benefits its solution has generated for a wide array of companies.

Click here to read about the specific customer case examples of Plex Systems’ business benefits which led to the company winning a BoSS Award.

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THINKstrategies announced today that Makana Solutions 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. 

Makana Solutions is a leading provider of on-demand sales compensation management solutions for small- and mid-size businesses. A case study example of Makana’s measurable benefits is Wilson Tile and Stone, a leading residential and commercial building materials provider.

Click here to read about how Makana Solutions helped Wilson Tile and Stone achieve its sales objectives.

Click here to learn more about the BoSS Award program or to submit an application for an award.

THINKstrategies announced today that PHASE 2 International 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 program was announced in January 2009 as the latest initiative by THINKstrategies to bring attention to SaaS and cloud computing companies which are producing tangible business benefits for specific user organizations. These benefits include increased sales, lower costs, higher customer satisfaction, faster operations, and greater profitability.

PHASE 2 International delivers high-end business software applications via a SaaS model for businesses of all sizes, but especially small-to-medium-sized businesses (SMBs). The company’s applications include the IBM Lotus Suite: Notes, Sametime, Quickr and Connections; Microsoft SharePoint, Exchange (with support for Blackberry devices), Project Server, CRM, and Team Foundation Server, for software developers; and PHASE … Read More »

THINKstrategies announced today that Service-now.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 program was announced in January 2009 as the latest initiative by THINKstrategies to bring attention to SaaS and cloud computing companies which are producing tangible business benefits for specific user organizations. These benefits include increased sales, lower costs, higher customer satisfaction, faster operations, and greater profitability.

Service-now.com is a leading provider of leading provider of SaaS for IT service automation. Service-now.com integrates Information Technology Infrastructure Library ITIL v3 process support, modern software-as-a-service (SaaS) delivery, and Web 2.0 functionality to provide a flexible, intuitive and self-managing application.

An example of Service-now.com’s business benefits is Unitus Community Credit Union which expects to reduce its annual total … Read More »

QuickArrow 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 program was announced in January 2009 as the latest initiative by THINKstrategies to bring attention to SaaS and cloud computing companies which are producing tangible business benefits for specific user organizations. These benefits include increased sales, lower costs, higher customer satisfaction, faster operations, and greater profitability.

QuickArrow’s professional services automation (PSA) solution helps service organizations manage their people and projects, by providing a comprehensive solution that includes time, expense, and billing management, project management, resource management, and advanced real-time reporting capabilities. By replacing homegrown solutions and labor-intensive spreadsheets to automate workflows, QuickArrow provides businesses the ability to streamline operations and achieve better visibility to optimize their services … Read More »