Fusepoint provides 24x7 systems management and monitoring in a fully redundant infrastructure hosted from a world class data centre centre TORONTO April 28, 2005 Fusepoint Managed Services, a leading provider of outsourced IT services and application management, today announced another successful delivery model partnership with Vancouver-based interactive relationship marketing solution provider SplashDot.
SplashDot provides contest, sweepstakes, loyalty and permission marketing solutions to customers throughout North America, and is enjoying multi-dimensional benefits from its close relationship with Fusepoint. In an effort to better meet the high-level security needs of customers in the lottery industry and elsewhere, SplashDot relies on Fusepoint to manage components of its IT infrastructure ensuring the security, availability and performance of its proprietary nCentiveTM online software suite.
It is essential that we ensure maximum security for our customers online contests and promotions, said Patrick Watson, CEO of SplashDot. Our relationship with Fusepoint gives us a competitive edge by keeping our internal development team focused on building enterprise-level online software and delivering creative solutions that attract and engage our customers Web site visitors.
To support SplashDots mission-critical applications, Fusepoint provides 24x7 systems management and monitoring in a fully redundant infrastructure hosted from a world class data centre centre; one of four major data centres located in Canada. Under the partner delivery model, SplashDot is able to guarantee the security of its online contests and promotions to customers with Fusepoint benefiting from exposure to new business opportunities every time SplashDot sells the security capabilities of its application.
Our relationship with SplashDot is a true value-add for both companies, said Robert Offley, president and CEO of Fusepoint Managed Services. Customers today want to spend more time focusing on their business goals and less time worrying about their IT systems. By working together, Fusepoint and SplashDot can capitalize on our respective areas of expertise and in turn, offer the best solutions for customers.
As well, we have seen a growing trend among many of our leading ASP clients to outsource in the face of compliance and legislation requirements, said Offley. Executives today need to not only make a promise to their board, investors, customers, and employees that they have taken the necessary steps to protect their clients private data, they are also being held accountable.
About SplashDot
SplashDot is a leading provider of interactive relationship marketing solutions to organizations, and is the leading provider of such solutions to the Canadian lottery industry. The company provides contest/ sweepstakes, loyalty and permission marketing to help attract and engage prospective customers so as to ultimately convert them to loyal, long-term clients. Using its proprietary nCentiveTM online software suite, SplashDot has been able to derive immediate bottom-line results for clients ranging from government lotteries to Fortune 500 companies.
SplashDot is also the publisher of the SuperPages.ca Contest Directory, the highest quality listing of online promotions in Canada. Headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia, SplashDot also possesses an office in Montreal, Quebec that services its Eastern North American clients. For more information, please visit http://www.splashdot.com.
About Fusepoint Managed Services
Fusepoint Managed Services is the leading provider of managed IT services and infrastructure for companies running mission-critical business applications. Fusepoints technical experts and world-class data centres ensure the continuity of our clients businesses. We protect their networks, data and applications against unforeseen disasters and malicious threats while reducing their operational costs and safeguarding their corporate reputation.
Fusepoints on-demand services include managed hosting, managed application services, business continuity, security and professional consulting services.
Built on a foundation of unrivaled technical expertise and proven operational processes, Fusepoints managed IT solutions are SLA-guaranteed, scalable and designed to reduce IT costs while mitigating risk of service disruption. Picked as a company to watch by IDC Canada, Fusepoint maintains a national network of state-of-the-art data centres and offices strategically located in Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary, Montreal and Quebec City. For more information please visit www.fusepoint.com .
