Comprehensive 90 Day SaaS Enablement Program Speeds Time-To-Market for SaaS Offerings Santa Clara, Calif., April 26, 2005 OpSource, a leading enabler of Software as a Service (SaaS) applications, announced its SaaS Enablement Programsm, a revolutionary suite of tools and services that address the business model, code and operational challenges of bringing a SaaS solution to market. Several companies have engaged OpSource for the 90-day SaaS Enablement Program (see below), which includes three integrated components:
SaaSTracksm: An innovative tool that facilitates data collection and provides the foundation for analysis and recommendations. SaaSTrack processes customer data and produces reports containing essential information on SaaS suitability, coding recommendations, build vs. buy decisions and more. The tool also provides interactive modeling worksheets to create what-if scenarios concerning pricing and unit sales strategies, along with revenue, break-even, and ROI projections. SaaS Consulting: Using the SaaSTrack tool, highly skilled OpSource business consultants work with key decision makers in product management, engineering and IT to gather the necessary data for creating an appropriate business model, assessing the implications for the software architecture and determining the infrastructure and operational requirements of a SaaS offering. By leveraging the modeling and best practices capabilities of SaaSTrack, OpSource consultants drive the quantitative and qualitative analyses to ensure that the customer makes a well-informed decision and delivers the best possible SaaS solution. SaaSTestsm: A production-quality test environment that allows the ISV to validate the readiness of its application by performing application, load, and authentication testing. The infrastructure is used as a staging environment prior to moving into production and allows seamless migration when the application goes live.
Furthering the Adoption of SaaS The SaaS model differs fundamentally from traditional enterprise application delivery. To successfully provide SaaS to end users, ISVs must examine nearly every facet of their business: pricing, billing, sales compensation, revenue recognition, code, infrastructure, end user support and more. As demand for SaaS and competitive pressures intensify, OpSource's SaaS Enablement Program provides a consultative and tactical approach that enables software vendors to address these issues. This helps software companies accelerate time to market, minimize costs and deliver the best possible solution to their customers.
According to Treb Ryan, CEO of OpSource: "As the leading SaaS enabler, we are in a unique position to help ISVs optimize the effectiveness of SaaS solutions and avoid costly mistakes or oversights in the assessment and development stages, so that they can move quickly to the delivery stage. Our success with brand-name customers such as Agile, Blue Martini and KANA, coupled with our SaaS Enablement Program, reinforces that OpSource has a clear vision of where the SaaS market is headed and that we are building the capabilities to uphold our market leadership position."
Infinium Labs (OTC:IFLB) (BULLETIN BOARD: IFLB), developers of the Phantom Game Service, the first end-to-end, on-demand game service, has derived tremendous benefits from OpSource's SaaS Enablement Program. "We're entirely focused on developing and selling our digital distribution service, which represents a new way of delivering entertainment to consumers throughout the world," stated Kevin Bachus, president and COO of Infinium. "OpSource provided invaluable tools, consultative expertise and a test environment that allowed us to incorporate SaaS best practices into our model. They helped us with pricing and ROI analysis, and many other issues that will accelerate our entry into the marketplace."
According to Kishore Kumar, co-founder of TeleVital, a company that provides integrated eSolutions for comprehensive health system life cycle management: "Through its SaaS Enablement Program, OpSource ensured that we addressed the many levels of complexity in delivering a SaaS offering. Not only does OpSource offer a premier infrastructure environment, but the consulting team is top-notch, offering advice, based on best practices, that will ensure the success of our SaaS offering. Most importantly, we've saved time and money."
About Infinium Labs
Based in Sarasota, Fla., Infinium Labs (OTC:IFLB) (BULLETIN BOARD: IFLB) is in development on The Phantom Game Service, the first end-to-end, on-demand game service. Delivered over broadband, the Phantom Game Service will offer casual and avid gamers a broad library of titles, available anytime, day or night, from the comfort of their living room. Infinium Labs is led by a management team with extensive experience in interactive media, entertainment, broadband services, technology and video games. For more information, please visit http://www.phantom.net/.
About Televital
Televital is the only company that offers integrated Electronic Patient Medical Record and real-time telemedicine software modules with unique auto-recognition and configuration architecture that enables plug-n-play for a wide variety of medical devices from different manufacturers. As a patient is evaluated, all test data is made available in real-time to authorized healthcare providers located anywhere in the world, and simultaneously and automatically stored in the patient's electronic medical record, which also contains the physician's diagnosis and other medical and demographic information.
About OpSource OpSource, a leader in enabling Software as a Service (SaaS), provides cost-effective, turnkey solutions for software companies that need to quickly add or grow SaaS products and revenue. Optimal On- Demandsm, a comprehensive and scalable offering built on the company's patent-pending OptiTech Services Enginesm, meets the growing need for software companies to deliver SaaS quickly, without the inherent risk and investment in a costly services infrastructure. Optimal On-Demand includes application management, end-user support, 24x7 systems management, hosting and networking, security, disaster recovery, change management, and more, as well as optional consulting services to help software companies work through the business model, code, and operational issues associated with SaaS. Optimal On-Demand is provided under the software company's brand and priced per unit, on-demand, delivering immediate and ongoing ROI.
Headquartered in Santa Clara, CA, OpSource has additional operations in the Los Angeles, New York City, Denver, Chicago, and Washington, D.C. metro areas, as well as international offices in London and Bangalore. For more information about OpSource, visit the company's web site at opsource.net.
