Santa Clara, Calif., September 12, 2005 Pandora Networks, the leading provider of On Demand IP Communication services, chose OpSource, the SaaS Experts, to provide the operational infrastructure and ongoing services that enable Pandora to deliver and maintain the most reliable and high quality Worksmart On Demand IP Communications service. OpSource’s Optimal On-Demand is a complete, turnkey, scalable service delivery solution that is priced on-demand and offers a 100% availability guarantee.
“OpSource has become the preeminent provider for deploying on demand applications,” stated Walter Snell, President and CEO of Pandora Networks. “We realized that our strength was developing business grade communications services for SMBs, but not operating or building the infrastructure to support them. By partnering with OpSource, we can continue to deliver the most innovative VoIP/IP telephony solutions. In addition, OpSource’s success-based pricing model was particularly appealing, as it enables us to be fiscally responsible. Our expenses will scale only as our revenue increases.”
“In addition to OpSource, we evaluated two well-known companies that provide similar services,” continued Snell. “However, neither came close to OpSource’s responsiveness, technical acumen and business model. The team at OpSource is unsurpassed in its on demand skills and expertise. Furthermore, we have the OpSource stamp of approval in operational areas such as security, fault tolerance, disaster recovery, business continuity and infrastructure. This has been a significant differentiator for Pandora in every sales situation, because our customers want to drive business value and scale operations in a reliable and secure manner.”
“We’re pleased to welcome Pandora Networks as a customer,” noted Treb Ryan, CEO, OpSource. “Worksmart is technically superior and offers ground-breaking on demand self-provisioning capabilities that are an alternative to expensive and complex telecommunications solutions. In much the same way, OpSource is a pioneer in the SaaS space, and we have set the bar extremely high for our competition. Our competitors offer warmed-over managed services with a SaaS label, whereas we offer several undeniable market differentiators. We’re the only SaaS enabler to offer a complete service delivery solution, and we’ve adopted a pay as you go, shared success pricing model, thereby sharing the risks and rewards with the software company.”
The complete service delivery solution that OpSource offers includes fully managed services, a 24×7 call center under the software company’s brand, application management and more. OpSource’s Success-Based Pricing model is particularly important for small to medium size companies that would be unable to make the capital investments necessary to deliver a new application. The entire infrastructure is built on OpSource’s patent pending technology platform, which supports rapid integration and deployment of SaaS offerings.
About Pandora Networks
Founded in 2001, Pandora Networks is the leading provider of On Demand IP Communications that provides an all inclusive, integrated suite of services for a fixed monthly cost including; traditional and IP telephony with Virtual PBX and ACD functionality, audio, video and web based conferencing and collaboration, and private and public instant messaging tailored to meet the unique business and budget needs of the small to medium sized business (SMB) market. Pandora Networks’ Worksmart service offers an alternative to expensive telecommunications and data software and hardware point solutions that are too complex and expensive for the SMB. Sold under the Worksmart brand, co-branded or private labeled, Worksmart is sold exclusively through indirect channels via service providers, value added resellers and agents. For more information, please visit (www.pandoranetworks.com) The Company is privately held and headquartered in Emeryville, California.
About OpSource
OpSource, the SaaS Experts, is solely focused on providing the operational infrastructure and ongoing services that enable software companies to deliver and maintain the highest quality Software as a Service (SaaS) solutions. By choosing OpSource as a SaaS partner, the software company is free from infrastructure management and can focus on improving their applications and finding new customers. OpSource’s Optimal On-Demand infrastructure platform provides immediate and ongoing ROI to software companies and our Optimal Integration service helps ease the transition to SaaS. We enable software companies to deploy SaaS quickly, effortlessly and without risk. Software companies at any stage in the application lifecycle, delivering any type of application, can benefit from OpSource’s comprehensive services and expertise. Our success-based pricing model allows companies to begin with a minimum commitment, expenses scale only as revenue increases. For more information about OpSource, visit www.opsource.net.