iKnowWare Announces New Software as a Service Offering at World Congress of Information Technology

May 4, 2006; 04:17 AM

AUSTIN, Texas - iKnowWare(TM), the first and only business management solution that gives companies all they need to know -- anytime, anywhere -- today announced at the World Congress of Information Technology (WCIT) the growth of two Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and data centers to host iKnowWare for its growing small to medium business subscriber base. With software as a service (SaaS), iKnowWare is now viable for large and small businesses with its scalability to Savvis Corporations' 31 data centers and iKnowWare's newest ISPs provided by Layered Technologies of Dallas and LasVegas.Net .

"We understand SMBs use VARs because VARs understand businesses such as insurance, health care, logistics, and advertising companies -- both large and small -- and are able to use their domain knowledge to package a set of services into a one-stop solution through iKnowWare," said Marty Mizrahi, president of LasVegas.NET .

iKnowWare is building a standard model for the integration of hundreds of different SaaS solutions with one another. iKnowWare's single sign-on (SSO) and billing account for a significant part of the Value Added Reseller (VAR) appeal.

iKnowWare is offering VARs the tools to give their customers a SaaS one- stop shop. The iKnowWare SaaS program provides a complimentary array of IT and business services. If a VAR wants to offer iKnowWare as a SaaS business process management solution and use iKnowWare for CRM, iKnowWare can supply it with everything from SSO, to provisioning, billing, and support. iKnowWare is a Microsoft Partner and a Microsoft Integrated Software Vendor (ISV).

"Until now, the only one-stop-shop for a CTO was an Oracle or an SAP. For SMBs, working with them is a daunting task," says Mark Spilotro, CEO of iKnowWare. "We work with industry-specific market makers such as Allstate for insurance, Select Medical in managed health care, and American Mortgage Specialists in mortgage loan origination, plus custom homes construction, to offer personalized iKnowWare packaged SaaS solutions."

"There have been few offerings other than Oracle/SAP that have served this market and that's what iKnowWare is here to do. For companies in the market that can't afford the massive investment of one of the big three solutions, iKnowWare is the best option," concludes Spilotro.

About iKnowWare

iKnowWare (http://www.iknowware.com/ ) is an integrated Web-based application that empowers small businesses, engineering, construction, manufacturing firms and growing companies to effectively manage all business processes-marketing, sales and service, task/project management, operations, distribution, finance and client relationships-with greater efficiency. Through a secure storehouse of up-to-the minute information, companies save time and money and have unprecedented visibility into their operations, without adding expensive infrastructure or personnel. iKnowWare is the first and only business management solution that gives companies all they need to know, anytime, anywhere.