Aria Systems to Power PHASE 2 International’s Pay-As-You-Go Software Applications
PHILADELPHIA, PA - July 28, 2008 — Aria Systems, the industry standard and leading provider of on-demand billing and customer lifecycle management solutions, announced today that PHASE 2 International will deploy Aria’s monetization platform to support their high-end business software offerings delivered via a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) model.
“PHASE 2 considered other subscription billing solutions but Aria’s deep experience in the subscription billing space is reflected in its possessing what is clearly the most mature and fully featured product on the market,” said CEO Kevin Doherty. “Aria represents cutting edge technology in billing and customer management, which reflects that of our own services and will allow us to translate a consistent message and user experience to our customers and partners.”
PHASE 2 will use Aria’s billing and customer lifecycle management solution to support their pay-as-you-go software applications and employ Aria’s business management tools and customer care suite to expand and enhance their reseller program. Aria’s channel management tools will provide Phase 2 with the ability to offer unique pricing and packaging per reseller and to track and manage their sales and commissions.
“For the last five years, Aria has provided companies with a flexible platform on which businesses can easily expand sales and gain a critical competitive advantage by designing custom pricing and multi-tiered plans for their direct and reseller sales” said Ed Sullivan, CEO of Aria Systems. “A savvy SaaS company like PHASE 2 will be able to optimize Aria’s services and take full advantage of the cost-saving benefits and revenue enhancement opportunities available to our clients.”
About Aria Systems
Aria Systems is the leading provider of subscription billing solutions and offers the only "monetization platform" encompassing the full spectrum of Billing and Customer Lifecycle Management services. The Aria A+ Billing Platform offers clients the on-demand billing industry's most flexible tool for accelerating revenue capture, optimizing cash flow, and enabling actionable market intelligence while significantly reducing operating costs throughout each phase of the customer lifecycle. Acknowledged as the SaaS billing leader in terms of experience and execution, Aria manages and maintains more than 1 million accounts and has processed more than 1 billion transactions since it began operations in 2003. With Hummer Winblad, Venrock, and software billing icon Dave Labuda as investors, the company is based in Media, Pa. (metropolitan Philadelphia), with offices in the San Francisco bay area as well. For more information, visit www.ariasystems.com.
About PHASE 2 International
PHASE 2 International delivers affordable and scalable access to high-end business software applications via a Software as a Service — SaaS — model. Ideal for businesses of all sizes, and especially practical for small-to-medium-sized businesses, the hosted applications available through PHASE 2 currently include Microsoft SharePoint, Exchange, Project Server, CRM and Office Communicator along with PHASE2's ShareMeeting and award-winning ShareCAD Pro. All of PHASE 2's business applications are delivered across the web to enable on-demand access to corporate information whenever and wherever in the world the user happens to be. PHASE 2's SaaS solutions provide cutting edge security, scalability for future requirements, automatic data back-up and a reliable, state-of-the-art infrastructure that removes the burden and risks of hosting solutions internally.
Media Contacts
Kevin H. King
Horn Group
+1 410 353 3234
kking@horngroup.com
PHASE 2 International:
Adam Smith
808.550.2739 Ext 0216
