Aria Systems Will Power SlideRocket’s On-Demand Presentation Management Software
PHILADELPHIA, PA - July 15, 2008 — Aria Systems, the industry standard and leading provider of on-demand billing and customer lifecycle management solutions, announced today that SlideRocket, the award winning SaaS-based provider of fully featured online presentation software, has selected Aria to help the company monetize its subscription-based offering and support its customers from acquisition through remittance.
"SlideRocket reviewed several vendors before selecting Aria's platform," said CEO Mitch Grasso. "As a SaaS company, we need a solution that is reliable, scalable, and flexible - a billing system that will support us both now and in the future as we expand and develop our product and service offerings and break into new markets."
SlideRocket will use Aria's Billing and Customer Lifecycle Management Platform to monetize subscriptions and manage a marketplace offering content and services for both consumers and business accounts. All charges including one-time, recurring, and usage will be managed and billed by Aria and will be available via web-based customer- and CSR-facing web dashboards.
"Software as a Service has revolutionized the relationship between software providers and customers and the Aria billing solution was developed with the purpose of supporting the dynamic on-demand world," said Edward Sullivan, President & CEO Aria Systems. "Aria provides the ideal platform for dynamic SaaS providers like SlideRocket. Our platform's strength lies in its flexibility and scalability so that companies can easily monetize new products and services and get customers up and running quickly. We look forward to supporting SlideRocket as they mature and expand their customer base and product offerings."
About Aria Systems
Aria Systems is the leading provider of on-demand and subscription billing solutions encompassing the full spectrum of Billing and Customer Lifecycle Management services. The A+ Billing Platform offers clients the industry's most secure, flexible, and scalable 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.
Aria is the SaaS billing leader in terms of experience, execution, and reliability. The company has handled over one million accounts, and managed more than one billion transactions, since its inception in 2003. Additionally, Aria leads the market in security and compliance having achieved both end-to-end level one PCI Compliance and SAS70 compliance.
Aria's executive team has over 80 years combined experience in billing and 50 combined in SaaS, and is backed by investments from Hummer Winblad Partners, Venrock, and Dave Labuda, former CEO of Portal Software (acquired by Oracle). The company is headquartered in Media, Pa. (metropolitan Philadelphia), and has offices in the San Francisco bay area.
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