StarCite To Preview StarCite GMS(TM) Technology, Next Generation On Demand Global Meeting Solutions(TM)
8/16/2005 10:58:01 AM
SAN DIEGO, Aug 16, 2005 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- StarCite, Inc., the provider of On Demand Global Meeting Solutions(TM), today announced a preview of StarCite GMS(TM), its next generation platform designed to help companies gain visibility, savings and control of meetings and events worldwide. The preview of StarCite GMS(TM) is scheduled during the 37th annual meeting of the National Business Travel Association at the San Diego Convention Center this week.
The first truly global platform for corporate meeting and event management, StarCite GMS(TM) includes StarCite's complete process for effective management of the meetings spend category: Plan-Budget-Buy-Attend-Measure. StarCite GMS(TM) offers superior architecture built on a single database, improved navigation and user interface, and enhanced performance. The technology is designed to significantly reduce training, streamline integrations to buyer and supplier business applications, and take advantage of the latest innovations in application development.
"Applying what we've learned over the past six years, we designed our new platform to be easier and faster to use, implement and deliver results," said John Pino, Founder and CEO of StarCite, Inc., Philadelphia. "Corporations spend millions of dollars each year on meetings and events, yet lack visibility, savings and control of this spend category. StarCite helps corporations attain all those elements."
One of the ways that StarCite's next generation platform helps corporations advance their strategic meetings management initiatives is by providing key performance indicators - dashboards, metrics and benchmarks - for planners, managers and executives.
For global corporations, StarCite GMS(TM) includes five steps necessary to the success of effective strategic meetings management:
-- Plan - tools to help planners or sponsors research and gain approval for meetings using a corporate calendar, meeting request, meeting approval process, ROI calculator and workflow.
-- Budget - tools to track spending on an individual, business unit and enterprise basis; and gain visibility to spending on a category basis.
-- Buy - tools to streamline and standardize building and sending requests for proposals to suppliers, including access to the world's largest online Marketplace for meetings and events.
-- Attend - tools to create custom sites, manage attendees, control housing blocks and integrate to online air booking tools.
-- Measure - access to real-time data, performance metrics, a dashboard, enterprise roll-up and benchmarking.
Integrating the best features of StarCite's existing technology applications - built or acquired since 1999 - developers crafted StarCite GMS(TM) to meet the needs of its increasingly global clientele. Delivered on a single global platform, it is multi-language capable and multi-currency. A new data model was designed for maximum flexibility of data aggregation, analysis and reporting and for enterprise control. For multinationals looking for a single global platform to gain visibility to millions of dollars in meeting spend, such features are critical to success.
As the On Demand Global Meeting Solutions(TM) provider, StarCite plans to migrate existing customers to its enhanced platform in phases. No hardware or software changes are necessary, as all StarCite technology is delivered On Demand.
Previews of the next generation platform, as well as demos of StarCite's proven meetings management technology are scheduled Booth #2540 on the NBTA Trade Show, or by appointment after the show.
About StarCite, Inc.
StarCite, Inc. is the provider of On Demand Global Meeting Solutions(TM). StarCite optimizes global investments in corporate meetings and events delivering visibility, savings and control. StarCite provides process efficiency, enabling technology and proven adoption management support to drive significant cost reduction to buyers and enhanced revenues to suppliers. StarCite is based in Philadelphia. Investors in StarCite include Internet Capital Group (ICGE); Maritz Travel Company; Seaport Capital; and TL Ventures. For more information about StarCite, or its technologies and services, please visit www.StarCite.com.
Products and services include:
-- StarCite GMS(TM) - the integrated platform that powers StarCite's Global Meeting Solutions approach and five steps to guaranteed success - Plan, Budget, Buy, Attend and Measure.
-- StarCite Marketplace - the world's largest online meetings marketplace with $2 billion in revenue opportunities and 50,000 eRFPs.
-- StarCite Adoption Management - proven implementation, training, benchmarking, customer support, account management and outsourced services that help you target achievable savings and improve overall results.
SOURCE: StarCite, Inc |
