JW, I think that you made a good decision, Here is some news of another marketing alliance:
biz.yahoo.com
Friday March 5, 9:34 am Eastern Time
Company Press Release
Periphonics Announces Marketing Alliance and Technology Partnership With
InfoNow
BOHEMIA, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 5, 1999--Periphonics Corporation
(NASDAQ: PERI - news), a leading worldwide provider of products and
services for call processing solutions used in Computer Telephony
Integration and Telecom Enhanced Network Services, has announced the
signing of a marketing alliance agreement with InfoNow Corporation
(OTCBB: INOW - news), a leading provider of advanced Prospect Management
Services.
The agreement provides for mutual exchange of prospect information and a
close integration of the two companies' products through the release of
a jointly developed and tested interface between the Periphonics VPS
(Voice Processing System) and InfoNow's Prospect Management Services.
Rob Latour, regional manager, partnership program, at Periphonics, said,
''We are excited about adding InfoNow's prospect and referral management
solution to the suite of products we can offer our customers. Automated
prospect and referral management is an area that we see increasing in
importance for many of our clients. We believe that InfoNow offers the
best overall solution in this important area.''
Latour added, ''InfoNow meets the stringent requirements we have set for
quality and certification. Its breadth and depth of technology
offerings, coupled with Periphonics' product knowledge, make the company
an ideal technology partner for us.''
Brad Browning, InfoNow's vice president of client development, said,
''We are pleased to work with an industry leader such as Periphonics.
This new relationship will combine InfoNow and Periphonics technologies
to provide superior value for customers and offer an additional point of
leverage for both companies. The Periphonics VPS is widely used by
customers in several of our target markets. This alliance will allow us
to leverage existing relationships to increase the distribution of our
automated Prospect Management Services on Periphonics systems.''
About Periphonics
Periphonics Corporation is a global leader in the development, marketing
and support of products and professional services for Computer Telephony
Integration (CTI) and Telecom Enhanced Network Services. The company's
products and services utilize such technologies as interactive voice
response (IVR), advanced speech processing with large vocabulary
recognition, natural language processing and text-to-speech, as well as
interactive processing via Web browsers, messaging, and fax. Periphonics
also provides comprehensive professional services including project
management, software application development, call center integration
and script and grammar development. The company's products and
professional services help its customers enhance their customer service
offerings, increase caller satisfaction, reduce operating costs and
often create new revenue opportunities by automating call and
transaction processing. Periphonics is an ISO 9001/TickIT registered
company with systems installed in more than 50 countries. For further
information, visit our site on the World Wide Web at www.peri.com.
About InfoNow
InfoNow provides advanced technology Prospect Management Services to
leading corporations, including six of the eight largest banks in North
America, seven of the ten largest global computer and networking firms,
as well as other industry leaders such as American Airlines, FedEx,
Goodyear, Shell and United Healthcare. Additional information about the
company can be viewed on the World Wide Web at www.infonow.com. |
