| Aliant
Aligns with Sphera to Offer Next-generation Web Hosting
[24th June 2003]
NEWTON, Mass., Jun 24, 2003 /PRNewswire
via COMTEX/ -- Sphera Corporation, the leading global
provider of Web hosting automation and management software
today announced that Aliant, Atlantic Canada's leading
telecommunications and Internet service provider, has
chosen Sphera's HostingBusiness(TM) Suite to streamline
its Web hosting operations and to increase value for
the 80,000 businesses in their region.
The Aliant Business Web site Solution
leverages Sphera's HostingBusiness Suite to extend self-serve
capabilities to end-users and enhance customer support
for small and medium business customers. HostingBusiness
Suite is designed to accommodate and manage multiple
levels of hosting resellers in addition to direct customers.
The solution's extensive branding and customization
capabilities benefit Aliant's multi-tiered resellers
and their customers. Aliant collaborated with Sphera
to reduce customer support costs while empowering customers
to provision and manage their hosting experience.
"We needed to enhance our Web site
solution to provide richer feature- functionality and
provide business customers with one-stop shopping including
flexible and convenient options in a cost-effective
manner," says Dave Grebenc, director of Advanced
Business Solutions at Aliant. "Sphera was instrumental
in helping us provide our customers with a professional
and affordable Web site delivered on a world-class network
infrastructure."
Grebenc continued, "These features
will help our customers to reduce Web design and maintenance
costs, increase revenues and enhance customer support
and service. We can also leverage Sphera's open architecture
to integrate and deliver additional value-added services
to our customers."
"As the access market saturates,
carriers need to find additional services to fuel their
growth and increase average revenue per user. Web hosting
has proven to be a valuable tool for accomplishing that
goal," says Scott Armour, vice president Americas
for Sphera. "The recent deployment at Aliant confirms
this need in the carrier space."
For more information about Aliant's
Business Web site Solution, visit www.aliant.net.
About Sphera
Sphera Corporation is a global leader
in Web hosting automation and management software. Sphera
provides value to hosting providers and resellers through
service differentiation, increased operational efficiencies,
enhanced customer satisfaction and increased profitability.
Sphera's HostingBusiness Suite(TM), which includes HostingDirector(R)
and ResellerDirector(TM), delivers immediate ROI by
generating new revenue opportunities, slashing costs
and winning customer loyalty. Headquartered in Newton,
MA, with EMEA offices in London, Sphera is backed by
well-established global venture capital firms including
JVP, TLcom Capital Partners, Gemini Israel Funds, Vision
Capital, Bank of America and Reuters Greenhouse Fund.
For more information, visit www.sphera.com, or call
1-866-SPHERA-1.
Sphera, HostingBusiness Suite, HostingDirector
and ResellerDirector are trademarks of Sphera Corporation.
All other trademarks are the property of their respective
owners and used for identification purpose only.
Media Contacts:
Robin Hodus
Sphera Corporation
617-614-1822
rhodus@sphera.com
Sandra Fathi
Affect Strategies
for Sphera
201-862-1101
sandra@affectstrategies.com
SOURCE Sphera Corporation
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