Bluewolf Named ''Cool Vendor'' in Gartner's 2008 Sourcing and IT Services Report
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NEW YORK--(Business Wire)-- Bluewolf (www.bluewolf.com), a leading software as a service (SaaS) consulting firm, today announced that it was named a Gartner "Cool Vendor" for Sourcing and IT Services, 2008. 1 The Gartner report on Sourcing and IT Services looked at five vendors. The report stated, "All of these vendors are innovating in the IT services marketplace and are bringing new energy, creativity and leading-edge visions of how to deliver value to their customers." The report continued, "Software as a service (SaaS) is one of the major trends in the IT industry at present; a number of the vendors in this year's IT Services and Sourcing Cool Vendors report are either directly or indirectly leveraging this trend as either a way to deliver their services or a trend to consult and advise about....the vendors in this year's report are doing something exceptional: challenging and changing long-established norms and providing examples of potential ways of doing things better." "We're honored to be named a "Cool Vendor" by Gartner, and I believe this is recognition of our significant impact, innovation and success in the SaaS marketplace," said Eric Berridge, Bluewolf's co-founder and Bluewolf. Bluewolf has implemented SaaS solutions for more than 1,000 organizations, with clients including Bank of America, NBC, GE and Vail Resorts. About Gartner's Cool Vendors Selection Process Gartner's listing does not constitute an exhaustive list of vendors in any given technology area, but rather is designed to highlight interesting, new and innovative vendors, products and services. Gartner disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness of a particular purpose. Gartner defines a cool vendor as a company that offers technologies or solutions that are: Innovative, enable users to do things they couldn't do before; Impactful, have, or will have, business impact (not just technology for the sake of technology); Intriguing, have caught Gartner's interest or curiosity in approximately the past six months. About Bluewolf Founded in 2000, Bluewolf is the leading on-demand strategic Software as a Service consulting company that specializes in the deployment of enterprise software applications. Through its Customer Success Guarantee, Bluewolf is reinventing the concept of traditional consulting, one that is tailor made for the on-demand world. Bluewolf's model focuses on Business Process Blueprint, Total User Adoption, Integration and Customer Success. Bluewolf's practices incorporate three main areas: On Demand Consulting, IT Resourcing and On Demand Remote Services. With offices across North America, Canada and Europe, Bluewolf has successfully implemented more than 1000 SaaS solutions with customers including Royal Bank of Scotland, RBS Lynk, Bank of America, ADP, General Electric and First Citizens Bank. Visit www.bluewolf.com. 1) Gartner, Inc. "Cool Vendors in Sourcing and IT Services, 2008" by Ben Pring et al, April 3, 2008 LCH Communications for Bluewolf Lisa Hendrickson, 516-767-8390 516-643-1642 (cell) lisa@lchcommunications.com Copyright Business Wire 2008
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