June 12, 2008
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Aplicor Named Finalist as Best Product Development Organization
and Best Corporate Environmental Responsibility Program
Boca Raton, Florida, May 21, 2007 - Aplicor, Inc., a global software publisher of CRM (Customer Relationship Management) and ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) software as a service (SaaS) business solutions, was twice named a Finalist as the "Best Product Development Organization" and the "Best Corporate Environmental Responsibility Program" in the 2008 American Business Awards.
Setting a new recognition milestone, Aplicor has been named a finalist as the Best Product Development Organization in America for the fourth consecutive year. Aplicor has previously won this award in two consecutive years. Achieving another American Business Award first, Aplicor was also named a finalist as "The Best Corporate Environmental Responsibility Program" based on the company's GREEN Information Technology (IT) initiatives.
“The entire Aplicor team is honored and excited to be recognized with this prestigious business award,” said David Anbari, senior vice president of sales and marketing. “This award recognizes the innovations that Aplicor has pioneered in cloud computing, our commitment to industry leading engineering, our delivery of enterprise-wide business systems, and the software as a service industry's best customer retention achievement." Stevie Award winners were announced during the annual gala on June 12 at the Times Square Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York City. The ceremony was video cast on the Internet as well as broadcast on radio.
"Being named a Finalist in The American Business Awards is an important achievement," said Michael Gallagher, founder and president of The Stevie Awards. "It means that independent business executives have agreed that the nominee is worthy of national recognition. We congratulate all of the Finalists on their achievement and wish them well in the competition."
Members of the Awards' Board of Distinguished Judges & Advisors and their staffs selected Stevie winners from among the Finalists. The Board of Distinguished Judges for company evaluation and winner selection included Donald Trump, Chairman, President & CEO, The Trump Organization, Rich Karlgaard, Publisher, Forbes Magazine, Scott C. Marden, President, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Barry C. Melancon, President & CEO, AICPA, Bruce Nelson, former Chairman & CEO, Office Depot, Tom Peters, best-selling author and business guru, James Spanfeller, President & CEO, Forbes.com Inc., Han Tjan, Vice President, DaimlerChrysler Corporation and Carl Wilson, Executive VP & Chief Information Officer, Marriott International, Inc.
About The Stevie Awards
Hailed as "the business world's own Oscars" by the New York Post (April 27, 2005), Stevie Awards are conferred in three programs: The American Business Awards, The International Business Awards, and The Stevie Awards for Women Entrepreneurs. Honoring companies of all types and sizes and the people behind them, the Stevies recognize outstanding performances in the workplace worldwide. Learn more about The Stevie Awards at: www.stevieawards.com.
About Aplicor
Aplicor is a global software publisher of subscription-based and hosted UK CRM (Customer Relationship Management) and UK ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) web-based software solutions for high growth, mid-market and enterprise organizations. The CRM application benefits clients by improving marketing effectiveness, increasing sales win rates, growing customer share and decreasing customer churn. The ERP application provides full back office accounting, job costing and distribution automation. The company's business applications distinguish themselves by providing unique and fundamental shifts from data management to process automation, reporting to Business Intelligence (BI), and a one-size-fits-all shared hosting platform to an isolated tenancy hosting model which includes System Autonomy. Aplicor is the most independently awarded hosted solution, has achieved the highest average user count in the hosting
industry & is the only CRM & ERP hosting provider with a 100% uptime history.
Aplicor is a registered trademark. All other trademarks and products mentioned in this release are registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective holders.
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