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Daptiv Closes Out First Half of 2008 With Strong Results
SaaS Leader's Momentum Continues With Advances in Customer Collaboration, New SMB Solution and Expansion Into International Markets
| Source: Daptiv, Inc.
SEATTLE, WA--(Marketwire - August 5, 2008) - Daptiv,
the on-demand leader in collaborative
business software, experienced continued strong business growth through
the first half of 2008, highlighted by the introduction of several new
Daptiv technologies and services, continued expansion of the Daptiv
community across the globe, and recognition of leadership from industry
organizations. Daptiv continues to build on its banner year in 2007 by
focusing on expanding its solutions to meet the needs of any size company
to transform their mid-office business operations and facilitate faster and
easier collaboration. The first two quarters were highlighted by the
addition of more than 100 new customers in 13 countries, including
Australia, China, Ireland, Russia and Saudi Arabia. New Daptiv customers
include Bain Capital, BestBuy.com, InterContinental Hotels Group, Levi
Strauss and McKesson.
The first half of 2008 marked the debut of the Daptiv Greenhouse, the first
full-cycle customer/vendor collaboration tool. After a limited beta it was
made available to the entire Daptiv community and received recognition for
pioneering the next wave of customer participation in product development
and innovation. The Greenhouse reinvents the standard vendor-customer
relationship by giving every Daptiv user a voice and a view into product
development, fostering collaboration and conversation across the user
community. Debuting with a
splash, the Daptiv Greenhouse has already
experienced wide adoption, generating more than 300 product ideas.
This year, Daptiv expanded its offering across geographies and all sizes of
organizations with its Global Partner
Program and the Daptiv SMB solution. Because smaller does not
necessarily mean simpler work, Daptiv created a specialized, scalable
solution for SMBs that is streamlined for easy implementation but still
offers all of the powerful
functionality of its enterprise solution. The Global Partner Program
supports systems integrators, resellers and consulting firms in extending
the Daptiv solution to businesses around the world, from Mexico to India to
the Netherlands.
Daptiv has also received a series of industry accolades this year,
including being positioned by Gartner in the Leader's quadrant for the 2008 Gartner Magic Quadrant for IT Project and Portfolio
Management Applications, the only SaaS company to receive this
distinction. Additionally, JMP Securities named Daptiv to its Hot 100 list
of private companies, and Washington CEO Magazine named Daptiv one of
Seattle's best companies to work for. Daptiv was also a CODiE finalist for
the second year in a row for the Best Project Management Solution.
"Our focus this year has been on collaborating with our customers to
continue refining and enhancing our solution for managing work, helping
companies and people work smarter," said Jeff Pancottine, CEO of Daptiv.
"For the remainder of 2008, we're focused on expanding our footprint to
companies across the world and improving on our core solution with the next
major release of Daptiv PPM this Fall. Customers, partners, analysts and
the media are all clearly excited and impressed with our vision and focus
on continuing to innovate and meet the needs of a constantly evolving
market."
About Daptiv, Inc.
Founded in 1997, Daptiv is the on-demand leader in collaborative business
software that enables companies of all sizes to transform their mid-office
business operations. From new product development to operations and service
delivery, Daptiv's on-demand solutions streamline employees' day-to-day
interaction and collaboration while dramatically reducing the complexity of
managing multiple teams, projects and tasks. Daptiv also gives executives
unparalleled visibility into project, program and portfolio execution, as
well as the ability to measure progress against key business priorities.
Daptiv's flexible environment easily adapts to the work management needs of
any department -- from IT and finance to marketing and human resources --
with an intuitive user interface, point-and-click system configuration and
fast creation of forms, reports and alerts. Based in Seattle, Washington,
Daptiv has already transformed the mid-office for more than 700 customers
and 100,000 individuals at companies such as BASF, BP, Cushman and
Wakefield, Chase Paymentech, Honeywell, Merrill Lynch, Sprint/Nextel, Blue
Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City and Virgin Blue. For more information
visit www.daptiv.com.