Science & Technology
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Science and Technology
Wed, March 18, 2009
Tue, March 17, 2009 RollStream, Inc.: RollStream Joins Forces With Intel Capital to Expand Use of Enterprise Community Management
FAIRFAX, VA--(Marketwire - March 17, 2009) - RollStream Inc., the leading provider of Enterprise Community Management solutions, today announced it has finalized a warrant agreement with Intel Capital to expand the use of RollStream's collaboration platform throughout Intel's broad portfolio of customers. Under the terms of the warrant agreement between the two companies, Intel Capital will proactively introduce new customers to RollStream and take an ownership stake in the business in return.
"We are delighted to become a member of the Intel Capital community. Intel has tremendous global reach across a wide range of industries, and we believe our technology is well suited to solve the collaboration challenges of many of its customers," stated Kristin Muhlner, CEO of RollStream.
RollStream delivers an innovative solution for enterprise community management. Unlike systems that simply deliver business transactions between trading partners, RollStream creates powerful social supply chains that optimize business-to-business relationships. Utilizing the latest in Web 2.0 technologies, companies can establish secure, online communities of suppliers or customers in a matter of hours. Within these communities, RollStream delivers ROI-based solutions that span the entire partner lifecycle, including profile and credential capture, communications and compliance, dispute resolution, and performance management. Intuitive features and extreme usability empower supply chain managers and marketing executives to execute critical projects without draining scarce IT resources.
"In this challenging economic climate, businesses must find a way to streamline partner community interactions using solutions like RollStream," said Lisa Lambert of Intel Capital. "As an early leader in the growing enterprise community management market segment, RollStream is poised to revolutionize this space, and Intel Capital is excited to work with the company as it expands its reach."
RollStream already has over 30,000 registered trading partners within its customer communities distributed across multiple vertical industries. The relationship will help accelerate RollStream's continued growth and customer acquisition.
About RollStream™, Inc.
As the leader in enterprise community management, RollStream's business-to-business collaboration platform is transforming trading partner networks in the same way that social software has transformed personal networks.
Fortune 500 market leaders, including Walgreen's, McKesson, Tesco, and Johnson & Johnson, are using RollStream to revolutionize their trading partner relationships and achieve multi-million dollar returns on their investment.
Visit [ www.rollstream.com ] to learn more.
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About Intel Capital
Intel Capital, Intel's global investment organization, makes equity investments in innovative technology start-ups and companies worldwide. Intel Capital invests in a broad range of companies offering hardware, software, and services targeting enterprise, home, mobility, health, consumer Internet, semiconductor manufacturing and cleantech. Since 1991, Intel Capital has invested more than US$7.5 billion in approximately 1,000 companies in 45 countries. In that timeframe, 168 portfolio companies have gone public on various exchanges around the world and 212 were acquired or participated in a merger. In 2008, Intel Capital invested about US$1.59 billion in 169 investments with approximately 62 percent of funds (excluding Clearwire) invested outside North America. For more information on Intel Capital and its differentiated advantages, visit [ www.intelcapital.com ].
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