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NetSimplicity: NetSimplicity Announces Largest Software-as-a-Service Deal in Company History

^{Published on 2009-07-20 10:02:50, Last Modified on 2009-07-20 10:03:01 - Market Wire}
 

AUSTIN, TX--(Marketwire - July 20, 2009) - NetSimplicity today announced it has secured its largest-ever Software-as-as-Service (SaaS) contract with the world's premier measurement company and technology leader in communications, electronics, life sciences and chemical analysis. The contract exemplifies not only NetSimplicity's continued success in expanding the customer base of its premier room scheduling software solution, Meeting Room Manager, but also its ability to meet the demands of its customers trying to manage in today's challenging market conditions.

Companies are seeking technology solutions that allow them to do more with less. With instant start-up, lower up-front costs and no capital investment required, the SaaS option is becoming more popular with businesses of all sizes. In fact, the Gartner Group predicts the SaaS market to grow at an average annual rate of 19.4% through 2013, far above the 5.2% growth for the overall business software market. With a staggering 140 percent increase in customers choosing SaaS over a perpetual licensing model from 2008 to 2009, NetSimplicity's business is indicative of this burgeoning market trend.

"Our strategy of moving more business into the SaaS world, and thus the recurring revenue world, is working," said Nate Pruitt, Vice President of Sales and Marketing for NetSimplicity. "We're experiencing an increased demand for the subscription-based option over the more traditional in-house perpetual license. In fact, NetSimplicity has realized a 57 percent increase in SaaS bookings from 2008 to 2009," Pruitt said. "With more than 15 years of experience in room and resource scheduling, NetSimplicity is able to offer customers a flexible yet powerful solution combined with in-house industry expertise, a clear recipe for success."

NetSimplicity's Meeting Room Manager is serving the room scheduling needs of more than 3,000 organizations across multiple industries including legal, advertising and marketing, corporate, finance, government, healthcare, education and nonprofit. Powered by a centralized scheduling engine, Meeting Room Manager is easy to install with a highly intuitive user-interface that allows customers to quickly train their staff, improve employee productivity and reduce administrative costs.

For more information about Meeting Room Manager and how customers are using the solution to manage their room and resource scheduling needs visit [ http://www.netsimplicity.com/company/customers ].

About NetSimplicity

NetSimplicity, a division of Asure Software (NASDAQ: [ ASUR ]), delivers flexible, easy-to-use software that simplifies room and resource scheduling for a more productive workplace. More than 3,000 companies worldwide depend on NetSimplicity's Meeting Room Manager scheduling solution to help them manage their meeting rooms, equipment and other shared resources. Corporate enterprises, educational institutions, healthcare entities and law firms are eliminating costly manual processes every day and realizing a quick return on investment through the use of NetSimplicity's scheduling solution. Simplified scheduling -- right time, right place, right room from NetSimplicity. For more information, please visit [ www.netsimplicity.com ].

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