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Science and Technology
Science and Technology
Mon, May 24, 2010 CDC Software Completes Strategic Investment in Marketbright, a Cloud-Based SaaS Marketing Automation Company
ATLANTA & SHANGHAI--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--CDC Software Corporation (NASDAQ: CDCS), a hybrid enterprise software provider of on-premise and cloud deployments, today announced it completed its investment in Marketbright, an on-demand software-as-as-service (SaaS) marketing automation company, marking the second investment in CDC Softwarea™s Strategic Cloud Investment Partner Program (SCIPP).
"With this strategic investment, we welcome Marketbright to CDC Softwarea™s SCIPP"
Under SCIPP, CDC Software plans to make minority investments in, and form strategic reselling partnerships with, companies offering cloud-based or point solutions which complement its enterprise solutions portfolio. The first SCIPP investment completed under this program was eBizNET Solutions Inc., a leading provider of SaaS supply chain execution solutions.
In addition, CDC Software has formed a strategic relationship with Marketbright whereby both companies are expected to resell each othera™s solutions and potentially expand the relationship into other strategic activities. This partnership and investment further expands CDC Softwarea™s growing cloud-based SaaS product portfolio and further advances its strategy to significantly increase recurring revenue over the next few years.
Marketbright provides a suite of integrated applications including campaign management, email marketing, event management, social networking, landing page creation, lead scoring, lead nurturing and membership management. The companya™s investors include Greycroft Partners and Knighta™s Bridge Capital Partners, among others. Customers include Harris Stratex, LogiXML, OpenLogic, TelePacific Communications, and Telus.
As part of the strategic relationship, CDC Software is expected to serve as an original equipment manufacturer (OEM), reseller or referral partner for Marketbrighta™s SaaS marketing automation solutions in the U.S., Canada, EMEA, Asia/Pacific and the rest of world. In turn, Marketbright is expected to serve as an original equipment manufacturer (OEM), reseller or referral partner for CDC Pivotal CRM solutions in the U.S. and Canada. As part of the agreement, Marketbright already has begun development of an out-of-the-box integration tool to use with the Marketbright and Pivotal CRM applications. This integration product is expected to be available in the third quarter of this year.
CDC Software and Marketbright may also expand their relationship such that Marketbright may eventually serve as an OEM and reseller for CDC Respond, a complaint management system, CDC eCommerce, an on-demand e-Commerce platform for retailers and brand manufacturers, and CDC gomembers, SaaS enterprise solutions for not-for-profit, while CDC Software will sell the Marketbright integration tool for CDC Pivotal CRM implementations.
Marketbright also is reviewing shared services with CDC Software that may include managed hosting services, customer and technical support and with CDC Global Servicesa™ research and development and professional services operations. CDC Global Services is a business unit of CDC Softwarea™s parent company, CDC Corporation.
aWe are excited that CDC Software is now a strategic investor and look forward with this partnership,a said Dom Lindars, CEO of Marketbright. aOur products offer great synergies, and CDC Softwarea™s extensive global technology and support infrastructure offer Marketbright significant economies of scale opportunities. Leveraging CDC Global Servicesa™ R&D and services operations also offer us the opportunity to expand in emerging markets such as India and China. Already, we have identified a number of CDC Software customers that we believe could be ideal potential users of Marketbright solutions.a
aWith this strategic investment, we welcome Marketbright to CDC Softwarea™s SCIPP,a said Jason Rushforth, president of CDC Front Office product line of CDC Software. aMarketbrighta™s SaaS marketing automation technology can help to further strengthen our Front Office solutions product line, and is yet another strategic move, along with our other recent SaaS acquisitions, toward reaching our goal of maintenance and SaaS recurring revenue making up 70 percent of our total revenue in the next few years.a
About Marketbright
Marketbright delivers the leading software-as-a-service marketing automation solution, enabling more than 20,000 users at companies such as TELUS, Genesys, Plantronics, Serena Software, Varonis and to make contact, manage leads and convert prospects to customers. Marketbright goes beyond the traditional marketing tools with a full suite of integrated applications including campaign management, email marketing, event management, social networking, landing page creation, lead scoring, lead nurturing and membership management. The company is privately held and headquartered in San Bruno, Calif., and can be reached at [ http://www.marketbright.com/ ], which is not part of this press release.
About CDC Software
CDC Software (NASDAQ: CDCS), The Customer-Driven Companya", is a hybrid enterprise software provider of on-premise and cloud deployments. Leveraging a service-oriented architecture (SOA), CDC Software offers multiple delivery options for their solutions including on-premise, hosted, cloud-based Software as a Service (SaaS) or blended-hybrid deployment offerings. CDC Softwarea™s solutions include enterprise resource planning (ERP), manufacturing operations management, enterprise manufacturing intelligence, supply chain management (demand management, order management and warehouse and transportation management), e-Commerce, human capital management, customer relationship management (CRM), complaint management and aged care solutions.
CDC Softwarea™s recent acquisitions are part of its aacquire, integrate, innovate and growa strategy. Fueling the success of this strategy is the companya™sglobal scalable business and technology infrastructure featuring multiple complementary applications and services, domain expertise in vertical markets, cost effective product engineering centers in India and China, a highly collaborative and fast product development process utilizing Agile methodologies, and a worldwide network of direct sales and channel operations. This strategy has helped CDC Software deliver innovative and industry-specific solutions to 8,000 customers worldwide within the manufacturing, distribution, transportation, retail, government, real estate, financial services, health care, and not-for-profit industries. For more information, please visit [ www.cdcsoftware.com ].
About CDC Corporation
The CDC family of companies includes CDC Software (NASDAQ: CDCS) focused on hybrid enterprise software applications and services, CDC Global Services focused on IT consulting services, and outsourced R&D and application development, CDC Games focused on online games, and China.com, Inc. (HKGEM:8006) focused on portals for the greater China markets. For more information about CDC Corporation (NASDAQ: CHINA), please visit [ www.cdccorporation.net ]
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including statements relating to our expectations about our investment in Marketbright, our beliefs and expectations regarding our strategic relationship with Marketbright and the respective obligations and plans of each party thereunder as well as the potential benefits of such a relationship to each participant and their respective products and customers, beliefs regarding potential synergies between our products and plans for leveraging resources and technologies, expectations and beliefs about possible future growth, our beliefs about the competitive and market position of this business, our beliefs regarding technology and products, our beliefs regarding our current and future competitive market position, and other statements that are not historical fact, the achievement of which involve risks, uncertainties or assumptions. These statements are based on management's current expectations and are subject to risks and uncertainties and changes in circumstances. There are important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated in the forward looking statements including, among others: (a) the ability to realize strategic objectives by taking advantage of market opportunities; (b) the ability to make changes in business strategy, development plans and product offerings to respond to the needs of current, new and potential customers, suppliers and strategic partners; (c) the effects of restructurings and rationalization of operations in our companies; (d) the ability to address technological changes and developments including the development and enhancement of products; (e) the ability to develop and market successful products and services; (f) the entry of new competitors and their technological advances; (g) the need to develop, integrate and deploy enterprise software applications to meet customer's requirements; and (h) the possibility of development or deployment difficulties or delays.If any such risks or uncertainties materialize or if any of the assumptions proves incorrect, our results could differ materially from the results expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements we make. Also, the results and benefits experienced by customers and users set forth in this press release may differ from those of other users and customers. Further information on risks or other factors that could cause results to differ is detailed in our filings or submissions with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, and those of our ultimate parent company, CDC Corporation, located at [ www.sec.gov ]. All forward-looking statements included in this press release are based upon information available to management as of the date of the press release, and you are cautioned not to place undue reliance on any forward looking statements which speak only as of the date of this press release. The company assumes no obligation to update or alter the forward looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. Historical results are not indicative of future performance.
