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Monday, June 6, 2011
Cloud Computing Stock News; Gar Wood Securities Initiates Coverage on GBS Enterprises (OTCBB:GBSX) With $9 Price Target
NEW YORK - June 6, 2011 (Investorideas.com cloud computing stocks newswire) � GBS Enterprises (OTCBB:GBSX), announced today that Gar Wood Securities, a full service institutional broker--dealer located in Chicago, Il, has initiated coverage and issued its Insight Equity Research Report on the Company with a Buy rating and $9 per share target price.
Gar Wood recently raised $7.55MM for GBS with warrant coverage that will result in an additional $9MM funding to the Company.
Some excerpts from the Gar Wood research report are as follows:
Key Points
This release contains statements, which may constitute "forward-looking statements" under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Those statements include statements regarding the intent, belief or expectations of the Company. Prospective investors are cautioned that any such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties, and that results may differ materially from such statements.
About GBS Enterprises, Inc.
GBS Enterprises (OTCBB:GBSX), is the parent company of Group Business Software which provides product and services for the IBM Lotus market. The company boasts more than 4,000 customers worldwide with more than 4 million users of their products and services. GBS has offices in New York, Boston, Atlanta, Toronto, London, Manchester, Copenhagen, and throughout Germany. Its European headquarters is in Frankfurt, Germany and North American headquarters is located in New York City. For more information please visit www.gbs.com.
Contact:
GROUP Business Software:
Marketing and Communications Contact: Michael Baum
Corporate Communications, michael.baum@us.gbs.com
GBS Enterprises:
Investor Relations Contact:
Gary MacDonald, EVP and Chief Business Development Officer
gmacdonald@gbsx.us Tel: 917-477-9509
Gar Wood recently raised $7.55MM for GBS with warrant coverage that will result in an additional $9MM funding to the Company.
Some excerpts from the Gar Wood research report are as follows:
Key Points
- As the largest provider of products and services to IBM's Lotus market, GBS has a long history of working with IBM. The Company is currently working with IBM to market its GROUP Live Cloud Platform and Notes Transformer.
- The Cloud Computing market was estimated to be $16.5 billion in 2009 and is predicted to increase to $55.5 billion in 2014. GBS competes in this market through its Cloud Automation Platform, which can be customized for a wide range of customers, and its software solutions which are now available in a SaaS format.
- Due to cost savings and efficiencies, it is estimated that 40% of all business applications will be delivered via the cloud by 2014. We believe GBS' Transformer software provides the only timely, cost effective method to move Lotus Notes applications to the Cloud, without having to rewrite entire applications or move away from Notes.
- We estimate the total market potential for the Transformer to be roughly $18.0 billion, of which we believe GBS's realizable market could be roughly $5.5 billion. The bulk of this potential revenue would have little cost associated, as it incurs little cost on IBM sales and primarily just programmer cost on applications it transforms.
- The Company's Transformer was awarded the CTO Award at Lotusphere in 2011, while its Cloud Platform won the IBM Bestseller Award at Lotusphere in 2011 after winning the CTO Award at the 2010 Lotusphere.
- Management has a track record of completing M&A deals that add new customers and/or technologies at low valuations. It is also working to expand its distribution channels, similar to its recent agreement with Alliance Technology Group to market to the government sector.
This release contains statements, which may constitute "forward-looking statements" under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Those statements include statements regarding the intent, belief or expectations of the Company. Prospective investors are cautioned that any such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties, and that results may differ materially from such statements.
About GBS Enterprises, Inc.
GBS Enterprises (OTCBB:GBSX), is the parent company of Group Business Software which provides product and services for the IBM Lotus market. The company boasts more than 4,000 customers worldwide with more than 4 million users of their products and services. GBS has offices in New York, Boston, Atlanta, Toronto, London, Manchester, Copenhagen, and throughout Germany. Its European headquarters is in Frankfurt, Germany and North American headquarters is located in New York City. For more information please visit www.gbs.com.
Contact:
GROUP Business Software:
Marketing and Communications Contact: Michael Baum
Corporate Communications, michael.baum@us.gbs.com
GBS Enterprises:
Investor Relations Contact:
Gary MacDonald, EVP and Chief Business Development Officer
gmacdonald@gbsx.us Tel: 917-477-9509
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Tech Stock Trading Alert: Elephant Talk Communications (OTCBB: ETAK) -- "Securing the Mobile Cloud"
Point Roberts WA, New York, New York- June 6, 2011, Investorideas.com, a leader in sector stock research features a tech stock alert for Elephant Talk Communications (OTCBB: ETAK), an international provider of business software and services to the telecommunications and financial services industries. Shares of ETAK jumped in Thursday’s and Friday’s trading on higher than average volume.
It’s notable that ETAK reported bullish hiring news on June 2, “Elephant Talk Communications Hires HR Pro to Manage Worldwide Hiring Growth”, during the same week that US job data was significantly lower than expected.
Read news: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Elephant-Talk-Communications-iw-3681823597.html?x=0&.v=1
Elephant Talk is one of the top recommendations in Josh Levine’s Microcap Investor Newsletter.
Highlights from Josh Levine's recent commentary on ETAK:
Levine described Elephant Talk's business model as "Securing the Mobile Cloud." He noted that Elephant Talk intends to manage the mobile cloud, or mobile Internet, to provide access to mobile networks for businesses around the global that are non-telecom, non-tech companies but have huge customer databases. Such companies do not want to invest in IT and telecom infrastructure such as antennas and spectrum, but will look to companies such as Elephant Talk to reach their customers and stakeholders, Levine said.
Levine noted that ValidSoft has advanced its business through its arrangement with Visa Europe and other financial institutions with its fraud-prevention solutions. Levine pointed out that Visa Europe and its 4,000 member banks handle 28 billion transactions a year.
ValidSoft's suite of advanced telecom-based solutions enables banks and other financial institutions to secure all transaction channels, is relatively inexpensive to implement, and is invisible to the customer while maintaining customer privacy, Levine said. ValidSoft has been awarded the European Privacy Seal, he noted.
What makes ValidSoft's solution so revolutionary is that it uses an out-of-band approach, according to Levine. This means that if you want to check or validate what is happening on one network (i.e., Internet), you need another, completely independent network (i.e., mobile) to verify what is happening on the first network.
Additionally, ValidSoft has the world's first commercially available four-factor authentication solution utilizing a single integrated platform. This guarantees a level of security that no competitor can even remotely match today, Levine said.
In pilot programs in the U.K. and Australia, ValidSoft's technology has demonstrated that it reduces transaction false positives from an industry average of 90% to virtually none, Levine said.
Levine also pointed out the significance of Elephant Talk and ValidSoft's strategy of positioning their services in the mobile cloud. As mobile phones are adopted by larger populations, especially where many "unbanked" communities rely on such a device for the transfer and receipt of funds, the mobile or smart phone will rapidly become the dominant form of electronic payment. Levine added that ValidSoft's technology also can provide security to a wide range of transactions in the mobile cloud beyond financial services to include health monitoring, among others.
For the fast-emerging arena of near-field communications (NFC) mobile payments, or the Digital Wallet, Levine said ValidSoft is ideally situated to address privacy and security issues relating to smart phones. The fact is, he said, ValidSoft's technologies were developed for this method and the company had long anticipated that NFC would be the future for transactions. The challenge was to develop a solution within the boundaries that respected the laws and regulations of privacy and data integrity. ValidSoft has succeeded in doing this due primarily to its out-of-band approach, which is now far ahead of competitors, Levine said.
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It’s notable that ETAK reported bullish hiring news on June 2, “Elephant Talk Communications Hires HR Pro to Manage Worldwide Hiring Growth”, during the same week that US job data was significantly lower than expected.
Read news: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Elephant-Talk-Communications-iw-3681823597.html?x=0&.v=1
Elephant Talk is one of the top recommendations in Josh Levine’s Microcap Investor Newsletter.
Highlights from Josh Levine's recent commentary on ETAK: Levine described Elephant Talk's business model as "Securing the Mobile Cloud." He noted that Elephant Talk intends to manage the mobile cloud, or mobile Internet, to provide access to mobile networks for businesses around the global that are non-telecom, non-tech companies but have huge customer databases. Such companies do not want to invest in IT and telecom infrastructure such as antennas and spectrum, but will look to companies such as Elephant Talk to reach their customers and stakeholders, Levine said.
Levine noted that ValidSoft has advanced its business through its arrangement with Visa Europe and other financial institutions with its fraud-prevention solutions. Levine pointed out that Visa Europe and its 4,000 member banks handle 28 billion transactions a year.
ValidSoft's suite of advanced telecom-based solutions enables banks and other financial institutions to secure all transaction channels, is relatively inexpensive to implement, and is invisible to the customer while maintaining customer privacy, Levine said. ValidSoft has been awarded the European Privacy Seal, he noted.
What makes ValidSoft's solution so revolutionary is that it uses an out-of-band approach, according to Levine. This means that if you want to check or validate what is happening on one network (i.e., Internet), you need another, completely independent network (i.e., mobile) to verify what is happening on the first network.
Additionally, ValidSoft has the world's first commercially available four-factor authentication solution utilizing a single integrated platform. This guarantees a level of security that no competitor can even remotely match today, Levine said.
In pilot programs in the U.K. and Australia, ValidSoft's technology has demonstrated that it reduces transaction false positives from an industry average of 90% to virtually none, Levine said.
Levine also pointed out the significance of Elephant Talk and ValidSoft's strategy of positioning their services in the mobile cloud. As mobile phones are adopted by larger populations, especially where many "unbanked" communities rely on such a device for the transfer and receipt of funds, the mobile or smart phone will rapidly become the dominant form of electronic payment. Levine added that ValidSoft's technology also can provide security to a wide range of transactions in the mobile cloud beyond financial services to include health monitoring, among others.
For the fast-emerging arena of near-field communications (NFC) mobile payments, or the Digital Wallet, Levine said ValidSoft is ideally situated to address privacy and security issues relating to smart phones. The fact is, he said, ValidSoft's technologies were developed for this method and the company had long anticipated that NFC would be the future for transactions. The challenge was to develop a solution within the boundaries that respected the laws and regulations of privacy and data integrity. ValidSoft has succeeded in doing this due primarily to its out-of-band approach, which is now far ahead of competitors, Levine said.
About Josh Levine's MicroCap Investor:http://www.levinesmicrocapinvestor.com
Levine's MicroCap Investor delves deep into the world of small stocks to identify big winners, targeting innovative companies on the path of the new and revolutionary.
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Thursday, June 2, 2011
Cloud Computing Stock News; Leading IBM Business Partner Launches Next Generation Offering for Converting Lotus Notes Applications
NEW YORK - June 2, 2011 (Investorideas.com cloud computing stocks newswire) – GBS Enterprises (OTCBB:GBSX), announced that its subsidiary, GROUP Business Software AG, has unveiled a combination of expert services and accelerator tools, called Transformer 2.0, that allows enterprises to transfer large portfolios of Lotus Notes applications to the Web. The launch event was held was held in conjunction with IBM (NYSE:IBM) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Museum in Cambridge MA on the evening of May 25, 2011. The location was significant because MIT is world renowned for fostering innovation and advancement in technology and Cambridge was also the birthplace of Lotus.
"Helping our customers move to a future with rich capabilities in the cloud is extremely important to our Notes and Domino community," stated Kristen Lauria, VP of Marketing, IBM Collaboration Solutions. "It is a game changer. GBS has provided our customers with a path to transform their Lotus business applicationsto the next generation of web and mobile-capable collaborative applications."Speaking at the event were Joerg Ott, CEO and other executives of GBS Enterprises along with Alistair Rennie, GM, IBM Collaboration Solutions, Kristen Lauria, VP of Marketing, IBM Collaboration Solutions, and Kevin Cavanaugh, VP Business & Technical Strategy, IBM Collaboration Solutions. The event also featured Ryan Chin, Research Specialist at MIT who talked about some of the newest innovations being developed.
For the first time, organizations have a set of analytical and executable processes that transform their existing Lotus Notes rich client applications on to the Web, where they can now be run in the cloud, on mobile devices and be more easily integrate with social media platforms. Transformer provides the continuity of the past with all the benefits that are now available in the latest release of IBM Domino.
This comes at a time when organizations are rapidly embracing new ways to develop and deliver applications to their users. By 2014, 40% of all new business applications will be delivered via subscription or self-service via cloud technology. With over 10 million active Lotus Notes applications worldwide, it is no surprise there is increasing pressure on organizations to web-enable these applications. The challenge is doing so without having to invest in time and resource intensive re-development projects, risky data migration and costly retraining of staff.
GBS points to the very high demand for these conversions as proof companies want to migrate and have not been able to figure out how. "Every day we see companies wanting to move their applications to take advantage of the web, but they have been unable to justify the high financial cost," says Joerg Ott, CEO of GBS. "Transformer provides a turnkey solution combining platform expertise with technology, allowing clients to preserve their existing investments in intellectual capital."
For nearly 20 years, GBS has been singularly focused on delivering compelling business solutions and innovation to the Lotus market. Building on this expertise GBS has developed a comprehensive set of tools and services to plan and execute an orderly and fast migration. "Trying to migrate these applications to a totally different technology like Sharepoint or Google Apps, is disruptive and requires huge amounts of money and time," says Scott Hooks, GM of GBS Experts division. "To be effective, you must have the expertise to know what to do and the technology to do it."
Recent enhancements provided in Transformer 2.0 are:
- Transformer Investigator -- collects statistics on which applications are being used, how often and by whom so that an organization can target which applications have the highest impact to transform.
- Transformer Extension Library - allows a variety of enhancements to be applied to all aspects of transformed applications without writing any additional code.
- GBS WebSpace -- is a web enabled version of the familiar Notes client Workspace.
- Support of Object Oriented Programming.
- Ability to maintain application business logic in LotusScript.
About GBS Enterprises, Inc.
GBS Enterprises (OTCBB:GBSX), is the parent company of Group Business Software which provides product and services for the IBM Lotus market. The company boasts more than 4,000 customers worldwide with more than 4 million users of their products and services. GBS has offices in New York, Boston, Atlanta, Toronto, London, Manchester, Copenhagen, and throughout Germany. Its European headquarters is in Frankfurt, Germany and North American headquarters is located in New York City. For more information please visitwww.gbs.com.
Contact:
GROUP Business Software:
Marketing and Communications Contact: Michael Baum
Corporate Communications, michael.baum@us.gbs.com
Marketing and Communications Contact: Michael Baum
Corporate Communications, michael.baum@us.gbs.com
GBS Enterprises:
Investor Relations Contact:
Gary MacDonald, EVP and Chief Business Development Officer
gmacdonald@gbsx.us Tel: 917-477-9509
Investor Relations Contact:
Gary MacDonald, EVP and Chief Business Development Officer
gmacdonald@gbsx.us Tel: 917-477-9509
Disclosure: GBS Enterprises, Inc. (OTCBB:GBSX) is a paid showcase tech stock, cloud computing stock on Investorideas.com (April 2011 - 1500 per month by third party)
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Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Wireless Stocks; Telkonet (OTCQB: TKOI) Announces Wireless Pilot And Renewal Of Nationwide HSIA Support Agreement
Milwaukee, WI - May 25, 2011 (Investorideas.com Newswire) - Telkonet, Inc. (OTCQB: TKOI), operator of the EthoStream Hospitality Network, announced today the signing of a renewal extension with one of the largest timeshare management companies in North America and has started an 802.11n wireless pilot at two prominent vacation resorts. The renewal extends a three-year agreement signed in 2007 for an additional two years of property and guest support.
EthoStream currently services all 65 properties through a mix of Telkonet iWire PLC equipment and wireless hotspots for public area Internet access. The timeshare company is seeking to extend this wireless coverage to all areas of these properties to address the growing wireless demands of its timeshare owners.
"The PLC systems installed in 2007 were able to effectively service these very diverse properties at a time when wireless demand was relatively low, and reliable wireless coverage for campus locations was difficult. With the explosion of portable wireless devices consuming huge quantities of rich media, there is a huge need for ubiquitous wireless coverage," said Matt Koch, VP of Operations for Telkonet. "Our 802.11n wireless solutions provide better coverage and capacity than was previously available, and will prepare these properties for the growing bandwidth need."
The wireless pilot programs focus on two Southern California properties and will feature Ruckus 802.11n controller-based access points, a gigabit Ethernet backbone, and a Pro Dual EthoStream Gateway Server to supply the necessary bandwidth. The EGS Pro Dual supports multiple ISPs for bandwidth aggregation and failover while the gigabit backbone and 802.11n access points provide an exceptional base for integrating additional applications.
The EthoStream Hospitality Network is one of the largest HSIA networks in North America, servicing over 2250 sites and 3.4 million users monthly. Providing service to a wide range of properties from five-diamond locations to small bed and breakfasts, EthoStream's "Total Solution" provides end-to-end installation and support for HSIA networks.
About Telkonet
Telkonet is a leading energy management technology provider offering hardware, software and services to Commercial customers throughout the world. The EcoCentral Platform, in conjunction with the EcoSmart Suite of products, provides comprehensive savings, management and reporting of a building's energy consumption. Telkonet's energy management products are installed in properties within the Hospitality, Military, Educational, Healthcare, Public Housing and Residential markets reducing energy consumption, carbon footprints and eliminating the need for new energy generation. www.telkonet.com
Statements included in this release may constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements involve a number of risks and uncertainties such as competitive factors, technological development, market demand and the Company's ability to obtain new contracts and accurately estimate net revenue due to variability in size, scope and duration of projects, and internal issues in the sponsoring client. Further information on potential factors that could affect the Company's financial results, can be found in the Company's Registration Statement and in its Reports on Forms 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
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EthoStream currently services all 65 properties through a mix of Telkonet iWire PLC equipment and wireless hotspots for public area Internet access. The timeshare company is seeking to extend this wireless coverage to all areas of these properties to address the growing wireless demands of its timeshare owners.
"The PLC systems installed in 2007 were able to effectively service these very diverse properties at a time when wireless demand was relatively low, and reliable wireless coverage for campus locations was difficult. With the explosion of portable wireless devices consuming huge quantities of rich media, there is a huge need for ubiquitous wireless coverage," said Matt Koch, VP of Operations for Telkonet. "Our 802.11n wireless solutions provide better coverage and capacity than was previously available, and will prepare these properties for the growing bandwidth need."
The wireless pilot programs focus on two Southern California properties and will feature Ruckus 802.11n controller-based access points, a gigabit Ethernet backbone, and a Pro Dual EthoStream Gateway Server to supply the necessary bandwidth. The EGS Pro Dual supports multiple ISPs for bandwidth aggregation and failover while the gigabit backbone and 802.11n access points provide an exceptional base for integrating additional applications.
The EthoStream Hospitality Network is one of the largest HSIA networks in North America, servicing over 2250 sites and 3.4 million users monthly. Providing service to a wide range of properties from five-diamond locations to small bed and breakfasts, EthoStream's "Total Solution" provides end-to-end installation and support for HSIA networks.
About Telkonet
Telkonet is a leading energy management technology provider offering hardware, software and services to Commercial customers throughout the world. The EcoCentral Platform, in conjunction with the EcoSmart Suite of products, provides comprehensive savings, management and reporting of a building's energy consumption. Telkonet's energy management products are installed in properties within the Hospitality, Military, Educational, Healthcare, Public Housing and Residential markets reducing energy consumption, carbon footprints and eliminating the need for new energy generation. www.telkonet.com
Statements included in this release may constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements involve a number of risks and uncertainties such as competitive factors, technological development, market demand and the Company's ability to obtain new contracts and accurately estimate net revenue due to variability in size, scope and duration of projects, and internal issues in the sponsoring client. Further information on potential factors that could affect the Company's financial results, can be found in the Company's Registration Statement and in its Reports on Forms 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
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Monday, May 23, 2011
Cloud Computing Stock News; GROUP Business Software's (OTCBB:GBSX) "GROUP Live" Cloud Automation Platform Featured in ExpertON Research Report
NEW YORK - May 23, 2011 (Investorideas.com cloud computing stocks newswire) � GBS Enterprises (OTCBB:GBSX), a leader in cloud computing technologies and also specializing in business applications solutions for the IBM Lotus Domino software platform, announced that its subsidiary, GROUP Business Software AG was recently featured in the ExpertON Group "Cloud Vendor Benchmark 2011" research report. The report compared GROUP's Cloud Automation Platform ("GROUP Live") with major cloud computing vendors and positioned GBS as one of the leading providers of cloud management platforms along with other vendors including Microsoft, HP, and VMware.
Excerpts from the ExpertON Group Cloud Vendor 2011 research report:
"With its Group Live business unit, Group Business Software AG (GBS AG) offers a public cloud platform that uses the IBM cloud infrastructure in Ehningen. The service is primarily targeted at ISVs who can use the PaaS platform for a quick entrance into the SaaS market. The Group Live solution is set as management layer on top of the IBM infrastructure and provides required functionality, multi-tenancy provisioning, billing and quota management capabilities."
"Besides these selected and other start-ups, it is mainly the global IT players and software vendors who are positioned in the "leader" quadrant, due to the attractiveness of their cloud management portfolio. GROUP Business Software (GBS) with their 'Group Live' offering and Visionapp AG are an exception and are also ranked as leaders, since they have a very attractive offering which has clearly matured during the last three years and provides a very good coverage of cloud requirements both in medium-sized businesses and large enterprises. Both companies have also implemented major reference projects which further prove the maturity and attractiveness of their technologies."
About ExpertOn Group (www.experton-group.com)
ExpertON Group is the leading fully integrated research, advisory and consulting company for mid-sized and large organizations, maximizing the business value of their ICT investments through innovative, neutral and independent expert advice. Experton Group offers consulting services, market surveys, conferences, seminars and publications related to information and communications technology issues.
The company has offices in Munich, Frankfurt, Kassel, St. Gallen, Dubai, Capetown, and Colorado Springs.
About GBS Enterprises, Inc.
GROUP Business Software AG is a twenty-year old German-based company whose core business is focused on serving IBM's Lotus Notes and Domino market where it has become IBM's largest provider of business solutions worldwide. GROUP caters primarily to mid-market and enterprise size organizations having over 3,500 customers in thirty-eight countries spanning four continents, representing more than 5,000,000 active users of its products. GROUP's customers include Abbot, Ernst & Young, Deutsche Bank, Bayer, HBSC, Merck and Toyota. GROUP provides Cloud Computing technology, Email Management software, Lotus Software Services, Customer Relationship Management software and Risk & Compliance Management solutions. Headquartered in Frankfurt, Germany, the Company has offices throughoutEurope
and North America and employs approximately 250 people in Europe and North America.
Safe Harbor Statement
This release contains certain "forward-looking statements" relating to the business of the Company and its subsidiary companies. These forward-looking statements are often identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "believes," "expects" or similar expressions. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to be materially different from those described herein as anticipated, believed, estimated or expected. Investors should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this press release. The Company's actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of a variety of factors.
Contact:
Gary MacDonald
EVP and Chief Corporate Development Officer
GBS Enterprises, Incorporated
1.917.477.9509
gmacdonald@gbsx.us
Excerpts from the ExpertON Group Cloud Vendor 2011 research report:
"With its Group Live business unit, Group Business Software AG (GBS AG) offers a public cloud platform that uses the IBM cloud infrastructure in Ehningen. The service is primarily targeted at ISVs who can use the PaaS platform for a quick entrance into the SaaS market. The Group Live solution is set as management layer on top of the IBM infrastructure and provides required functionality, multi-tenancy provisioning, billing and quota management capabilities."
"Besides these selected and other start-ups, it is mainly the global IT players and software vendors who are positioned in the "leader" quadrant, due to the attractiveness of their cloud management portfolio. GROUP Business Software (GBS) with their 'Group Live' offering and Visionapp AG are an exception and are also ranked as leaders, since they have a very attractive offering which has clearly matured during the last three years and provides a very good coverage of cloud requirements both in medium-sized businesses and large enterprises. Both companies have also implemented major reference projects which further prove the maturity and attractiveness of their technologies."
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The company has offices in Munich, Frankfurt, Kassel, St. Gallen, Dubai, Capetown, and Colorado Springs.
About GBS Enterprises, Inc.
GROUP Business Software AG is a twenty-year old German-based company whose core business is focused on serving IBM's Lotus Notes and Domino market where it has become IBM's largest provider of business solutions worldwide. GROUP caters primarily to mid-market and enterprise size organizations having over 3,500 customers in thirty-eight countries spanning four continents, representing more than 5,000,000 active users of its products. GROUP's customers include Abbot, Ernst & Young, Deutsche Bank, Bayer, HBSC, Merck and Toyota. GROUP provides Cloud Computing technology, Email Management software, Lotus Software Services, Customer Relationship Management software and Risk & Compliance Management solutions. Headquartered in Frankfurt, Germany, the Company has offices throughout
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Contact:
Gary MacDonald
EVP and Chief Corporate Development Officer
GBS Enterprises, Incorporated
1.917.477.9509
gmacdonald@gbsx.us
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Monday, May 16, 2011
Cloud Computing Stock News; IBM and GROUP Business Software AG (OTCBB:GBSX) Sign Cloud Computing Joint Cooperation Agreement
NEW YORK - May 16, 2011 (Investorideas.com cloud computing stocks newswire) � GBS Enterprises Incorporated's (OTCBB:GBSX) subsidiary, GROUP Business Software AG (GBS), signed a joint cooperation agreement with IBM (NYSE:IBM) to provide cloud computing to their enterprise clients in Germany. GBS Enterprises Incorporated owns 50.1% equity interest in GROUP Business Software AG.
The below press release was previously announced by IBM in Germany on April 29, 2011.
April 29, 2011 -- Frankfurt, Germany -- IBM and GROUP Business Software AG (GBS) announced the further expansion of their existing cooperation in the field of cloud computing. The two companies have signed a joint cooperation agreement to address the rapidly expanding market demand for Cloud-Technology solutions in Germany. The primary goal is to better respond to the growing and evolving customer requirements for automated application delivery in clouds and to better manage the complexity of new technologies in heterogeneous environments.
GBS is providing the technology basis with its GROUP Live PaaS cloud platform, while IBM is contributing system integration services, project management and data center operations, in this comprehensive partnership. GROUP Live allows companies to cloud-enable their solutions and to deliver them quickly and fully automated as SaaS applications, significantly improving cost-effectiveness in the deployment and use of these applications.
The two companies will position the resulting solution portfolio with the initial focus on small and medium-sized enterprises while working closely together in the fields of sales, technical services and marketing.
"After we have successfully positioned our cloud platform in the market and already received strong recognition from IBM through a number of awards, we are now looking forward to taking the next step in our relationship", said Constanze Zarth, COO Europe at GBS. "This cooperation at a strategic level is an important milestone for us to open up new ways in the delivery of applications with our joint cloud offering".
"With GBS, we have a long-standing IBM Premium Partner on our side, whose cloud technologies will be of great benefit to customers in the Software-as-a-Service market", says Frank Strecker, Director Cloud Computing, IBM Germany. "At the same time, they will be able to draw on IBM's expertise and secure infrastructure for solutions in the cloud."
About GBS Enterprises, Inc.
GBS Enterprises Incorporated (OTCBB:GBSX) is the 50.1% parent company of Group Business Software AG which is focused on Cloud Computing solutions primarily for the IBM Lotus market. GBS has more than 4,000 customers worldwide with more than 4 million users of their products and services; and has offices in New York, Boston, Atlanta, Toronto, London, Manchester, Copenhagen, and throughout Germany. Its European headquarters is in Frankfurt, Germany and North American headquarters is located in New York City. For more information, please visit www.gbs.com. The contents of the Company's website are not incorporated by reference into this Press Release.
Caution Concerning Forward-Looking Statements
This release contains statements, which may constitute "forward-looking statements" under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Those statements include statements regarding the intent, belief or expectations of the Company. Prospective investors are cautioned that any such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties, and that results may differ materially from such statements.
Contact:
GROUP Business Software AG:
Marketing and Communications Contact:
Michael Baum, Corporate Communications,
michael.baum@us.gbs.com
GBS Enterprises Incorporated:
Investor Relations Contact:
Gary MacDonald, EVP and Chief Corporate Development Officer,
gmacdonald@gbsx.us
The below press release was previously announced by IBM in Germany on April 29, 2011.
April 29, 2011 -- Frankfurt, Germany -- IBM and GROUP Business Software AG (GBS) announced the further expansion of their existing cooperation in the field of cloud computing. The two companies have signed a joint cooperation agreement to address the rapidly expanding market demand for Cloud-Technology solutions in Germany. The primary goal is to better respond to the growing and evolving customer requirements for automated application delivery in clouds and to better manage the complexity of new technologies in heterogeneous environments.
GBS is providing the technology basis with its GROUP Live PaaS cloud platform, while IBM is contributing system integration services, project management and data center operations, in this comprehensive partnership. GROUP Live allows companies to cloud-enable their solutions and to deliver them quickly and fully automated as SaaS applications, significantly improving cost-effectiveness in the deployment and use of these applications.
The two companies will position the resulting solution portfolio with the initial focus on small and medium-sized enterprises while working closely together in the fields of sales, technical services and marketing.
"After we have successfully positioned our cloud platform in the market and already received strong recognition from IBM through a number of awards, we are now looking forward to taking the next step in our relationship", said Constanze Zarth, COO Europe at GBS. "This cooperation at a strategic level is an important milestone for us to open up new ways in the delivery of applications with our joint cloud offering".
"With GBS, we have a long-standing IBM Premium Partner on our side, whose cloud technologies will be of great benefit to customers in the Software-as-a-Service market", says Frank Strecker, Director Cloud Computing, IBM Germany. "At the same time, they will be able to draw on IBM's expertise and secure infrastructure for solutions in the cloud."
About GBS Enterprises, Inc.
GBS Enterprises Incorporated (OTCBB:GBSX) is the 50.1% parent company of Group Business Software AG which is focused on Cloud Computing solutions primarily for the IBM Lotus market. GBS has more than 4,000 customers worldwide with more than 4 million users of their products and services; and has offices in New York, Boston, Atlanta, Toronto, London, Manchester, Copenhagen, and throughout Germany. Its European headquarters is in Frankfurt, Germany and North American headquarters is located in New York City. For more information, please visit www.gbs.com. The contents of the Company's website are not incorporated by reference into this Press Release.
Caution Concerning Forward-Looking Statements
This release contains statements, which may constitute "forward-looking statements" under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Those statements include statements regarding the intent, belief or expectations of the Company. Prospective investors are cautioned that any such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties, and that results may differ materially from such statements.
Contact:
GROUP Business Software AG:
Marketing and Communications Contact:
Michael Baum, Corporate Communications,
michael.baum@us.gbs.com
GBS Enterprises Incorporated:
Investor Relations Contact:
Gary MacDonald, EVP and Chief Corporate Development Officer,
gmacdonald@gbsx.us
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