GOT CORPORATION ACQUIRES BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE PROVIDER SMART SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL
Acquisition Enables GOT to Integrate Powerful Business Intelligence Features into Campaigner Products, Drive Revenue, Enter New Markets
SAN JOSE, Calif. -- March 8, 2005 -- GOT Corporation™ today announced the acquisition of Smart Solutions International, (SSI) a U.S.-based Cognos Business Intelligence (BI) consultancy serving large multinationals and governments in the US, Canada, Latin America and the Caribbean. This acquisition enables GOT to add BI functionality to its products and offer customers powerful intelligence to better manage and plan digital marketing initiatives. It also enables GOT to expand its market presence in the Caribbean and Latin America and gain a new revenue stream from SSI’s operations.
“By integrating SSI’s BI functionality into its Campaigner family of products, GOT can deliver the industry’s best combination of digital marketing applications and analytics to plan, measure, and track online communication initiatives,” said Eric Melka, CEO of GOT Corporation. “This acquisition is about more than just tying email campaign results to web site clicks. It is about GOT’s commitment to deliver best-of-breed solutions to its customers including the most sophisticated reporting technology available on the market today.”
Mr. Melka continued: “Smart Solutions International has built up a strong presence and an impressive client list in the Caribbean and Latin America – two areas where we can now expand GOT’s sales efforts and drive revenue. Together, both companies can offer a powerful combination of marketing and intelligence solutions that enable organizations to deliver customers the information they want, while tracking and measuring for effectiveness.”
“Smart Solutions International will benefit from GOT’s leading position in the North American market. As a subsidiary of GOT, we can continue to grow in our core markets, while expanding into new ones and broadening our offerings,” said Paul Warren Managing Director of SSI. “SSI’s Premier Partner relationship with business intelligence leader Cognos, combined with the presence of Cognos founder Michael Potter on GOT’s Chairman of the Board, means we can join forces to bring the value of BI to GOT’s products and customers. We’re excited to become part of the growing GOT organization and look forward to delivering GOT’s products and services to our customers.”
SSI will continue to operate as a separate company in Boca Raton, Florida, and will become a wholly owned subsidiary of GOT. SSI’s name will change to Smart Solutions Inc. – a GOT company and the company will work with GOT to integrate SSI’s BI solutions into future versions of the Campaigner product line to deliver more powerful technology and analytics to customers. The acquisition also allows SSI to introduce GOT’s existing email and digital marketing solutions to Latin America and the Caribbean this year.
SSI is a Florida-based consulting firm with over a decade of experience implementing enterprise BI solutions with government, financial and utility organizations in the US, Canada, Latin America and the Caribbean. Its customer list includes First Caribbean International Bank, BP Amoco Trinidad, Pfizer Dominicana, Cable & Wireless, El Nuevo Dia newspaper, the Progress Bank of Dominican Republic, Banco Popular of Dominican Republic, and the Governments of Antigua, Barbados, Belize, Grenada, Guyana and St. Lucia. SSI also has an established Canadian office in Toronto with customers including the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and The Regional Municipality of Niagara.
About GOT Corporation
GOT Corporation™ offers Customer Relationship Marketing technology that allows organizations to move beyond traditional product-centric marketing to create relevant communications with customers resulting in long term, profitable relationships. GOT enables organizations to listen to their customers, measure what they are saying, and use their responses to interact with them one-to-one. The result is better customer intelligence, a personalized customer experience, and increased customer satisfaction. Founded in 1999, GOT provides technology to Microsoft, Yahoo! and Salesforce.com; solutions to large corporate clients such as AT&T, GlaxoSmithKline, PriceWaterhouseCoopers and Speedo; and services thousands of small and medium-sized businesses. GOT is based in San Jose, with offices in Pittsburgh, Montreal, and Ottawa. More information at: http:www.gotcorp.com.
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