Editors Note: Online Technologies Corporation provides Managed Dedicated Server Hosting and Data Backup services for Humax Corporation’s Online Reciprocity Ring™, www.reciprocityring.com, a powerful collaboration tool that enables individuals, teams and organizations to solve problems, cut through bureaucracy, share knowledge, locate resources and achieve their objectives. Ann Arbor, Mich—August 1, 2006—Online Technologies Corporation announces it has been selected by Ann Arbor-based Humax Corporation to provide a managed dedicated server and backup disaster prevention services that host Humax Corporation’s unique online collaborative application, the Online Reciprocity Ring™ (VRR™). The contract calls for Online Technologies Corporation to deliver Internet- based hosting services in one of Online Technologies' three Great Lakes-located data centers, including redundant connectivity, managed firewall services, and 24-hour access to servers running Humax’s online application Online Reciprocity Ring™. Humax Corporation’s Online Reciprocity Ring™ is a powerful online collaboration tool that builds collaborative connections, collective resources and shared knowledge while enabling a network of mutual support, teamwork and trust in an enterprise. Developed for project teams, communities of practice, affinity groups, and management networks, the Online Reciprocity Ring significantly improves the performance of any group of people who share a common purpose and want to work together more effectively and efficiently. The Web-based interface streamlines and focuses communication among group members and fosters mutually beneficial interactions. Humax has shown that this practice of “reciprocity” produces significant business benefits, with financial returns often more than five times the initial investment within the first year. The Online Reciprocity Ring™ delivers sustainable advantages by improving information flow, spurring innovation, and energizing organizational performance. “Our customers, including Fortune 500 firms, demand the VRR application be hosted in a highly-secure and reliable facility to ensure 24 x 7 application availability. Humax needed a provider that was accessible and flexible enough to meet our immediate need to launch our on-demand VRR application and also able to quickly scale with our business volume,” said Cheryl Baker, managing partner and CEO of Humax Corporation. “The team at OTC partnered with us to plan and build the best solution for our current and future technology needs. Plus, we like the fact that they are local and willing to meet in person to discuss our needs.” “Humax Corporation’s development of their Online Reciprocity Ring is another great example of an established, growing service organization using the power of the Internet to take their business to the next level. We’re excited that Humax has chosen OTC for our trademark capabilities of being flexible, accessible and industrial,” said Ty Myers, vice president of sales at Online Technologies Corporation. “The software as service delivery model depends upon a reliable, scalable hosting infrastructure for the Humax VRR on-demand application as well as a technology growth path for Humax Corporation to leverage as its business continues to excel. We’re proud to be their partner in launching this exciting new capability.” |
