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AskMe Corporation expands into the international market, provides knowledge sharing solution to multi-national European corporation
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SEATTLE, June 18, 2001 - AskMe Corporation, the leader in enterprise knowledge sharing solutions, today announced that it will provide AskMe Enterprise™ to Integra, a leading European provider of mission-critical e-business infrastructure and turnkey solutions for Global 2000 corporations such as American Express, Shell, and Siemens.
With AskMe Enterprise, Integra will connect nine international operations, allowing the company's employees in UK, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Sweden, Denmark, Netherlands, and Norway to rapidly communicate a business problem with the most qualified experts across Integra's operations, and receive solutions.
"Each one of Integra's data centers can manage up to 2,500 servers. The availability of these data centers is mission critical to the company's clients, therefore rapid problem solving is the core requirement for Integra's operations", said Aldo Pomponi, VP of Engineering and Knowledge Management at Integra.
"The need for corporate knowledge sharing is ubiquitous in large organizations across the globe," said Udai Shekawat, CEO for AskMe Corporation. "We have witnessed a strong and growing demand from large European companies in the past few months, and are delighted to have Integra as a premier European client."
Company officials at Integra estimate a 300% return on investment in the first twelve months of deploying AskMe Enterprise, driven primarily by increased sales, reduced training and hiring costs, and increased operational efficiencies. Integra expects the annual savings to grow in subsequent years.
"The capabilities of AskMe Enterprise address a fundamental and critical need of all companies that compete in Europe," said Andy McLeod, CEO of Integra. "With AskMe, our employees in different countries have instant access to Integra's collective knowledge across Europe. If one of our data centers has a problem, employees can use AskMe to quickly find existing solutions in other centers, or find the most qualified employees to solve their problem."
About Integra
Integra is a leading European provider of managed and application hosting for businesses with mission-critical Internet operations. In addition, Integra's Project Services division provides end-to-end eBusiness solutions in cooperation with specialized partners. Integra's pan-European network of Integra Technical Centres (ITCs) provides a state-of-the-art infrastructure to ensure optimal performance of complex web sites.
Integra has operations in Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, and the UK and operates more than 1,200 servers. Clients include leading enterprises such as France Telecom, Havas Voyages-American Express, Lloyd's Register, Mitsubishi, Packard-Bell, Psion, Shell, Siemens and Toshiba.
In June, Genuity Inc., a leading global eBusiness network provider (NASDAQ: GENU), announced it will make a public tender offer for all of Integra's outstanding shares. The combined company will leverage their complementary business solutions and geographic reach to create a world class eBusiness infrastructure and managed services provider. (www.integra-europe.com)
About AskMe Corporation
AskMe Corporation is the leading provider of knowledge sharing software for Global 2000 companies. The privately held company was founded in 1999 by former Microsoft executives who envisioned a way to capture, catalogue, transfer, and maintain employee knowledge to create measurable bottom-line business benefits and sustainable competitive advantage.
The Bellevue, Washington-based company is made up of experienced technology professionals from industry leading companies such as Microsoft (MSFT), Intel (INTC), i2 (ITWO), and ISS (ISSX). AskMe customers include CNA Financial, Clarica, 3Com, Talisma and others.
AskMe, AskMe.com, and AskMe Enterprise are trademarks of AskMe Corporation.
To get more information about AskMe Enterprise, click here.
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