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SPS Commerce Receives Best of Software-as-a-Service Showplace Award

Mar 2, 2009
SPS Commerce Receives Best of Software-as-a-Service Showplace AwardMinneapolis, Minn., March 2, 2009 – SPS Commerce, the leading Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) trading partner integration center provider, today announced it has been awarded the Best of Software-as-a-Service Showplace (BoSS) Award from THINKstrategies, Inc., the leading strategic consulting company focused on the business implications of the on-demand services market. The BoSS Award honors SaaS companies that provide solutions that result in measurable results to its customers.

With more than 10,000 customers including retailers, suppliers, 3PLs, and others in the retail ecosystem, SPS Commerce’s supply chain and fulfillment solutions extend savings and efficiencies by integrating trading partners electronically. Using a SaaS model and its multi-tenant architecture, SPS Commerce’s services streamline supply chains, reduce inventories, and improve global fulfillment operations by sharing its 2,700 integrations with more than 1,300 retailers, knowledgeable staff, and SaaS technology for improved reliability and a lower total cost of ownership.

"SaaS is perfectly architected to permit more effective inter-enterprise communications and collaboration in supply-chain environments," stated Jeffrey M. Kaplan, the founder of the SaaS Showplace and Managing Director of THINKstrategies, the strategic consulting firm which conceived and administers the Showplace. "SPS Commerce’s solution clearly demonstrates how better supply-chain management can increase revenue opportunities and reduce costs while creating a competitive advantage."

"SPS Commerce is honored to receive the Best of SaaS Showcase Award," stated Archie Black, President and CEO of SPS Commerce. "We strive to deliver SaaS solutions that improve our customers' supply chains by integrating them with an expanding number of trading partners. Our SaaS delivery model enables thousands of retailers, suppliers, 3PLs and others to integrate with new trading partners with ease as their business grows. We are pleased to join other SaaS companies who are likeminded in providing solutions that deliver measurable results to their customers."

About the Best of SaaS Showplace (BoSS) Awards

The BoSS Award program is an ongoing initiative to identify and promote SaaS, and 'cloud computing', companies which are offering on-demand solutions which are generating measurable business benefits for their customers.

BoSS awards nominations are not only accepted on an ongoing basis, but more than one winner can be awarded in each SaaS Showplace Application, Industry and Enabling Technology Supplier category.

BoSS award winners are given special designation on the SaaS Showplace, with a summary of their award-winning solution(s) and customer success story. Award winners are also recognized in the SaaS Showplace newsletter, and are able to promote their award designation on their website and in pre-approved company material.

For more information or to nominate a BoSS award winner, go to www.saas-showplace.com/registerforbossaward.html.

About the SaaS Showplace

Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) Showplace® is a service of THINKstrategies, Inc. This Showplace was established in 2006 to provide the following benefits,

  • Give enterprise decision-makers a quick directory of the leading SaaS providers and a convenient source of valuable insight regarding SaaS trends.
  • Give SaaS providers a targeted tool to increase their visibility among enterprise decision-makers, and gain access to key enabling technology suppliers.
  • Give enabling technology suppliers a specialized platform to increase industry awareness regarding their SaaS solutions.
The SaaS Showplace is now the largest and highest ranked, vendor-independent, online directory and resource center of industry best practices in the SaaS market. For more information, go to www.saas-showplace.com.
About THINKstrategies, Inc.

THINKstrategies, Inc. is the only strategic consulting services company formed specifically to address the unprecedented business challenges facing IT managers, solutions providers and investors today as the technology industry shifts toward a services orientation.

THINKstrategies' mission is to help our clients re-THINK their corporate strategies, and refocus their limited resources to achieve their business objectives. THINKstrategies helps enterprise decision-makers with their sourcing strategies, IT solutions providers with their marketing strategies, and VCs with their investment strategies.

In addition to the Software-as-a-Service Showplace, THINKstrategies is also the founder of the Managed Services Showplace, a vendor-independent, online directory and information resource center of managed service solutions.

For more information regarding THINKstrategies' unique consulting services, visit www.thinkstrategies.com, or contact us at info@thinkstrategies.com.

About SPS Commerce
SPS Commerce is a leading provider of on-demand supply chain management solutions, providing integration, collaboration, connectivity, visibility and data analytics to thousands of customers worldwide. We deliver our solutions over the Internet using a Software-as-a-Service model to improve the way suppliers, retailers, distributors and other customers manage and fulfill orders. Our SPSCommerce.net platform features pre-built integrations used by current and new customers alike, spanning 2,700 order management models across 1,300 retailers, grocers and distributors, as well as integrations to over 100 accounting, warehouse management, enterprise resource planning, and packing and shipping applications. More than 35,000 customers across more than 40 countries have used SPSCommerce.net, making it one of the largest trading partner integration centers. SPS Commerce has 35 consecutive quarters of increased revenues and is headquartered in Minneapolis.  For additional information, please contact SPS Commerce at 866-245-8100 or visit www.spscommerce.com.
SPS Commerce is a registered trademark of SPS Commerce, Inc.  SPSCommerce.net and the SPS Commerce logo are the property of SPS Commerce, Inc. All other names and trademarks are the property of their respective holders.

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