GLOBAL MESSAGING SOLUTIONS,
INC. IS SELECTED AS EXCLUSIVE eMail PROVIDER FOR OFFICETOOL.COM,
INC.
Premier California-based collaborative software developer
selects GMSI as a strategic partner
OVERLAND PARK, KANSAS
(July 14, 2000)-- Global Messaging Solutions, Inc. (GMSI), today
announced a strategic partnership with OfficeTool.com, Inc., a
global collaborative business Application Service Provider
(ASP). Under terms of the agreement, GMSI will provide
OfficeTool.com, Inc. (OfficeTool), as well as their clients and
partners in Europe and the U.S., back-end messaging services
using GMSI’s advanced corporate messaging system.
The
initial phase of this agreement provides OfficeTool with several
hundred thousand
eMail accounts. Future
plans call for the number of user accounts to reach into the
millions.
This agreement will allow
OfficeTool to offer a very powerful and essential application to
implement within their Internet-based and wireless-enabled
services. It also will allow OfficeTool to focus on developing
its business and let GMSI host and manage the eMail services.
By outsourcing this critical application to GMSI, OfficeTool
will be able to offer their customers and partners a much more
robust and feature-rich messaging system.
“We are very pleased to have formed a
partnership with OfficeTool.com,” said William J. Brunkhardt,
Chief Executive Officer of GMSI. “OfficeTool.com offers a
revolutionary web-based and wireless-enabled product for
businesses. We feel honored that they selected GMSI as their
exclusive eMail provider.”
“GMSI’s
advanced messaging system will add a powerful tool to our suite
of applications,” said Scott Yale, Chief Executive Officer of
OfficeTool. “We needed a scalable and robust messaging system
that could handle millions of users. GMSI easily met our
requirements. OfficeTool looks forward to working closely with
GMSI to become the complete Internet-based and wireless-enabled
infrastructure for businesses.”
This multi-year agreement affirms the
trend in the outsourcing of eMail and web-based services.
According to the Gartner Group, 65% of all U.S. businesses will
outsource their eMail services by the year 2001. GMSI is well
positioned to take advantage of this rapidly growing market.
Global Messaging Solutions, Inc. is
an innovative MSP (Messaging Service Provider) based in Overland
Park, Kansas that provides enterprise-class eMail services to
ISP’s, ASP’s and other businesses and organizations. For more
information, or to contact GMSI, visit the company’s website at
http://www.gmsi1.com or call (913) 338-3000.
OfficeTool.com, Inc., is
the premier Application Service Provider (ASP) for business.
OfficeTool.com provides organizations
with value added enterprise solutions via Internet or Intranet
hosting services. Solutions include office infrastructure tools
designed to facilitate increased communication, collaboration
and mobility.
Based in San Diego, California, OfficeTool.com can be reached at
(619) 741-7900. The company’s web address is
http://www.officetool.com.