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THE eROOM DIGITAL
WORKPLACE SOLUTION WINS CROSSROADS
2001 A-LIST AWARD IN VIRTUAL TEAM WORKSPACE CATEGORY
Recognized as One of the Best Field-Proven Solutions
for Today's Critical Business Challenges; In-Depth Customer
Interviews Play Key Role in Decision
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., - January 30, 2001
- eRoom Technology, Inc., a leading provider of
digital workplaces for professional services organizations
and manufacturing companies, announced today that its
flagship product, the eRoom® digital workplace solution,
is the winner of the Crossroads 2001 A-List Award in the
Virtual Team Workspace category. The A-List Awards, which
recognize proven products and services that enable organizations
to better address today's business opportunities and challenges,
are the result of detailed product strategy reviews and
in-depth customer interviews for real-world validation.
Customers with thousands of users reported that the eRoom
solution enjoyed widespread appeal within their organizations,
in disciplines ranging from engineering to manufacturing
to professional services. Large customer installations
also reported that the eRoom solution scaled exceptionally
well and operated reliably, required little to no learning
curve, and easily integrated with their existing desktop
software.
"Requiring only an industry-standard Web browser, the
eRoom digital workplace solution improves collaboration
and minimizes conflict among organizations and team members
by providing a distributed forum for feedback, document
creation and review, discussion, debate, and decision-making,"
said Tom Grace, research director for the Crossroads Research
Program. "This makes eRoom an ideal solution for organizations
that require a transparent method of supporting cross-enterprise
team collaboration, as they work to complete fast-cycle
business projects."
The Crossroads 2001 A-List Awards are presented by Open
Systems Advisors, Inc. (OSA), a research organization
that bases its investigations on ongoing and in-depth
dialogues with hundreds of seasoned IT executives and
business leaders who are using emerging technologies to
achieve business results. The Crossroads A-List Awards
help companies make more effective technology decisions
by:
- Uncovering new products or services that have proven
their immediate business utility in the extended enterprise.
- Providing a credible third-party assessment of complex
systems that cannot be duplicated in a lab environment.
- Identifying lesser known products and services with
proven track records in large and/or rapidly growing
businesses and trading communities.
- Jumpstarting business-technology teams on a shorter,
yet more effective, technology evaluation and implementation
cycle.
"Winning a Crossroads A-List Award is like having your
customers give you a standing ovation," said Jeffrey Beir,
president and chief executive officer for eRoom Technology.
"This is because the A-List Awards reflect not only the
carefully considered opinion of the Crossroads Research
Team, but also in-depth, confidential interviews with
a broad sampling of your company's customer base. It is
truly an honor for any organization that places high value
on maintaining an ongoing dialogue with its customers."
The Crossroads 2001 A-List Awards will be presented to
winners and their customers at the Crossroads Conference,
which is to be held March 18-21, 2001, at the Wigwam Resort
in Phoenix, Ariz. More information about eRoom Technology
or the Crossroads A-List Awards can be found at www.eroom.com
or www.crossroads-osa.com, respectively [Editors:
see separate OSA release, issued on January 29].
About Open Systems Advisors, Inc. and
the Crossroads Research Program
Founded in 1989, Open Systems Advisors, Inc. (OSA)
provides a real-world perspective on using new technology
in business. OSA reports the Crossroads Decisions, confers
the Crossroads A-List Awards, and produces the Crossroads
Conferences.
For additional information on the Crossroads Research
Program contact the company at: Open Systems Advisors,
Inc., 268 Newbury Street, Boston, Mass. 02116, (617) 859-0859;
www.crossroads-osa.com.
Additional information on the Crossroads Conference can
be obtained by contacting Meleena Erikson at (617) 859-0859
or [email protected].
About eRoom Technology
eRoom Technology is a leading provider of Internet-based
software and services for collaboration among an organization's
extended enterprise of employees, customers, suppliers,
and other partners. The company's eRoom product provides
a digital workplace for the extended enterprise, allowing
organizations to quickly assemble a project team wherever
people are located and manage the collaborative activities
that support their complex and rapidly-changing business
projects and processes. Customers use eRoom digital workplaces
to help get products to market faster, drive down production
costs, enhance customer relationships, and improve the
work products that drive their businesses. The eRoom solution
is used by more than 475 companies such as A.T. Kearney,
Bausch & Lomb, Compaq, Deloitte Consulting, EDS, Ford
Motor Company, Hewlett-Packard, Ketchum, KPMG, Pfizer,
Siemens, Solectron, Towers Perrin, and Verizon. More information
about eRoom Technology and its product offerings can be
found at www.eroom.com.
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