SAN JOSE, Calif., Dec. 2, 2008 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- EnterConnect Inc. (OTCBB:ECNI), a leading provider of Enterprise-Proven On-Demand Business Portals, today announced immediate availability of EnterConnect 9, the latest version of its enterprise proven on-demand portal framework that consolidates intranets, extranets and Internet sites into a single platform for reducing IT costs and improving business processes.
"EnterConnect 9 offers the latest in enterprise technology and demonstrates our commitment to continued innovation that delivers even more value to our customers," said Sam Jankovich, CEO of EnterConnect. "Customers today are seeing tightened IT budgets and reduced resources. We have responded with EnterConnect 9, delivering even greater value for stretched IT budgets and minimal requirements of limited IT staffs."
EnterConnect 9 contains many product enhancements intended to maximize ease-of-use, speed integration with third-party software, and provide visibility for compliance and optimization. Customers will benefit immediately from the new simplified customer on-boarding process that improves internal productivity, extended visibility of analytics that allows immediate insight to marketing campaign effectiveness and built-in integrations to speed the time to be up and running.
"We needed to stay competitive in today's highly competitive business environment and that meant finding a solution that easily integrated into our existing systems, eliminated redundant business processes and allowed employees to collaborate more efficiently to better service our clients," said Robert Gaubert of CRE Capital, a financial services firm utilizing EnterConnect solutions. "With EnterConnect, we found a unifying technology platform that gave us the functionality we needed without the typical costs associated with extensive programming."
Key enhancements in EnterConnect 9 include:
-- Customer and Partner Self-Service
* Provides self-service on-boarding support for customers and
partners
* Simplifies the process of adding users to the system
* Provides error checking and easy modification capabilities
* Easily integrates with LDAP and Active Directory credentialing
-- Campaign Management Analytics
* New reports provide visibility into campaign effectiveness
* Provides metrics on target respondents
* Provides insight to maximize follow-up activities
-- Third-party Software Integration
* New live data feed integration interfaces
* New electronic signature integration interfaces
* Enhanced Microsoft Outlook(TM) interface
* Enhanced Microsoft SharePoint(TM) interface
-- Workflow Management
* Enhanced alert notification capabilities
* Enhanced templated features for easy reuse
* Enhanced annotation features for compliance support
EnterConnect 9 provides special benefits for current Microsoft SharePoint users. EnterConnect 9 embraces and co-exists with SharePoint to securely extend SharePoint Intranet content over the firewall to the Internet and extranets, such as a .com website or a partner extranet. EnterConnect 9 is based on industry standards to meet existing IT infrastructure needs, not just .Net. Because of EnterConnect 9's cost-effective, business-user managed on-demand approach, it helps control the additional expense of SharePoint installations.
EnterConnect 9 also leverages key strategic technology partnerships with Oracle and Intel.
EnterConnect chose Oracle Fusion Middleware due to the completeness of the solution, the market pervasiveness and the requirements of our end-user customers. Oracle Fusion Middleware's hot-pluggable architecture allows EnterConnect customers to leverage investments in their existing applications, systems and technologies. In addition, Oracle Fusion Middleware is easy to deploy, use and administer.
EnterConnect is also one of the select Intel Certified Solutions having passed Intel's certification process and is listed as part of Intel's global Certified Solutions Showcase.
A free product demo of EnterConnect 9 and a case study of CRE Capital are available at www.EnterConnect.com.
About CRE Capital Corporation
CRE Capital Corporation, in Alpharetta, Georgia, is a distinctive, high-end private investment company offering a progressive process and low-risk, high-yield opportunities to investors. In today's drastically changing global market, it is critical that investors feel confident that their capital is being managed with integrity and discernment. CRE is committed both to handling their clients' investments wisely, honestly, and fairly, and to providing real-time customer servicing. For more information, call 678-518-3700.
About EnterConnect
EnterConnect Inc. is a leading provider of enterprise-proven on-demand business portals that improve communication, collaboration and business processes to help companies increase customer satisfaction, growth and productivity. EnterConnect's portals enable customers, employees, partners, suppliers and other stakeholders to securely consolidate, collaborate and connect online -- at anytime, from anywhere -- to accelerate business on-demand. EnterConnect solutions are based on a rich technology foundation in use at more than 50 Fortune 1000 companies. Now available on-demand, these solutions are used at leading organizations across diverse industries including Exide Technologies, John Thomas Capital Management, Piedmont Church, RedChip Companies, Rheem Manufacturing, Rush University Medical Center and others. For more information, visit http://www.enterconnect.com.