Demand for Collaborative Project and Portfolio Management Grows with Mid-Market Enterprises

Companies Like Carlson Wagonlit Travel, US Postal Service and LA Times Company are Linking Workers and Teams to Important Information, Applications and Resources

Seattle, WA – September 5, 2006 – Demand for on-demand collaborative project and portfolio management (PPM) software continues to grow with mid-market and high growth enterprises, which are increasingly using it as a new, easy-to-use and cost-effective way to link workers and teams to important information, applications and resources, says industry leader eProject (http://www.eproject.com/). Adoption is coming from all sectors, including manufacturing, healthcare, professional and financial services, industry, media and entertainment and IT.

eProject recently announced its PPM6 service. Made for business users, it is the industry’s most complete on-demand PPM and Collaboration platform used to select, staff, track, control and manage projects across the enterprise.

PPM6 has become a huge success, with 100 new customers including Carlson Wagonlit Travel, US Postal Service and The Los Angeles Times Company since the web-based subscription service became available in June.

“Based on the adoption of eProject’s PPM6 platform, mid-market and large enterprises are saying YES to the value of a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) enabled portfolio project management solution.  Firms can now manage a plethora of projects and collaborate remotely, giving them more capability and flexibility than ever before,” said Michael Mankowski, senior vice president, Tier 1 Research, a division of The 451 Group (www.Tier1research.com). 

“Tier 1 Research believes that SaaS is a no-brainer, particularly for mid-market companies, as evidenced by the surging adoption of PPM6. Clearly, project management and collaboration is fast becoming a key function they must embrace for success,“ continued Mankowski.

eProject PPM6 is easy-to-use software that allows organizations to increase efficiency, collaboration and productivity across teams, aggregate and automate projects from a resource management and capacity planning perspective, and provide real-time access and reporting on activities across the enterprise including IT, Engineering, Finance and Operations.

PPM6 is rapid to deploy, fully customizable and wrapped within a tab-based interface that cuts across project lines to deliver cross project data for powerful portfolio analysis. PPM6 is priced at $45 per user per month; installed server licenses are also available for an additional one-time server fee of $15,000.

Because it is web-based and sold on a per-seat, subscription basis, it can be deployed in a matter of weeks and can be customized to fit each organizations need.

eProject is the only SaaS PPM provider to appear in the 2006 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Project and Portfolio Management, alongside installed solutions from vendors including: Microsoft (www.microsoft.com), SAP (www.sap.com/usa/), Oracle (www.oracle.com), CA (Clarity) (www.ca.com), Pacific Edge (www.pacificedge.com) and Borland (www.borland.com).  The report also recognized eProject as an “industry visionary.”

A recent review of PPM6 by Computer Reseller News (www.crn.com) Test Center stated that its engineers “found that PPM6 creates an exceptionally friendly user experience well worth the price. PPM6 leaves many of the competing vendors that also are selling installed solutions in the dust.”

About eProject
eProject (http://www.eproject.com/) delivers the industry’s most complete OnDemand PPM and Collaboration platform used to select, staff, track, control and manage projects across the enterprise. eProject PPM6 is an intuitive, unified platform that enables users to maximize project ROI by compressing project cycle times, identifying best practices and optimizing resource allocations, with rapid deployment and quick adoption. eProject is used by an expansive blue chip portfolio of customers representing high growth, service-based industries including BASF, BP, Cushman and Wakefield, Dow Chemical, Honeywell and T-Mobile.   

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