May, 2001 : Jamcracker to Offer Commtouch Messaging Services

📅 May 28, 2001 - Commtouch (commtouch.com), a leading provider of messaging solutions and software announced last week that Jamcracker, Inc., an integrated Web-based services provider, has signed a multi-year agreement to distribute Commtouch email and messaging solutions to its enterprise customers, including small to mid-sized corporations, around the world.

The offering includes Commtouch Hosted Exchange, the recently announced next-generation messaging service from Commtouch and Microsoft. Jamcracker has already begun to launch customers with its roll out of Commtouch Hosted Exchange. Specific financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
?We are delighted to add Jamcracker, one of the world's leading providers of Web-based services, to our portfolio of companies serving the enterprise market,? said Gideon Mantel, CEO of Commtouch. ?We look forward to helping Jamcracker increase its share of the integrated Web-based services market.?
?Commtouch's breadth of enterprise messaging products, their service reliability and their comprehensive channel support makes Commtouch the clear winner in the messaging market,? said Todd Johnson, vice president of worldwide marketing for Jamcracker. ?Commtouch delivers the very best in technology and messaging architecture, which is important for Jamcracker in maintaining our leadership edge. By offering Commtouch email and messaging to our customers, we were also able to turn to Commtouch as a provider of end-to-end messaging solutions.?
Application services, of which email and messaging are components, are in heavy demand by all businesses, from small enterprises to large corporations. According to IDC, businesses worldwide will spend $1.3 billion on application services this year, and a recent report from Zona Research concluded that the most predominant applications outsourced to ASPs are email and messaging.
The solutions Commtouch will be providing to Jamcracker include, Commtouch Hosted Exchange, offered on the Microsoft server platform, and Commtouch Messaging for Service Providers which includes complete domain and account management functionality. All of the company's solutions are backed byservice level agreements available with up to 99.9% service uptime and include integrated communications features such as wireless access, unified messaging and calendaring. The agreement also includes Commtouch professional services and migration capabilities through its Wingra Technologies subsidiary.