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InstantService
Announces New Customers and Revenue Growth for Fourth
Quarter
SEATTLE, February 10, 2005 - InstantService,
a leading provider of online communications technology
for sales and customer service, welcomed a record number
of new customers last quarter along with several contract
renewals, including H&R Block, LendingTree, Penske
and FindWhat.com. InstantService's new customers represent
a variety of industries, including semiconductors, enterprise
software, virtual commodities, multi-channel marketing,
and multi-channel contact centers.
"We are thrilled to be working with so many new
and excellent organizations," said Mike Lande,
CEO of InstantService. "Their addition has led
to over 60% revenue growth over Q4 2003."
The new customers include:
Micron is
one of the world's leading providers of advanced semiconductor
solutions. Micron's DRAM and Flash components are used
in today's most advanced computing, networking, and
communications products, including computers, workstations,
servers, cell phones, wireless devices, digital cameras,
and gaming systems. Micron also provides CMOS image
sensor solutions to the handset camera, digital still
camera, and PC video camera markets. Micron uses InstantService
Chat on the Crucial Technologies website to offer customers
a convenient channel of communication for support.
Retek is
the leading worldwide provider of mission-critical software
and services to the retail industry. Retek solutions
integrate collaborative software with patented predictive
technologies, consulting services and the best practices
of customers and partners to help retailers create,
manage and fulfill consumer demand. Retek solutions
can be deployed individually to meet specific business
needs, or as part of a scalable and fully integrated,
end-to-end solution. Retek will use InstantService Chat
to convert more website visitors to leads and to enhance
their customer support.
PlanView
provides enterprise application software that enables
Global 3000 companies to more efficiently manage and
govern their portfolios of IT investments. By integrating
business process management of strategies, work and
resources within a single, Web-based solution, PlanView
delivers the visibility and control that managers and
executives need to make informed decisions and align
their use of resources with corporate objectives. PlanView
utilizes InstantService Chat to provide superior technical
support to its clients.
IGE is the
world's leading provider of value-added services to
the players and publishers of multiplayer online games.
IGE's core business is the making of secondary markets
for the buying and selling of the virtual currencies
and property used by players of MMORPGs. In addition
to the many services provided to players, IGE has developed
the infrastructure to deliver significant value-added
services to multiplayer game publishers, including direct
distribution, outsourced customer service, and marketing
and promotion services. InstantService Chat and Mail
allows IGE to provide quick, high-quality service to
their tech savvy customers.
AEGON Direct Marketing
Services is the premier direct marketer of
life and supplemental health insurance products and
fee-based programs. AEGON Direct Marketing Services
develops product-specific direct response campaigns
and markets products through multiple channels. InstantService
Chat is being used to enhance their premium offers program.
XACT TeleSolutions
is one of the nation's leading providers of contact
center solutions and other teleservices, specializing
in the customized design, development, and delivery
of complex call handling solutions for over 30,000 customers
nationwide. XACT TeleSolutions empowers its clients'
communications by developing customized solutions that
combine live customer service with leading edge technologies.
XACT is offering InstantService Chat as integrated part
of its web based customer service solutions.
To learn more about InstantService, please visit http://www.instantservice.com,
or use the following URL to chat now with a sales representative:
http://www.instantservice.com/chat
About InstantService
InstantService is a leading provider of customer communication
technologies for online businesses and contact centers.
InstantService offers an integrated suite of live chat,
email management, knowledge base, website analytics
and lead capture solutions to increase sales and enhance
customer service. InstantService is a hosted application
that easily integrates with existing ecommerce and CRM
systems, facilitating valuable relationships between
companies and their customers -- the first step of customer
relationship management.
Over 250 companies, recognized for their commitment
to customer service excellence, trust InstantService's
scalability, security and performance. Clients include
America West Airlines, REI, H&R Block, Intuit, Gateway,
3Com, McAfee, Xerox, Sento, Ditech, Sony Online Entertainment,
Cendant, Ernst & Young, NEC Mitsubishi, and Venus
Swimwear. InstantService is based in Seattle and has
been in operation since 1998.
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