January 6, 2003
Intelligent Compression Technologies, Inc. (ICT), the developer of AcceleNet, network data acceleration software, announced that it has signed a distribution agreement with Ready Informatca covering the Italian market. Under the agreement, Ready Informatica will leverage its network of resellers to develop business opportunities for ICT's AcceleNet product. AcceleNet enables broadband like speed performance on narrowband (wireless, dial-up) networks using advanced compression and protocol optimization techniques which dramatically reduces the time it takes individual users to download Email and attachments, Intranet files and view the Internet, while maintaining data integrity.
Ready Informatica is a leading IT distributor in Italy for server-based computing and related solutions to Enterprises. With major offices in Milan and Rome, Ready Informatica represents over 250 resellers across Italy serving small, medium and large enterprise customers. With Ready's focus on server based computing products supporting remote and mobile employees, Ready is well positioned to successfully promote AcceleNet to existing and new Enterprise customers. The partnership is a key part of Ready Informatica's strategy of providing advanced leading-edge remote networking products to customers that are in need to increase productivity and reducing communications costs. As part of the relationship, Ready Informatica will train and prepare its reseller partners to successfully market, sell and support ICT's AcceleNet product.
According to Mark Brandstein, Vice President of Marketing and Business Development at ICT, "With their track record of being one of the first to bring new and innovative networking and computer products to the Italian market and their extensive network of value-added resellers, we are very pleased to have Ready Informatica representing AcceleNet in Italy."
Marco Lorefice, Marketing Director for Ready Informatica said "AcceleNet is a great complement to our existing portfolio of Enterprise networking products. We are pleased to have been selected by ICT to develop the Italian market for them and are excited about the myriad of opportunities available for AcceleNet".
About Intelligent Compression Technologies
Intelligent Compression Technologies, Inc., a privately held company located in Quincy, MA, provides web acceleration, internet acceleration, email acceleration and wireless acceleration software for enterprise, ISPs and wireless carriers. ICT's AcceleNet™ accerator enables wide-area wireless networks (i.e. 2G/2.5G/3G), dial-up 56kbps lines and satellite to operate at Broadband like speeds, enabling accelerated access to Email with attachments, corporate applications, Intranets and the Web. ICT also licenses compression software to OEMs, which dramatically shrinks Microsoft Office™ files, XML data and common web images to enable faster file transfers, software delivery and reduced storage capacity. Visit us at www.accelenet.com.
About Ready Informatica Srl
Ready Informatica, originally founded at Computer Science Ready in 1984 is a master distributor of value added IT products to the Italian market for Server-based computing and thin client computing. Ready was the first distributor in Italy to introduce Citrix technology to the market via its network of 250 resellers. Ready focuses on products in the areas of Server-Based and Thin Client Computing, Broadband Management, Enterprise Security and Access Connectivity. Visit us at www.ready.it.
Media contact: pr@accelenet.com