Amsterdam, May 12, 2010 – Ezwim, a leading vendor of telecom management cloud services, today announced the availability of Ezwim Business Intelligence. The first service that will give companies of all sizes, cost effective and timely access to automated operator invoice validation, price plan optimisation, price plan analysis and “what-if” analysis; typically only available to large corporations willing to invest thousands of Euros and months into the analysis and optimisation of their telecom costs.

Ezwim Business Intelligence is a powerful billing engine that contains up-to-date price plans of multiple operators and supports automated uploads of historical billing data direct from the operator’s website. Product features include validating an operator invoice on a call detail record level; this helps companies to make better-informed decisions by demonstrating the financial impact of different scenarios, for example: switching to different operator price plans, supplying local SIM cards to frequent travelers etc. Ezwim Business Intelligence offers companies an in-depth understanding as to whether they are on the best operator price plans and ensures they are not overpaying on their telecom services.

Key characteristics and benefits of Ezwim Business Intelligence include:

• Advanced and in-depth analysis – The product provides the ability to audit telecom activity against the operator’s price plan, through invoice validation, price plan optimisation and what-if scenarios. The analysis offers insight into all associated telecom costs, and levels ranging from an aggregation level, CLI/user level, to the detail of every call record.
• Price plan handling and invoice upload – Ezwim Business Intelligence has the capacity to handle complex billing types, such as: bundles, subscriptions, start-tariffs, flat fee, adjustments and credits etc. The electronic operator invoice can be uploaded manually or automatically.
• All telecom services – The rerating feature supports all types of telecom services, including wireless, fixed voice, wholesale.
• Global capability – The product is proficient in handling electronic invoices from all major operators globally.
• Integrated platform – Ezwim Business Intelligence uses the same application platform and databases available to other Ezwim products allowing for a seamless and integrated service.
• Cloud service and on-demand delivery – Ezwim Business Intelligence is securely available through the Internet and can be operational in 2 weeks.
• Powerful sales tool for operators, telecom consultants, MVNO’s and resellers – The automated creation of business cases, which is a comparison based on actual usage and up-to-date price plans, will identify and affirm the financial benefit of one operator vs. another.

“Ezwim has built into their platform a robust tool giving their clients the results and details needed to optimise their price plans globally,” said Terry Suttles, Senior Partner of Value Sourcing Group and former Group Consulting Vice President of META Group Consulting. “This is paramount to any deep analysis and achieving overall savings. What has traditionally been a very complex, manual process for enterprise clients can now be done on a regular scheduled basis allowing for maximised savings year over year.”

“With Ezwim Business Intelligence, Ezwim fills a gap in the telecom management market,” said Hein Remmen, Product Manager of Ezwim. “Traditional tools do not offer the depth of analysis that Ezwim does. The product does not only check if the operator invoice is correct it is also capable of calculating the impact of changing rate plans, switching to an alternative carrier etc. This allows enterprises to optimise telecom and save money, I believe Ezwim Business Intelligence will fundamentally change the way companies manage their telecommunications.”

“Properly managing telecom costs has become a top priority for an increasing number of organisations,” said Ron van Valkengoed, Managing Director of Ezwim. “With Ezwim Business Intelligence, companies gain access to the most advanced telecom Business Intelligence tooling available in the market today enabling companies to take control over their relationship with operators.”

Availability
Ezwim Business Intelligence will be available for both current and new customers of Ezwim on May 15 2010. 

About Ezwim

Ezwim is a global leader in telecom management cloud services for enterprises and operators. Ezwim’s Telecom Management Suite, available at http://www.ezwim.com, offers a complete portfolio of telecom management applications that enable global organisations to gain visibility into, and control over, the mobile and fixed communications assets and costs. Ezwim helps companies to realise telecom cost reductions and process efficiencies and run every part of their enterprise telecommunications in the cloud.

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Wendy van Meer, Marketing Manager
Tel. +31 20 8884388
Email: wvanmeer@ezwim.com

Amsterdam, April 1, 2010 – Ezwim, a leading vendor of telecom management cloud services, today announced its results for 2009.

The company experienced its seventh year in a row of double digit growth; for 2009 Ezwim reported Monthly Recurring Revenue (MRR) growth of 25% in enterprise sales compared to 2008.
Ezwim indicates as key growth drivers:

• Sales acceleration; new business through direct sales and through channel partners. Ezwim experienced over 70% growth in international sales; Ezwim’s strong international growth reflects the increase in customer demand for global solutions.
• Product leadership; in 2009 Ezwim announced its integrated suite of telecom management cloud services allowing customers to get instant visibility into detailed telecom parameters across the enterprise and enabling them to optimise telecom and service management. Ezwim’s telecom management platform allows for a seamless service delivery; Ezwim customers can realize the benefits of cloud services like being operational in 2 weeks, no dependency on enterprise resources, and no CapEx.
• Growth in international partnerships. In 2009 Ezwim announced a major partnership with Dallas-based TAG, a wholly owned subsidiary of Alcatel-Lucent, that specialises in the procurement of telecom services.

“The growth demonstrates the increased market demand for telecom management services to help enterprises control telecom costs,” says Ron van Valkengoed, Managing Director of Ezwim. “Ezwim is the European market leader and has more devices under management than any other vendor; we are confident that we will continue our growth in 2010.”

Industry analysts recognised Ezwim’s services in 2009. Ezwim received a “Promising” rating in Gartner’s “Marketscope for Telecom Expense Management.”

In 2010 Ezwim will continue to focus on organic growth through direct sales and global strategic partnerships, and inorganic growth through acquisitions. The company announced the acquisition of Simmplus, provider of telecom lifecycle management (BPO) services, earlier this year.

About Ezwim

Ezwim is a global leader in telecom management cloud services for enterprises and operators. Ezwim’s Telecom Management Suite, available at http://www.ezwim.com, offers a complete portfolio of telecom management applications that enable global organisations to gain visibility into, and control over, the mobile and fixed communications assets and costs. Ezwim helps companies to realise telecom cost reductions and process efficiencies and run every part of their enterprise telecommunications in the cloud.

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Ezwim
Wendy van Meer, Marketing Manager
Tel. +31 20-8884388
Email: wvanmeer@ezwim.com

 
Amsterdam, March 25, 2010 – Ezwim, a leading vendor of telecom management cloud services, today announced the acquisition of Simmplus, a privately-held company based in Amsterdam and provider of telecom lifecycle management (BPO) services. Financial details were not disclosed. The acquisition further strengthens Ezwim’s capabilities in supporting global companies with leading business process outsourcing and business intelligence solutions to manage their telecommunications.

Simmplus offers its clients a comprehensive telecom lifecycle management service that includes consulting services as well as a well defined portfolio of managed services. All services are geared towards improving enterprise telecom management, optimizing the end user service experience; while at the same time lowering operational cost by automating processes and introducing self service.

 “We are excited to be joining Ezwim,” said Jurriaan Roeland, Managing Director of Simmplus. ”We have been one of Ezwim’s key partners for years. Nothing is more important to us than to provide our customers a strong telecom management service; the combination of Simmplus services and experience together with the Ezwim cloud computing software suite allows for the industry leading telecom management proposition.”

“The rationale for the Simmplus acquisition is Ezwim’s strategic commitment to become the global telecom expense management market leader and our need to secure competence and capability in support of the high growth we are experiencing,“ said Ron van Valkengoed, Managing Director of Ezwim. “We will continue to execute our buy-and-build strategy to realize our vision of becoming the dominant market player. I welcome the Simmplus team to Ezwim.”

Over the next several months, Ezwim will integrate Simmplus within Ezwim’s telecom management products.

About Ezwim

Ezwim is a global leader in telecom management cloud services for enterprises and operators. Ezwim’s Telecom Management Suite, available at http://www.ezwim.com, offers a complete portfolio of telecom management applications that enable global organizations to gain visibility into, and control over, the mobile and fixed communications assets and costs. Ezwim helps companies to realize telecom cost reductions and process efficiencies and run every part of their enterprise telecommunications in the cloud.

More information
Ezwim
Wendy van Meer, Marketing Manager
Tel. +31 20-8884388
Email: wvanmeer@ezwim.com

“Micpoint is capable of offering its clients a comprehensive service that enables them to manage the growing complexity of telecommunications and to reduce costs. Additionally it is a very enthusiastic partner with a clear vision on the market, a superior level of expertise and focus on delivering customer value”, states Ron van Valkengoed, Managing Director of Ezwim.

Ed Moné, Managing Director of Micpoint is very pleased that his company has been awarded 2009 Ezwim Partner of the Year; “The Ezwim integrated suite of services in the field of telecom cost and service management enable Micpoint to offer clients advanced services as well as unique content in a Micpoint look and feel.”

The annual Ezwim Partner of the Year Award underlines the ambition of Ezwim to achieve success in cooperation with business partners.

About Ezwim

Ezwim, a global leader in Telecom Management, provides Telecom Expense Management and Telecom Service Management software to enterprises and operators. Ezwim’s Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solution enables global organizations to gain visibility into, and control over, the mobile and fixed communications assets and costs. Ezwim services enable dramatic telecom cost reductions and process efficiencies.

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Ezwim
Wendy van Meer, Marketing Manager
Tel. +31 20-8884388
Email: wvanmeer@ezwim.com