Management software and aggregation services provider Systemsfusion secured $9 million in its second round of funding.
This round, led by InVenture, Inc. (Switzerland), will serve as a useful boost to help the company keep pace with all the demand from ISPs fro ASP-enabling infrastructure.
“The size of this round and the lead taken by InVenture are a strong vote of
confidence in the powerful contribution that Systemsfusion`s technology can make in
turning the ASP model into a fully workable and cost-effective solution for software
distribution,” Leo Baxter, chairman, said.
According to Peter Friedli, managing director, InVenture, the company is interested in strong technologies that advance the development of the
Internet infrastructure.
“Systemsfusion`s framework for building the ASP channel
certainly fits into that category,” Friedli said.
“The market needs what Systemsfusion has to offer, and they have beat everyone
else to the starting gate, so they have an excellent chance of becoming the market
leader in what promises to be a very lucrative arena.”
According to the Systemfusion, the money raised will assist in launching Systemfusion’s services to providers interested in hosting software applications.
According to Baxter, the company believes it can play a central role in building the hosted application distribution channel by providing an end-to-end solutions that serves the needs of both applications and developers and service providers.
The company`s Evolutionware software automates all processes
associated with serving hosted applications, including provisioning, customer
management and providing integrated billing services for applications and services
such as Web hosting and e-mail.
Evolutionware also forms the infrastructure of the Evolutionware
Distribution-enabled Network (EDeN), a database of best-of-breed Web-based
applications that Systemsfusion is assembling to give service providers an easy
entree into the ASP marketplace. Providers will be able to purchase applications in
the EDeN network on a mix-and-match basis and offer them to their customers to
generate increased revenues, turning ISPs into ASPs.
