Icertis awarded 2013 Emerging IT Application of the Year by Frost and Sullivan

BELLEVUE, Wash., May 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Icertis, the leading provider of enterprise solutions in the Microsoft cloud, announced today that it has won the Frost and Sullivan 'Emerging IT Application of the Year in Transportation and Logistics Sector' Award for 2013. The announcement was made on May 16 at the 2013 Frost & Sullivan, Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Awards banquet.

 Icertis Transportation Management, built from the ground up on Microsoft's Windows Azure platform, is the only solution in the market that meets all transportation requirements of cargo, people, and fleet on one platform. The product's path-breaking 'born in the cloud' planning engine delivers advanced optimization capabilities to achieve efficiency with a compelling ROI proposition. With its modern user interface, Icertis Transportation Management offers a user experience in an enterprise application, making it extremely easy to use and ensuring quick adoption.

Commenting on the win, Samir Bodas, CEO and co-founder, Icertis said, "This recognition is a great endorsement of our focus on building ERP-surround enterprise solutions on the cloud and providing next-generation solutions to our customers. Icertis Transportation Management applies the cloud where it matters by optimizing transportation and logistics operations while being quick to deploy, easy to use, with the ability to deliver rapid tangible impact on the transportation needs of our customers."

Benoy C.S., Director, ICT Practice, Frost & Sullivan said, "Icertis Transportation Management caters to the transportation-related needs of cargo, people, and fleet seamlessly on a single cloud-based platform. The solution has shown remarkable performance within a short span of time through key customer deals in the transportation sector."

The award contenders were judged on a variety of parameters like value proposition, key achievements, customers added, and go-to-market strategy, which involved in-depth primary interviews of various industry participants and secondary research conducted by Frost & Sullivan analysts. An elite panel of jury members comprising some of the most prominent CIOs/CTOs from the industry evaluated the compiled data and incorporated the end-user perspective. Frost & Sullivan then presented the Awards to companies that received the number one industry rank in each category.

About Icertis
Icertis is the leading provider of enterprise solutions in the Microsoft Cloud. The company's cloud-native products and services address specific enterprise business needs by fully leveraging the cloud's elasticity, ubiquity, and availability. Icertis' product suite includes comprehensive ERP-surround solutions for contract and compliance management, transportation management, public transport management, fleet management, and dealer management. The products have flexible deployment models – on-cloud, on-premises and hybrid options to ensure that diverse requirements for cost, compliance, and security are met. Icertis' cloud-native services help customers build innovative, secure, and easy-to-use applications, leveraging prefabricated frameworks and adapters and modules to integrate data from multiple locations. Icertis products and solutions are deployed in multiple Fortune 500 companies and have received great reviews from both users and analysts alike.

For more information, please visit www.icertis.com

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SOURCE Icertis