Kalio® Makes the Mark in 2011 and Achieves FitForCommerce Verification

CUPERTINO, Calif., Jan. 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Leading e-commerce software-as-a-service firm Kalio, Inc. (www.kaliocommerce.com) today announced that it closed its most successful calendar year and recently achieved FitForCommerce Verification of its flagship platform, KalioCommerce.

In a year of transition and reorganization, Kalio experienced unprecedented volumes of traffic and revenue from its hosted enterprise e-commerce business. The traditional end of year holiday season saw a 40% increase in visitors during Cyber Monday 2011, and a 50% increase in visitors across the entire holiday season – November 1 through December 27.  Consistent with traffic figures, Kalio's top 20 customers experienced a 39.7% growth in 2011 over last year's holiday season.

Client successes and growth were also highlighted by new customers adopting the KalioCommerce enterprise class software-as-a-service e-commerce platform. During the 2011 fiscal year, Kalio launched 30% more new e-commerce sites as compared to 2010. This came as part of a repositioning and rebranding process the company undertook as it embarks on its strategy to take a leadership position in the mid-market of e-commerce platform providers.

"We had a very exciting and trying time through this transition year. It has taken exceptional effort but the team's contributions have paid off," said Jonathan Lee, CEO. "We are pleased with the results our clients experienced and we are happy with the performance of our platform and infrastructure."

As the year came to a close, Kalio also announced that KalioCommerce, its next generation multi-tenant software as a service offering, had successfully completed the FitForCommerce Verification process.  The 'FFC Verified' status is awarded after a structured evaluation process by which a certified analyst reviews claims and proof points for pre-defined features and capabilities important to an e-commerce website and business.  FFC Verification is a recognized industry standard evaluation method.

"As we embark on the next stage in our company's growth and expansion, we are proud to have confirmation that our enterprise class platform has achieved independent verification against best practices and their critical e-commerce functionality assessment," said Kalio CTO Nanda Kaushik, PhD. "This is a testament to the capabilities we are able to implement in a true multi-tenant SaaS architecture. We have many customers on the platform now and our vision of delivering power to the user is really beginning to take shape."

About Kalio®, Inc.

Kalio is your partner in profitable online selling. With our many years of industry experience, Kalio is firmly establishing itself as a leader of full service SaaS e-commerce to mid-market online merchants and multichannel retailers. At the very core of what we do — and do very well — are two things. First, our ability to bring firsthand direct marketing, retail, and mail order catalog experience to our clients. Second, our expertise in managing cloud based infrastructures to remove from you the burden and hassle of IT associated to running an online store at peak performance.

Our enterprise class KalioCommerce™ platform offering shatters the myth that e-commerce vendors have to choose between being boxed in to a template product or make deep investments into in-house developments to achieve the performance and brand personalization they expect.

We partner with our clients to ensure you achieve this level of results.

For additional information, please visit www.kaliocommerce.com or call 408.550.8040.

For more information:
Emmanuel de Boucaud
408.550.8040
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SOURCE Kalio, Inc.