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PlanetDomain Rolls Out BlueTie Email Solution
Technology simplifies messaging and collaboration for users
ROCHESTER, N.Y. and MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA, December 01, 2004 — BlueTie, a leading US based developer of business and carrier-class email messaging and collaboration solutions, today announced that PlanetDomain, a division of Primus Telecommunications Australia Pty Ltd, will be rolling out email and collaboration solutions to its customers that will be powered by BlueTie's award-winning application.
PlanetDomain is an ICANN and AuDa Accredited Registrar, and a member of Nominet UK. The Company specializes in easy-to-use, affordable domain name registration and offers additional value added services -- like email and messaging, which assist businesses and individuals in building a successful and powerful presence on the Internet.
"We carefully select the very best systems, products and tools that will add the utmost value for our customers," said Primus General Manager Product Management, Development and Strategy, Campbell Sallabank. "The BlueTie email and collaboration platform is a great addition to our best-of-breed web-based products and services."
PlanetDomain will now have the ability to offer their customers a business class email solution, including anti-spam and anti-virus utilities, along with collaborative features and functionality.
"BlueTie's application is the only one that could enable us to offer a best-in-class email solution along with in-demand features like contact management, shared calendars and files, as well as instant messaging with the speed to market and private labeling ability that we were looking for," added Sallabank. "It's a great differentiator for PlanetDomain."
"PlanetDomain really understands the value in being able to offer their customers the most heavily used application on the web, along with all of the great features and functionality that they desire, under their own brand," said David Koretz, President and CEO of BlueTie. "The best part is that PlanetDomain's customers will be able to improve their total email experience without having to change their provider; they are still able to receive the products and quality of service that they expect from PlanetDomain, with BlueTie powering the application and features on the back-end."
About BlueTie, Inc.
BlueTie is a leading provider of email and collaboration solutions for small to mid-sized businesses (SMBs) and Service Providers worldwide. BlueTie's software enables SMBs to instantly deploy a business-class messaging solution without investments in hardware, software, or IT support. BlueTie also offers its carrier-class application to ISPs, web hosting providers, and domain registrars seeking an enhanced messaging solution for consumers and SMBs. BlueTie's software provides end-users with desktop, web, and mobile access securely, and includes spam and virus protection, along with collaborative features like shared contacts, calendars, files and instant messaging. BlueTie also offers email auditing and secure file transfer tools for additional security and compliance solutions. BlueTie has been named a Forbes Magazine "Best of the Web" company for 2002, 2003 and 2004. Founded in 1999, BlueTie is a global company headquartered in Rochester, New York. For more information, visit www.BlueTie.com or call 1.800.BLUE.TIE
About PlanetDomain
PlanetDomain is a division of Primus Telecommunications Australia Pty Ltd, (A.B.N. 69 071 191 396). It is part of the global network of the Primus Telecommunications Group Inc, a global Total Service Provider offering bundled data, Internet, digital subscriber line (DSL), e-commerce, web hosting, enhanced application, virtual private network (VPN), voice and other value-added services. Planet is an ICANN accredited Domain Name Registrar for the top-level domain names, being .com, .org, and .net, biz, info and name. PlanetDomain operate five state of the art Internet Data Centers (IDCs)in Australia, United States, United Kingdom and Western Europe. Applications and sites hosted at these data centers are protected by the most advanced Internet security systems available today; complemented by multiple 7X24 Network Operations Centres. Operations are situated in The United States, Austria, Australia, Canada, Cyprus, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Spain, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, Singapore, Switzerland and The United Kingdom. www.planetdomain.com.
For Further Information Contact:
Jennifer Balon, BlueTie, 585.586.2000 x1076, jbalon@BlueTie.com
Bob Bowden, Bowden MacGregor Consulting, 61-2-9241-2811, bbowden@bowmac.com.au