Intranets.com Helps COSEP® Raise Productivity by 50% and Speed Communication Across Virtual Offices Nationwide
"Company utilizes on-demand collaboration solution to track leads, share task lists and manage events"
Woburn, MA (April 27, 2004) - Intranets.com (http://www.intranets.com), the world's leading provider of on-demand collaboration services, today announced that the COSEP® Meeting & Events Division, a meeting and event staffing service provider, is using Intranets.com to increase sales, drive business productivity and improve communication flow between departments. COSEP staff members can now organize tasks, share schedules, and follow recruiting leads - all online. Since rolling out the solution late last year, COSEP has increased productivity levels by more than 50% and eliminated the cumbersome paperwork and inefficient e-mail trails often involved with planning and staffing events.
"The difference Intranets.com makes in our business is extraordinary," said Ashley Barron, general manager for COSEP. "We began using the full Intranets.com online solution company-wide last December and have already done 82% of the total business we did in all of 2003. As an organizational tool for small businesses-especially ones with virtual offices and multiple work site locations-Intranets.com is unbeatable."
The Intranets.com solution allows COSEP to oversee all activities across departments instantly, regardless of location, helping to better manage time and resources. COSEP staff members can now use the integrated database application to track invoicing and accounts payable at the click of a button, as well as supervise clients, programs and internal schedules. By using the Intranets.com task manager function, managers can quickly identify and log new items needing attention or send action item reminders to the appropriate staff member. In addition, members from any department can leverage activity logs to gain immediate access to information about an existing or pending customer order. COSEP now manages and stores all documents, data, customer details, conversation logs and schedules for the entire company with Intranets.com.
"Intranets.com is squarely focused on providing small businesses with a complete set of always available, easy-to-use, collaboration solutions that are designed to improve business productivity," said Karen Leavitt, vice president of marketing at Intranets.com. "We will continue to expand our online solution to help our customers run their business more efficiently, without the burden of high up-front costs or long-term maintenance fees."
Intranets.com offers a complete collaboration suite that includes document management, calendaring, database management, Web and audio conferencing, task management, and many other customizable applications. All of the applications work seamlessly within an integrated browser environment to help any organization work more efficiently online.
About COSEP
The COSEP Meetings & Events Division is a national staffing services firm at the forefront of staffing innovation and value. COSEP specializes in on-site conference teams, temporary meeting planners and permanent placement services for the Hospitality & Tourism Industry. Developed by meetings professionals for meetings professionals, the firm successfully maintains an unparalleled commitment to the quality and service standards of the Hospitality Industry. Operated with streamlined efficiency and the flexibility of evening and weekend business hours, COSEP also offers four distinct staffing tiers to accommodate the on-site specifications and budget requirements of any meeting or event program. COSEP services are available in over 30 US markets. For a complete list of cities please refer to http://www.cosep.com. For more information regarding COSEP, e-mail sales@cosep.com or call 888-862-6737.
About Intranets.com
Intranets.com is the world's leading provider of on-demand collaboration services for small businesses or departments and groups inside large organizations. The company serves more than 350,000 users across 10,000 companies worldwide and offers a secure, web-based collaboration suite to share critical business information quickly and easily at any time from anywhere. Privately held and profitable, Intranets.com is led by an experienced team of software industry professionals who are committed to providing a secure, customizable, easy-to-deploy intranet solution supported by world-class customer service. Intranets.com is a PC Magazine "Editor's Choice" winner and is rated one of the world's "Top 25" leading service providers by ASPNews. The company has also been ranked by the Boston Business Journal as one of the fastest growing private companies in Massachusetts for two consecutive years. For more information or to take a FREE 30-day test drive, visit http://www.intranets.com/pr, e-mail corpsales@intranets.com or call 888-932-2600 or 781-565-6000.
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