December 1, 2011 admin

Electro Scan Inc. Adopts Cloud to Run Back Office

Electro Scan Inc. Selects Cloud Vendors Intacct, Rackspace, and Salesforce.com for Back Office

SACRAMENTO, Calif., December 1, 2011 – Chuck Hansen announced today the selection of a suite of cloud computing Software as a Service (SaaS) hosted solutions to support his new company’s back office data processing.

Electro Scan Inc., a leader in Software as a Service (SaaS) computing platforms for the public sector, made it a high priority to equip its business on similar platforms as those offered by the company.  “SaaS represents the new standard to deliver and support critical IT applications for the public sector, and we wanted to adopt the applications that that were on par with those that we are deploying,” stated Chuck Hansen, Chairman & CEO of Electro Scan Inc.  “Vendors that rely on client/server or ASP applications for their back office tend to deliver the same legacy-styled applications for their customers. We don’t.”

Cloud-based solutions providers, selected by the company include Intacct Corporation for financials, Rackspace for hosting, and Salesforce.com for sales administration.

About Intacct Corporation
Intacct, a leading provider of cloud financial management and accounting software, and is the preferred financial applications for AICPA business solutions. The Intacct accounting system is designed for companies that need more than an entry-level PC-based accounting package but want an alternative to complex, IT-intensive client/server solutions. In addition to its core accounting functionality, the Intacct accounting system also includes Intacct Audit, co-developed with Deloitte & Touche. Intacct got a hold of $15M in venture money in April of 2008.   Intacct applications are used by thousands of organizations from start-ups to public companies and are designed to improve company performance and make finance more productive.  In 2010, the company was recipient of Lead 411 “Hottest Silicon Valley Companies” award. Founded in 1999, Intacct is headquartered in San Jose, California, with over 30,000 users across more than 3,000 customers, including Electro Scan Inc. Intacct’s applications provides a comprehensive accounting solutions, including sales invoice integration with Salesforce.com, sales tax management, and revenue recognition accounting.

About Rackspace Hosting
Rackspace Hosting is the service leader in cloud computing.  Headquartered in San Antonio, Texas, the company was founded in 1998. Founder Graham Weston and a partner provided the original capital after a business idea was pitched by three Trinity University students. Today the company is traded on the New York Stock Exchange (Symbol: RAX) and is positioned in the Leaders Quadrant by Gartner Inc. in the “2010 Magic Quadrant for Cloud Infrastructure as a Service and Web Hosting.”  Serving more than 161,000 customers, including Electro Scan Inc., Rackspace will supply 24×7 access to the company’s cloud computing-based Software as a Service (SaaS) hosted solution for Plumbers and Sewer Utilities.

About Salesforce.com
Salesforce.com is a global enterprise software company, best known for its Customer Relationship Management (CRM) product.  Through acquisitions, Salesforce.com has expanded into the “social enterprise arena,” and ranked number 52 in Fortune’s 100 Best Companies to Work For in 2011.  Listed on the New York Stock Exchange, under the stock symbol CRM.  Salesforce.com is an enterprise cloud computing company that is leading the shift to the social enterprise.  Social enterprises leverage social, mobile and open cloud technologies to put customers at the heart of their business. Based on salesforce.com’s real-time, multi-tenant architecture, the company’s platform and application services Founded in 1999, its annual conference, Dreamforce, draws 45,000 registrants and 300 exhibitors from 60+ countries.  Headquartered in San Francisco, California, Salesforce.com has over 104,000 customers, including Electro Scan Inc. Salesforce products will support the company’s worldwide sales administration functions, territory management, sales quotes, and support management, and seamless integration to the Intacct financial accounting solution.

About Electro Scan Inc.
Electro Scan Inc., incorporated in the State of Delaware, is headquartered in Sacramento, California, was founded October 31 2011, through purchase of certain assets from Leak Busters, Inc. and PDQ Scan, Inc., including all electro scanning intellectual property, sewer data management, and reporting solutions.  For more information visit https://www.electroscan.com.

Contact
Janine Mullinix
Tel: 916-779-0660
Email: info@electroscan.com
 

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