June. 21, 2005
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
ICODE EXPERIENCES SIGNIFICANT
MOMENTUM IN THE FIRST HALF OF 2005
Business Application
Suite Provider Increases Employee and Customer Growth; Opens New Sales Office
and Relocates India-Based Center to New State-of-the-Art Facility
Dulles, VA, June 21, 2005 iCode, Inc., a leading provider of Business
Application Suite solutions for small and medium sized businesses (SMBs),
announced today that in the first half of 2005 the company experienced record
growth across the organization. In support of this growth, the company opened a
new sales and support office in
Minneapolis, MN
and relocated its India-based development operations.
Since the beginning of 2005, iCode has increased its employee base in the U.S.
by 33 percent, primarily in the areas of sales, support and development. With
over 155 employees world wide, the company expects to add over 60 additional
positions by the end of the year. Fueling this growth is continued demand for
its Everest® Business Application Suite, which offers a new level of clarity
into a customer's business from the front- to back-office. In the past two
quarters, iCode has added more than 100 SMB customers to its roster.
iCode has expanded its sales and support operations with an office location in
Minneapolis, MN. The company has also relocated its India-based development
operations to a 17,500 square foot space in the
BAGMANE
Tech Park, located in Bangalore, India. This state-of-the-art facility is one of
the fastest growing development centers in India and is home to some of the most
established and well-respected technology brands in the world including
Hewlett Packard,
Texas Instruments
and Motorola.
"Our growth in 2005 exemplifies the dedication of the entire iCode team to
deliver a world-class business application suite that fundamentally changes the
way in which SMBs view and manage their entire business," said James E. McGowan,
president and CEO of iCode, Inc. "With our new facilities in Minneapolis and
India, we have the capacity to continue to scale our sales, support and
engineering teams to meet customer demand. I am looking forward to a very
exciting year for iCode with continued product innovation, as well as robust
employee and customer growth."
About iCode, Inc.
iCode empowers companies to view and manage every function of their business
more effectively. The company's fully integrated business application suite,
Everest®, addresses the unique needs of growing small and medium businesses (SMBs)
in the wholesale/distribution and retail industries by allowing them to quickly
manage and track their business online and offline; from the front- to
back-office. iCode is committed to providing customers with the service, support
and expertise they require to increase efficiency and profitability with a
solution that provides an unmatched rapid return on investment. iCode is the
proud winner of the 2004 SIIA Codie Award for 'Best Business Software Product.'
iWaves the partner to this dynamic company for its Indian operations for more
information, please visit
www.infowavesindia.com
or send an email to
sales@infowavesindia.com.
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