Strategic Business Partners Program Expands InStep's Offerings for the Utilities, Telecom, Manufacturing, Petrochemical and Engineering Communities into South America
CHICAGO-April 17,2000 - InStep Software, L.L.C., an emerging technology leader in the utilities, telecom, engineering and manufacturing industries throughout North America and Europe, today announced its entry into Latin America. Strong economic growth, unprecedented expansion of the regions IT infrastructure, coupled with major regional investments in energy, manufacturing and other key InStep targeted segments all drove the decision to open a presence in Latin America.
InStep is developing a network of strategic business partners in the region. "Each partner has both IT and specific industry knowledge in energy, petrochemical and other high growth segments", said Antonio Ramos, InStep's Brazilian representative.
"We needed a way to expand and meet the high demand for our software in Latin America", said John Kalanik, Jr., president and co-founder of InStep Software. Brazil alone represents one of the fastest growing worldwide IT markets. The development of strategic regional partners allows InStep to meet this demand without degrading quality or customer service.
Established in 1995, InStep Software L.L.C. is an emerging technology leader in the utilities, telecom, engineering and manufacturing industries throughout North America and Europe, with expertise in Internet/Intranet solutions, analytical software, and intelligent data solutions.
InStep's ePlant software product is a decision support solution for managers, executives, engineers and maintenance personnel n the energy industry, enabling these users to access, retrieve and understand the massive amounts of data generated daily within a plant. Delivering the most sophisticated data synthesis, analysis and reporting, ePlant maximizes the energy industry's profitability and productivity.
InStep's 40 engineers and programmers include software expertise in many different disciplines of engineering and science, continually expanding their expertise with the latest technologies. InStep Software combines a realistic approach to software development with a solid understanding of our clients' engineering and technical business processes in order to achieve winning results.
For additional information in Portuguese or Spanish contact Antonio Ramos by email, sramos@prover.com.br or by phone, 55.31.284.5596 |