SMB Technology Network Standardizes on Autotask

IT Business Management Leader Customizes Autotask(R) Cloud for 650 SMBTN Members to Sell, Manage, Deliver and Bill Managed Services

Cloud-based service pioneer, Autotask Corporation, today announced the SMB Technology Network™ (SMBTN) has chosen to standardize its Managed Services suite on a customized IT Services platform built by Autotask®, the industry's top-performing IT business management platform.

Autotask teamed up with SMBTN to develop pre-configured SMBTN Special Editions of Autotask for its members. Both products are based on a database template to fit the way SMBTN members provision and deliver IT services. The Special Edition of Autotask is designed to give SMBTN members a competitive advantage in the IT service industry.

"We're able to offer SMBTN members a whole new way to manage their service businesses," says Bob Godgart, Autotask CEO. "Our customers say Autotask boosts their productivity by more than 15 percent, adding, tens of thousands of dollars to their bottom lines. They're able to do this because of improved organization and efficiencies. SMBTN's Special Edition will help their members maximize productivity and improve profitability."

In addition to the value-added services offered by SMBTN, Autotask Corporation will also provide in-depth training and support from its Autotask Academy and client services experts.

The Autotask platform operates as the foundation of a complete suite of managed services solutions that SMBTN is standardizing for its members. "The needs of our members are best served by a standardized offering in which we can share best practices and experiences through a common application suite," explains SMBTN president and CEO Jim Locke. We have done the difficult work for our members by integrating various components to structure a best practices methodology that will drive immediate ROI to our community."

About the SMB Technology Network™

The SMB Technology Network™ is an organization of 650 consultants, solutions providers, and value-added resellers who provide technology products and services to small-to-medium sized enterprises. The organization seeks to improve the quality and strength of the SMB market by providing programs to educate its members, opportunities for them to network and collaborate, and a forum for creating alliances with leading SMB vendors. The organization also works to develop and promote the SMB Technology Network™ brand as a means of identifying qualified technology providers for small-to-medium sized enterprises. The SMB Technology Network's global network of chapters currently services over 15,000 small-to-medium-sized enterprises. For more information, please visit http://www.SMBTN.org or call (888) GO-SMBTN.

About Autotask Corporation

Autotask is the No. 1 IT business management platform, offering a better way to sell, deliver, manage, and bill an IT services portfolio. Autotask gives its users complete control over all their critical business processes, delivered through a robust cloud-based infrastructure, and accessible on demand from literally any PC connected to the internet.

Service providers use Autotask internally to manage their contacts, sales opportunities, contracts, projects, service tickets, to-dos, notes, time entries, expenses, inventory, invoices and reports. They also use it externally to manage outsourced work, collaborate with clients, and network with their peers. For more information, go to www.autotask.com or call (518) 720-3500.