FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:
Jennifer Schwegman
KC Associates, LLC
651.247.6640
jennifer@kc-associates.com
Minneapolis, May 19, 2006—KC Associates, the only Twin
Cities marketing services and public relations agency for B2B information
technology (IT) companies, today announced the addition of Amcom Software
to the firm’s client roster. Amcom Software, an industry leading developer
of Oracle and Linux-based telecommunications software systems and automated
event notification applications, is the latest company to select KC Associates’
PR Practice for media relations and content-related communications services.
Amcom Quick Profile:
Est. 1984 – HQ in Edina, Minn.
Employees – 75
Customers – 400+ worldwide
Industries Served – healthcare, government, higher
ed, finance, utilities, F1000
“As we expand our business into new markets and introduce new products, we need to quickly increase our awareness within the IT, business and vertical industry circles,” said Amcom Software Marketing Director Michelle Gjerde. “In considering outside help, KC Associates was at the top of my list. They are known to be one of the few area firms focused on IT and we wanted an experienced and aggressive team with proven communications strategies and product launch know-how in enterprise software."
About AmcomSoftware
Amcom Software provides mission-critical communications technology solutions
for organizations that depend on speed, accuracy, and productivity to support
day-to-day business continuity and event-driven communications. Amcom’s
open technology, standards-based technology solutions are used by more
than 400 blue-chip companies in healthcare, education, finance, utilities
and government agencies. Amcom customers include Intel Corporation, Duke
University, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer
Center, U.S. Department of the Army, Yale University, and Stanford University
Medical Center.
www.amcomsoft.com.
About KC Associates
Since 1988, KC Associates has provided marketing and PR consulting and communications
services for IT companies, including applications and systems software,
IT services, storage, networking, communications and hardware devices.
Unlike traditional firms and agencies, KC Associates is a virtual organization
comprised of nearly 20 seasoned information technology-specific marketing
professionals, each with 10 or more years’ experience in the IT industry.
KC Associates’ services span the entire market development spectrum—from go-to-market planning and product marketing consulting to reasonably priced marketing communications, PR and outbound lead generation.
Clients have included service organizations such as Apex IT, Analysts International
(Nasdaq: ANLY), Magenic Technologies, and industry research firm IDC (Framingham,
Mass.); software firms, including Wolters Kluwer (Bankers Systems), SoftBrands
(Fourth Shift), Lawson (Nasdaq: LWSN), and ShowCase; and hardware companies
such as CNT, Ciprico (Nasdaq: CPCI), NetEx and Lucent Technologies (Hyannis,
Mass.).
www.kc-associates.com.