Wellesley, Mass. – September 12, 2011 - THINKstrategies, Inc., the leading strategic consulting company focused on the business implications of the on-demand services market, announced today that ComSci has been named the winner of the Best of SaaS Showplace (BoSS) Awards program, which is aimed at promoting the measurable business benefits delivered by today's Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solutions.  

The BoSS Awards is an ongoing program of THINKstrategies' new Cloud Computing Showplace that recognizes SaaS companies producing tangible business benefits for specific user organizations. These benefits can include increased sales, lower costs, higher customer satisfaction, faster operations and greater profitability.

ComSci delivers Technology Financial Management solutions that empower organizations to implement more effective IT financial governance. Through a suite of web-based tools, ComSci helps IT organizations enhance IT cost transparency and visibility, which in turn enables business units to understand and optimize demand and utilization of technology resources.

Two examples of the measurable business benefits of ComSci’s Technology Financial Management solutions are:

·        McGraw-Hill Companies: Reduced IT costs by 5% annually ($25MM)

·        1-800-Flowers: Reduced IT costs by 12% annually

It is for these reasons that ComSci has been named the Best of SaaS Showplace Award winner. A summary of the company's winning BoSS Award submission can be found at, http://cloudshowplace.com/awardSummary.php?key=2383.

 “IT organizations are increasingly focused on budget governance and delivering value to internal customers. Being awarded the BoSS Award is a testament to the value we provide to our customers in enabling them to granularly capture IT costs and make more-informed business decisions. We are delighted to be recognized by THINKstrategies for providing our customers with SaaS-based IT Financial Management capabilities that deliver real quantifiable, cost optimization benefits," said Bob Svec, CEO of ComSci.

"Today’s turbulent economic environment is forcing organizations of all sizes to more tightly control their IT spending," stated Jeffrey M. Kaplan, the founder of the SaaS Showplace which is now a part of the new Cloud Computing Showplace, and Managing Director of THINKstrategies, the strategic consulting firm which conceived and administers the Showplace. "ComSci’s Cloud-based Technology Financial Management solutions enable IT organizations to better manage their costs by fully automating the IT budget & planning, service cost modeling, and consumption invoicing processes."

For more information about the rules for applying for a BoSS Award or to find a list of previous winners of the BoSS Awards, go to http://www.cloudshowplace.com/awardprograms/boss.html.

Based on the success of the BoSS Awards program which focuses on SaaS solutions, THINKstrategies has launched the Cloud Computing Business Value (CCBV) Awards program to recognize companies which are delivering Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) and Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) solutions producing measurable business benefits for their customers. For more information regarding the CCBV Awards, see http://www.cloudshowplace.com/awardprograms/ccbv.php.