ANNAPOLIS, Md., June 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) today announced that Ramco Systems has selected AT&T to deliver its Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) -- Ramco OnDemand ERP.

"We are excited to expand our OnDemand SaaS model to a truly global orientation with the introduction of our OnDemand ERP to North America. We sought a service provider who could support easy-to-use, yet highly secure, delivery of a robust ERP system designed for the midmarket, and we ultimately chose AT&T because of its experience in delivering Software-as-a-Service applications and its comprehensive support model," said Richard Sides, Senior Vice President, Global Services for Ramco Systems. "AT&T's scalable utility computing infrastructure provides us a way to enter the SaaS market without incurring major infrastructure costs."

As a global provider of enterprise applications, business consulting, and outsourcing services that enhance business value by providing solutions that are flexible, adaptable to change, easy to implement, and technology independent, Ramco Systems required a provider that could help it deliver its software to a global client base in a seamless, integrated way over the Internet. Relying on AT&T's technical assistance and specialized business support, Ramco Systems offers its ERP OnDemand as-a-service, enabling fast, flexible deployment. Ramco Systems has offices in nine countries and over 450 customers in 1,000 locations worldwide. With an international base of users, Ramco Systems counts on AT&T to keep its application highly available and highly secure.

"We are pleased to add Ramco ERP OnDemand to the portfolio of applications we deliver as a service. Ramco Systems recognizes that its core focus is developing leading ERP software, not delivering it," said Rich Froble, director of Product Management, for AT&T's TopLineISV program. "Counting on us to manage software delivery allows Ramco Systems to focus its attention on developing and selling great software."

Ramco Systems has entered AT&T's TopLineISV program, delivered via AT&T's wholly-owned subsidiary, USi. Based on AT&T's infrastructure, which is designed for optimum automation, repeatability, and scalability, the company takes advantage of cost efficiencies and a utility computing platform that provides computing power, networking capabilities, and storage on-demand. For independent software vendors, TopLineISV also includes a series of services designed to help them grow, including business strategy consulting, marketing assistance, sales support, and technical operations support. Plus, like all of AT&T's applications services clients, Ramco Systems will benefit from custom application monitors, which track availability 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and automatically alert trained team members to any unplanned outages. Ramco Systems can access these monitors at any time via a secure web portal.

"We believe we've found a provider who can help us deliver our reliable, scalable SaaS offering," added Sides. "AT&T offers us a flexible team -- with abilities across technical infrastructure, sales, marketing and business strategy, and a flexible infrastructure so we can focus on our business."

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