Singapore, 27 May 2009 – Today at the SaaS Asia conference, PointStar announced that it has been appointed by Google as its first Google Apps authorised reseller in Singapore. PointStar will be able to sell, customize and support Google Apps Premier Edition, creating new opportunities and easier access to Google’s popular cloud services for more small and medium-sized businesses.  Come and visit the Google/PointStar booth at the SaaS Asia conference area at Pacific 3 Ballroom, Level 1, Pan Pacific Hotel.

PointStar will bundle additional services and support with Google Apps to retain a close relationship with their customers who will benefit from the additional attention provided to their specific business and technical requirements.  Google will provide PointStar with training, support, and tools for sales and marketing, as well as access to tools for integrating Google Apps into their customers’ business operations.

“We use Google Apps at PointStar and, as an SME, have experienced first hand its many benefits  – immense IT cost-savings with a web-based email and communications platform as well as increased employee productivity with online collaboration tools and anytime, anywhere access. We strongly believe that all SMEs will appreciate the fuss-free convenience of cloud services, so that they can focus their time, energy and resources on growing their core business,” says Justin Lee, Co-founder and Business Development Director, PointStar.

He added, “We have already helped several SMEs leverage Google’s cloud computing infrastructure to save money, especially during this economic downturn.  In addition, our local customers get all the great product innovation from Google with the services and support of a close partner, making it an easy business decision for them to switch over from their legacy systems to Google Apps.”

 ”Google Apps has reached a level of maturity where it is useful and valuable for almost any business,” said Deepak Ramanathan, Head of Enterprise Marketing, Google Asia Pacific.  ”PointStar is an entrepreneurial local technology service firm with a strong SaaS orientation and experience in providing value-added services and solutions.  We’re confident that PointStar can introduce cloud computing to other similar-sized businesses in Singapore and help them to make the transition to this new era of technology.”

About the Google Apps Authorised Reseller Program

The Google Apps Authorised Reseller Program will include:

•  a portal with a rich set of business and technical information, and online discussion groups
• sales training, technical training, and customer marketing materials
• reseller tools for setting up business customers, provisioning end users, management, and reporting
• integration APIs (REST-based) for directory synchronization, migration, reporting, and single sign-on

More than 1 million businesses and 10 million users worldwide benefit from Google Apps, including a range of businesses in Singapore from local enterprises such as DOCOMO interTouch and Avago Technologies to thousands of local SMEs. The Google Apps Premier Edition suite of communication and collaboration tools includes Gmail™, Google Calendar™, Google Docs™, Google Sites™, Google Talk™, and Google Video™ for business.

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