LONDON, February 19 /PRNewswire/ --

- Shared Services, Sourcing Practitioners and Service Providers to Benefit

EquaSiis, an EquaTerra company, has become a separate business to focus exclusively on helping shared services, outsourcing organisations and service providers improve operational performance through EquaSiis software and tools along with subscription and specific advisory services exclusively for service providers. EquaSiis will begin with over 50 global clients formerly serviced by EquaTerra.

We have seen an increasing market demand for software and tools aimed at creating value for service delivery analysis and sourcing teams, shared services and outsourcing governance organisations. These organisations are seeking data, research and software to achieve cost reductions and best practices to support business decisions says Mark Toon, CEO of EquaTerra. In response to this demand we decided to create EquaSiis.

The company's software offerings include EquaSiis Enterprise, focused on improving operational governance for business support services and IT, and EquaSiis Workbench, focused on providing sourcing and service delivery analytics teams with a collaborative toolset to improve efficiency during any service delivery assessment or sourcing project.

EquaSiis Enterprise(TM) developed in collaboration with Microsoft, is instrumental in the management of outsourcing relationships for Microsoft, with a global footprint of more than 90 countries. The Enterprise(TM) solution enables us to view and analyse data critical to our success. The value is significant given our ability to leverage our existing infrastructure including SharePoint(R) and SQL Server(R), says Taylor Hawes, Controller, Financial Operations, Microsoft Corporation.

Bill Weathersby will operate as president of EquaSiis, and will be joined by a global group of former EquaTerra research, data analysts and software experts who are currently performing these services. It is exciting to consolidate several existing service offerings into one business unit with a singular focus. The new business will go to market as a software and intelligence group focused on buy-side clients and an insights and services group aimed at service providers, says Weathersby. Mike Beals will lead EquaSiis Enterprise and Workbench efforts.

EquaSiis Insights offerings are targeted for service providers and include subscription services for market data, best practices and custom research, custom consulting designed specifically to improve sales effectiveness and go to market strategy, and studies of service provider satisfaction and best practices for service providers. Ron Walker will lead EquaSiis Insights, and Stan Lepeak will lead global research in the Insights program.

About EquaSiis

EquaSiis provides software and services that improve the business support services lifecycle for shared services, outsourcing practitioners and service providers. The software, EquaSiis Workbench and EquaSiis Enterprise, is a framework for collaboration used during the service delivery assessment and sourcing process to assist in analysis and decision making for shared services or outsourcing. EquaSiis provides intelligence and optimization for the delivery of business support services across the entire organization. The company also offers service providers market intelligence, research, customer satisfaction and trending data through its Insights group. For more detail or to obtain a copy of research, please contact Stan Lepeak ( stan.lepeak@equaterra.com). To learn more about EquaSiis, contact Ron Walker; ron.walker@equasiis.com or http://www.equasiis.com.

Media Contact: Ron Walker, EquaSiis, +1-858-486-6035, ron.walker@equasiis.com