The Rainmaker Group, Microsoft Team to Leverage Future Products for Gaming Hospitality Operators

Partnership Will Enable Operators to Extend Enterprise Data beyond Revenue Management.

Atlanta, GA (PRWEB) November 17, 2008 -- The Rainmaker Group (http://letitrain.com/?Campaign=PRWebMicrosoftNov172008), a world leader in automated profit optimization software (http://letitrain.com/products/index.php?Campaign=PRWebMicrosoftNov172008) and services to the gaming hospitality and multifamily housing (http://letitrain.com/products/multifamily.php?Campaign=PRWebMicrosoftNov172008) industries for total customer value (http://letitrain.com/products/revolution.php?Campaign=PRWebMicrosoftNov172008), announced deepening ties with Microsoft Corp. that will result, in part, in gaming hospitality operators' ability to extend enterprise data beyond the revenue management boundary.

The benefits to operators of rich data in Rainmaker's revolution Profit Optimization Suite, combined with Microsoft's robust reporting capabilities, were included in discussions during Rainmaker's one-day visit to the Atlanta-based Microsoft Technology Center (MTC) earlier this month.

"Five of our team spent a day at the Microsoft Technology Center for a strategy briefing as it relates to the gaming hospitality market," said Tammy Farley, Executive Vice President and Principal with The Rainmaker Group. "The briefing included SQL Server Analytics and the Business Intelligence stack. This technology opens the door for gaming hospitality operators to take the rich data in our applications, combined with Microsoft's robust reporting capabilities, and exploit data throughout the enterprise beyond the revenue management boundary to include budget data, occupancy data, and more."

"Coming to the MTC strengthened the valuable collaborative relationship we have with Rainmaker by giving them access to training resources, in-depth technical knowledge, and firsthand experience with the high level of investment Microsoft makes as a company in the success of our partners," said Bill Pierson, Director of the Atlanta Microsoft Technology Center.

In June 2008, Rainmaker released its popular revolution and revolution LRO Profit Optimization Suites on the Microsoft software platform, providing clients with the flexibility via Microsoft's .NET Framework architecture to self-host, or have Rainmaker host their applications in its secure SunGard hosting services.

About The Rainmaker Group:

The Rainmaker Group (http://www.letitrain.com/company/index.php?Campaign=PRWebMicrosoftNov172008), a Microsoft partner, is a software and consulting services company that provides profit optimization for more than one-half million units in the gaming hospitality, multifamily housing and other industries. Rainmaker consults about, implements and supports the revolution Product Suite, which maximizes total guest profitability for operators of casino hotels and other hospitality enterprises. The company enables clients to identify and maintain availability for their most profitable revenue sources through revenue management implementations. The Rainmaker Group helps casino hotels increase profitability through the accurate, instantaneous ability to determine the minimum acceptable value of each guest. This increases client profitability by securing the most profitable customers and developing more effective business processes. Hospitality clients include Wynn Las Vegas, Boyd Gaming, Harrah's Entertainment, Omni Hotels, MGM MIRAGE, Trump Entertainment Resorts and other leading hotel companies.

The Rainmaker Group also provides the revolution LRO (Lease Rent Options) profit optimization solution that enables serviced apartments/multifamily housing operators to maximize revenue from apartment leases. revolution LRO lease rate improvement results have been reviewed and validated by independent accounting firms. For more than five years, revolution LRO has delivered optimized leasing rates to the largest operators in the industry including Archstone-Smith, Equity Residential, Post Properties, Simpson Housing, Mid-America Apartment Communities and a number of other leading serviced apartments/multifamily housing companies.

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The Rainmaker Group

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