SofTrek Partners with the New York State Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics & Life Sciences to Provide Oracle Technology Hosting Services

SofTrek Corporation, an Oracle hosting and technology company, announced today at Oracle Open World, that they have formalized membership in the Corporate Partner Program for The New York State Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics & Life Sciences.

San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) September 19, 2005 -- SofTrek Corporation, an Oracle hosting and technology company, announced today at Oracle Open World, that they have formalized membership in the Corporate Partner Program for The New York State Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics & Life Sciences. SofTrek's Oracle hosting service, appitatSM, can provide infrastructure and expertise to support the technology required by the burgeoning life sciences and biomedical organizations in the Buffalo Niagara region, where the Center of Excellence is conducting translational research and supporting technology commercialization and new business development. SofTrek's appitatSM service affords companies an economical, low-risk approach to acquiring and implementing the Oracle Life Sciences platform.

"Partnerships with leading, local technology companies like SofTrek are an integral part of the mission of the Center of Excellence, and we're pleased SofTrek appreciated the opportunity in life sciences and decided to join our efforts," said Dr. Marnie LaVigne, director of business development at the Center. LaVigne also added, "Many life sciences start-up companies want the robust benefits of the Oracle platform, but can't due to budget or expertise constraints. We're pleased that a local company like SofTrek was able to come up with an affordable approach to offering the Oracle platform that can benefit other companies in the region."

About SofTrek

SofTrek Corporation, creators of PledgeMaker fundraising software and appitatSM Oracle hosting service, was founded in 1987. An Oracle Certified Solution Provider, SofTrek is headquartered at their state-of-the-art datacenter in Amherst, New York. They have built a reputation as Oracle application experts with secure reliable hosting of their Application Service Provider (ASP) and dominance of the online fundraising software market.

For more information, visit: www.softrek.com or call 1-800-442-9211.

About the New York State Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics & Life Sciences

The New York State Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics & Life Sciences was launched on the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus through more than $200 million dollars in funding from state, federal and philanthropic sources in 2002 to create a hub of life sciences expertise in Upstate New York. The participating institutions have a 100+ year history of life sciences research and discovery through the University at Buffalo (UB), as the lead academic organization, and two partners, Roswell Park Cancer Institute and Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute. The Center of Excellence is actively building relationships with corporate partners in line with its scientific and economic development mission.

For more information on the Center of Excellence visit www.bioinformatics.buffalo.edu.

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