Parature Named Finalist for 'Best Places to Work in Greater Washington' by Washington Business Journal

Company recognized as an outstanding workplace for the third consecutive year.

Vienna, VA (PRWEB) May 7, 2007 -- Parature, the global leader in on-demand customer support and help desk software (www.parature.com) , announced today that they have been selected for the third consecutive year as a finalist for the region’s ‘Best Places to Work in Greater Washington’ by the Washington Business Journal. The award recognizes company achievements in creating a positive work environment that attracts and retains employees through a combination of employee satisfaction, working conditions and company culture.

The Washington Business Journal, along with sponsors Littler Mendelson, Reznick Group and Quantum Market Research, will honor all finalists and announce the winners at their annual breakfast awards program Thursday, June 7th at the Ritz-Carlton, Tysons Corner. The top companies will also be profiled in a special supplement in the June 8th edition of Washington Business Journal.

Through a confidential survey conducted by independent firm Quantum Market Research in April 2007, Parature employees made their favorable views known in the areas of management team integrity, opportunity for advancement, workplace morale, employee benefits, and value of employee skills. The top companies were selected from a pool of more than 300 nominations with Parature named one of 10 finalists in the medium-sized company category.

“It is very gratifying to be honored as a ‘best place to work’ in greater Washington, D.C. for the third consecutive year,” stated Duke Chung, Parature CEO and President. “It has been our philosophy, at Parature, to not only build a successful company, but to foster our employee’s personal and professional growth with a culture that is challenging, motivational, and fun.”

For information on joining the growing Parature team, please visit http://www.parature.com/careers.aspx

About Parature, Inc.

Parature is the global leader of on-demand customer support and help desk software. Our web-based support suite enables organizations to fundamentally change the way they support their customers while significantly reducing costs. The Parature suite of modules empowers associations, businesses, educational institutions, and government agencies with the ability to provide critical service information on a 24/7 basis while reducing the inbound support load through customer self-service. As a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) provider, we deliver our solutions over the Internet using a secure, scalable application and system architecture, which allows our customers to eliminate expensive up-front hardware and software costs and to quickly deploy and adopt our on-demand software. Parature helps support over 6,000,000 end-users worldwide and is headquartered in Vienna, VA. For more information about Parature please visit www.parature.com or call 1.877.GO.PARATURE

About Washington Business Journal

Washington Business Journal has been Greater Washington’s leading source of business news and information for more than 20 years. Each week, over 150,000 business executives rely on the Business Journal for comprehensive news on local people and their companies. Providing more than just in-depth coverage, the Business Journal also delivers industry trends, tips and strategies, plus award-winning critical analysis. For more information, please visit http://washington.bizjournals.com.

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