SAI and MSS*Group Announce Strategic Partnership to Bring Greater Control to Voice and Data Cost Management

The alliance between the two leaders in telemanagement and cost management will improve business control over rising telecom expenses.

El Dorado Hills, CA (PRWEB) June 7, 2003 - SAI, a leading telemanagement applications services provider (ASP), and MSS*Group, Inc., an independent provider of telecom cost and financial management services, announced today a strategic partnership to deliver a complete package of management tools for all voice and data services.

MSS*Group will incorporate the cost allocation information derived from SAI's Sierra Gold Virtual Telemanagement System (Sierra Gold VTS) into its MSS*Group Power Suite service to provide clients with end-to-end cost management capabilities from the enterprise down to the desktop. Both companies will offer comprehensive voice and data management services, including everything from enterprise-wide cost recovery and bill management to employee-level expense allocation to help companies reduce costs.

"This combination of voice and data cost management services and products creates a continuum of solutions that provides for every variation in customers' needs," says SAI President David L. Schmidt. "The ability to access this complete range of services over the Internet or on customers' Intranets and Extranets offers an unmatched and uniquely accessible menu of telecom cost management options."

"In today's economy, companies want to know who is using telecom services, and whether their organizations' bills are accurate," says Roger Oustecky, vice president of MSS*Group. "The partnership with SAI will expand both SAI's and MSS*Group's capability to provide comprehensive, integrated telecom expense management."

SAI's Sierra Gold VTS Offering
Available as a service or as a stand-alone system, SAI's Web-Centric Sierra Gold Virtual Telemanagement System (Sierra Gold VTS) provides end-user managers secure, 24x7 online access to call detail records. Using a standard Web browser, managers have online access to processed reports within hours of the end of their reporting period. Enhanced features include Toll Fraud, Ad Hoc Reports, Operator Directory, Third Party Billing, and PBX Integration. Sierra Gold VTS is the first telemanagement system to provide enterprise-wide, call accounting capabilities with customized Web pages for instant report access via the Internet or corporate Intranet.

MSS*Groups Power Suite
The MSS*Group Power Suite is comprised of two ASP services and MSS*Groups flagship business process outsourcing service, each designed to provide information on, and control over, monthly telecom costs. Unlike traditional auditing services, MSS*Group charges a fixed fee for services rather than a percent of cost savings. Customers retain 100 percent of all savings. MSS Power 100 lets companies use MSS*Group's telecom cost management software via the Web in an ASP mode to analyze telecom bills, verify contract rates, and identify problems. MSS Power 120, also an ASP service, adds invoice processing to Power 100. MSS Power 140 provides full telecom cost management services on an outsourcing basis.

About SAI
SAI (www.sierragold.com) develops, manufactures, and markets the award-winning Sierra Gold line of Web-centric virtual telemanagement products, services and solutions for Fortune 1000 companies across a broad base of industries including hi-tech, financial, utilities, education, entertainment and retail. Founded in 1978 and headquartered in El Dorado Hills, California, SAI services over 1,000 locations across the United States and Canada as well as in many countries overseas, and supports all major manufacturers of wired and IP Telephony voice communications products, including Avaya, Nortel, Siemens, Cisco, 3Com and others.

About MSS*Group
MSS*Group, Inc. (www.mssgroup.com), provides bill processing and financial management, of telecommunications services expenses. MSS*Group manages more than $750 million in telecom bills annually, generating more than $300 million in savings for a Fortune 1000 client base over the past 10 years. Based in Castle Rock, Colorado, the company employs 200 in four offices throughout the United States.

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