Renton, Wash. and San Francisco -- March 31, 2009 -- Etelos, Inc. (OTCBB: ETLO), the developer of the Etelos Platform for distributing Web applications, and Six Apart Ltd., the world's leading blogging software and services company, today announced the availability of the Movable Type social publishing platform as an on-demand hosted service through the Etelos Syndication Partner Program.
Movable Type will be distributed via multiple Software as a Service (SaaS) marketplaces that utilize the Etelos Platform Suite. This partnership makes it easy for millions of small and medium business customers to support their business operations by starting a social website on Movable Type. Customers can simply select Movable Type from a marketplace and begin using it within minutes.
"Movable Type is a great resource for businesses planning to begin or augment their social media activities and enrich their online presence," said Danny Kolke, Etelos Founder & CEO. "One of the great advantages of the Etelos Platform Suite is the ability for software providers to distribute applications across multiple Etelos marketplaces."
Movable Type is the smart, affordable, and secure way for small and medium businesses to market their brand and engage customers and prospects online. Whether building a new website from scratch or integrating a blog or social network into their existing site, Movable Type can help businesses increase traffic to their site and build lasting relationships with their customers. Businesses can update their site quickly and easily with easy-to-use but powerful administrative tools, eliminating the need for costly IT services.
"We are committed to making it as easy as possible to build rich, interactive websites using Movable Type, and this partnership with Etelos helps us achieve that," said Ed Anuff, EVP and GM of the Movable Type and Professional Services Division of Six Apart. "We're excited to work with a quality partner like Etelos to efficiently deliver innovative social media solutions to millions of small and medium businesses."
The Etelos Platform Suite powers the ability to syndicate a single application across multiple marketplaces. Movable Type will be available to a variety of businesses in the manufacturing, service and financial industries.
Movable Type is now available on the marketplaces that have been built on the Etelos Platform Suite. For more information or to browse those marketplaces, please visit Etelos.com.
About Etelos, Inc.
Etelos is a Web app distribution platform delivering Web apps for businesses. Unlike other cloud computing and Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) solutions, Etelos enables software manufacturers to migrate existing applications or create new applications, then package, distribute, host, bill, market and support their Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) enabled application with their own application marketplace. Etelos™, the Etelos Platform™, EASE™, Etelos App Server™, Etelos VE™, Etelos Cloud™ and Etelos Marketplace™ are trademarks of Etelos, Inc.; other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. For more information about Etelos, please visit www.etelos.com.
About Six Apart
Six Apart Ltd. provides award-winning blogging software and services that change the way millions of individuals, organizations, and corporations connect and communicate around the world every day. The company provides the Movable Type social publishing platform, the TypePad premier hosted blogging service, Vox, a free blogging service for friends and families, advertising solutions for leading brands and influential bloggers, and a wide range of services dedicated to help bloggers thrive in today's social media landscape. Founded in 2001, Six Apart is a global company with its headquarters in San Francisco, and offices in Tokyo, Paris and New York City. For more information, visit the Six Apart corporate website at http://www.sixapart.com/.
"Safe Harbor" Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: Statements in this press release regarding Etelos' business that are not historical facts may be "forward-looking statements" that involve risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements include, among other things, statements concerning the company's partnership with others, the future financial performance of our company, the acceptance of our products and services, the success and timeliness of our product and platform roll-out and other statements qualified by words such as "anticipate," "believe," "intend," "may" and other words of similar import. These statements are neither promises nor guarantees, but involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those set forth in the forward-looking statements, including, without limitation: The Etelos Syndication Partner Program and any offerings by Syndication Partners in SaaS marketplaces based upon the Etelos Platform Suite. For a discussion of such risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements, see "Risk Factors" in the Company's reports that Etelos files periodically with the Securities and Exchange Commission. All forward-looking statements are qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement, and Etelos undertakes no obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statement for any reason, except as required by law, even as new information becomes available or other events occur in the future.
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Eric Berto Jeff Salzwedel Jane Anderson
Etelos, Inc. Salzwedel Financial Communications, Inc. Six Apart
425-753-2222 503-722-7300 650-440-0450
press@etelos.com jeff@sfcinc.com jane@sixapart.com
Movable Type will be distributed via multiple Software as a Service (SaaS) marketplaces that utilize the Etelos Platform Suite. This partnership makes it easy for millions of small and medium business customers to support their business operations by starting a social website on Movable Type. Customers can simply select Movable Type from a marketplace and begin using it within minutes.
"Movable Type is a great resource for businesses planning to begin or augment their social media activities and enrich their online presence," said Danny Kolke, Etelos Founder & CEO. "One of the great advantages of the Etelos Platform Suite is the ability for software providers to distribute applications across multiple Etelos marketplaces."
Movable Type is the smart, affordable, and secure way for small and medium businesses to market their brand and engage customers and prospects online. Whether building a new website from scratch or integrating a blog or social network into their existing site, Movable Type can help businesses increase traffic to their site and build lasting relationships with their customers. Businesses can update their site quickly and easily with easy-to-use but powerful administrative tools, eliminating the need for costly IT services.
"We are committed to making it as easy as possible to build rich, interactive websites using Movable Type, and this partnership with Etelos helps us achieve that," said Ed Anuff, EVP and GM of the Movable Type and Professional Services Division of Six Apart. "We're excited to work with a quality partner like Etelos to efficiently deliver innovative social media solutions to millions of small and medium businesses."
The Etelos Platform Suite powers the ability to syndicate a single application across multiple marketplaces. Movable Type will be available to a variety of businesses in the manufacturing, service and financial industries.
Movable Type is now available on the marketplaces that have been built on the Etelos Platform Suite. For more information or to browse those marketplaces, please visit Etelos.com.
About Etelos, Inc.
Etelos is a Web app distribution platform delivering Web apps for businesses. Unlike other cloud computing and Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) solutions, Etelos enables software manufacturers to migrate existing applications or create new applications, then package, distribute, host, bill, market and support their Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) enabled application with their own application marketplace. Etelos™, the Etelos Platform™, EASE™, Etelos App Server™, Etelos VE™, Etelos Cloud™ and Etelos Marketplace™ are trademarks of Etelos, Inc.; other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. For more information about Etelos, please visit www.etelos.com.
About Six Apart
Six Apart Ltd. provides award-winning blogging software and services that change the way millions of individuals, organizations, and corporations connect and communicate around the world every day. The company provides the Movable Type social publishing platform, the TypePad premier hosted blogging service, Vox, a free blogging service for friends and families, advertising solutions for leading brands and influential bloggers, and a wide range of services dedicated to help bloggers thrive in today's social media landscape. Founded in 2001, Six Apart is a global company with its headquarters in San Francisco, and offices in Tokyo, Paris and New York City. For more information, visit the Six Apart corporate website at http://www.sixapart.com/.
"Safe Harbor" Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: Statements in this press release regarding Etelos' business that are not historical facts may be "forward-looking statements" that involve risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements include, among other things, statements concerning the company's partnership with others, the future financial performance of our company, the acceptance of our products and services, the success and timeliness of our product and platform roll-out and other statements qualified by words such as "anticipate," "believe," "intend," "may" and other words of similar import. These statements are neither promises nor guarantees, but involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those set forth in the forward-looking statements, including, without limitation: The Etelos Syndication Partner Program and any offerings by Syndication Partners in SaaS marketplaces based upon the Etelos Platform Suite. For a discussion of such risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements, see "Risk Factors" in the Company's reports that Etelos files periodically with the Securities and Exchange Commission. All forward-looking statements are qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement, and Etelos undertakes no obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statement for any reason, except as required by law, even as new information becomes available or other events occur in the future.
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Eric Berto Jeff Salzwedel Jane Anderson
Etelos, Inc. Salzwedel Financial Communications, Inc. Six Apart
425-753-2222 503-722-7300 650-440-0450
press@etelos.com jeff@sfcinc.com jane@sixapart.com