ConnectWise Partners with Heartland Technology Group to Drive Partner Success
HTG Peer Group members standardize on ConnectWise PSA platform to more accurately
compare and measure operational data, performance and efficiency
TAMPA, Fla. – June 30, 2009 – Savvy IT service providers appreciate how critical
it is to streamline their business operations and rely more than ever on their peers
to develop and share industry best practices. Today, the leading IT peer group network,
Heartland Tech Group (HTG), and ConnectWise, the worldwide leader of IT professional
services automation software, announced a strategic alliance that will further the
insight and analysis available to HTG members through ConnectWise’s capabilities.
Through the partnership, HTG members will use ConnectWise as their business operating
system and use ConnectWise-developed education as part of their peer group process.
This common experience will enable HTG members to share expertise and quickly implement
and measure business process improvements.
“Joining HTG and making the investment in ConnectWise both rank up there with
the best business decisions we have made,” commented Dan Shundoff, President
and CEO of Kearney, Neb., based Intellicom. “We are excited to see these two
mission critical organizations work hand-in-hand to enhance our peer group interaction
and our business. This move just confirms those decisions even further.”
ConnectWise, the worldwide industry-leading publisher of professional services automation
(PSA) software, is investing over $3 million in the development of educational content
for its partners during 2009. The alliance with HTG builds on the company’s commitment
to deliver practical and actionable business process education to the solution provider
community.
“As HTG has evolved, we realized that our members needed an efficient way
to transform ideas into operational improvements,” said HTG CEO and Founder
Arlin Sorensen. “We can now not only focus on what should be done to enhance
our members’ operations, we can talk very specifically about how to do it. This
strategic alliance will allow us to move from theoretical to tactical and increase
the impact on member companies exponentially. ConnectWise is uniquely positioned
to deliver the industry insight and software capabilities HTG members need to create
business success.”
ConnectWise CEO Arnie Bellini said that the HTG partnership is one more way for
his company to support the solution provider industry’s success: “HTG has
clearly established the industry’s leading peer group community. We’re committed
to helping organizations like HTG develop their members’ expertise and improve their
business results. With our online university, regional user groups, Learning Center,
Mastery sessions and Partner Summit, HTG members have access to the industry’s leading
educational content and can select the delivery method that works best for them.”
About Heartland Tech Group
Heartland Tech Group (HTG) is an international peer group organization focused on
business improvement, member accountability, and work-life excellence among leading
IT solution providers. HTG has over 225 member companies throughout the United States,
Canada and the United Kingdom spread over 20 groups of approximately 12 non-competing
member companies in each. Peer groups meets quarterly for a confidential two-day
event that focuses on sharing best practices, benchmarking, process improvement
and tools. HTG was founded in 2000 by Arlin Sorensen to provide solution providers
a community to foster business and personal growth driven by execution. Visit www.htgpeergroups.com
or call 712-744-3619 for more information.
About ConnectWise
ConnectWise is the leading Web-based professional service automation (PSA) software
application designed exclusively for technology consultants, integrators and developers.
More than 29,000 IT solution providers rely on ConnectWise to more efficiently integrate
key business operations across their enterprises, from business development and
project management, to client services and billing. ConnectWise technology enables
IT companies to drive greater accountability, operational efficiency, profitability,
and tighter systems integration. Visit www.connectwise.com for more information
or call 813-463-4760.
Contact for More Information:
Lynette Bohanan, CommCentric Solutions
813-727-0196 / lbohanan@commcentricsolutions.com
Christy Sacco, Heartland Technology Group
813-785-8571 / lcgoodwin@tampabay.rr.com
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