Innoveer Acquires Onagio Software To Empower Legacy CRM Social Business Success

Exciting deal will advance low-cost integration for successfully bridging legacy systems and social networks for business success.

This was our April Fool’s Day blog entry in 2012. Please don’t take this seriously…

BOSTON, Mass., April 1, 2012 /LegacyNewswire/ – Innoveer Solutions is excited to announce its acquisition of Onagio Software, in a deal that promises to deliver revolutionary new social CRM capabilities to users of legacy systems.

“Many Innoveer customers tell us they need a way to bridge the gap between the mainframe and other legacy systems on which they operate, and social media,” said Adam Honig, President and CEO of Innoveer Solutions. “Our acquisition of Milan-based Onagio Software promises to help all CRM practitioners still using legacy systems to embrace cutting-edge social business capabilities.”

Market Drives Social CRM Integration With Legacy Environments

“What initially drew us to Onagio Software was its Social2Mainframe product. This market-leading work integrates Facebook with 3270 terminals, as well provides an app for running Facebook on Palm Pilots,” continued Honig. “In addition, as an HP Calculator aficionado, using the Onagio Software iTunes Integrator For HP Calculator has been a revelation.”

“We at Onagio Software are very excited to become part of the Innoveer family,” said Aristotele Onagio, Onagio Software SpA’s co-founder and Chief Executive Officer. “The relationship promises to be fruitful, and I look forward to the merging of our respective corporate cultures. Notably, we have already begun the process of firing all of the jerks we had on our staff before closing the transaction, but it will be worth it.”

“By becoming part of Innoveer, this deal promises to deliver the capital we require to deliver our long-awaited software for integrating Facebook with the Digital PDP-11 platform,” continued Onagio.

Onagio’s Cutting-Edge Software Advances State Of The Art

Onagio Software’s software enables organizations to use old, fully depreciated hardware to power their modern customer relationship management (CRM) and social business needs, without the expense or hassle of modern GUI-based desktops or expensive Microsoft Office environments.

With the close of the Onagio Software acquisition, Aristotele Onagio will continue to lead Onagio, as well as serve as Innoveer’s new Director Of Legacy Integration For Social Media. Prior to starting Onagio Software, Onagio served as CEO of Trasformazione Casearia Corp (TCC), a University of Milan spin-off company that focused on perfecting the taste of cheese through electronic means. He has also served as Chief Catering Officer for Olivetti SpA.

Onagio Software’s 1,100 professionals in their Milan, Bay City (Michigan), Minsk (Belarus) and Navi Mumbai (India) locations are expected to continue working on the cutting edge products such as Social2Mainframe, Social2Appliance and Social2Reports.

Strong Growth Potential Says CRM Market Indicator

Howard “Bucky” Jones, analyst at CRM Hourly News in Boise, Idaho, said the Innoveer acquisition of Onagio Software deal promised to rapidly advance the CRM social media integration market in unforeseen directions. “This market is deserving, but underserved,” said Jones. According to the “CRM Market Indicator Legacy Trends 2012–2016” report, released last month, the market is expected to grow by 4% per year.

Planned future Onagio Software applications will deliver social media capabilities to numerous legacy platforms, including AS/400, RPG, COBOL, Fortran, and Siebel.

Terms of the deal were not disclosed, although federal regulators stipulated that the acquisition could only close on April 1, 2012.

More information about today’s news is available at http://www.innoveer.com/onagio-acquisition.

Onagio Software SpA was started in 1994 to capitalize on our founders’ impressive knowledge and background in so-called legacy systems. Instead of retiring as so many of their peers had done, Marcio Chapina and Francesco Redi brought a business plan to Aristotele Onagio that they hoped would not only impress investors but women as well. The rest, as they say, is history. Today Onagio Software SpA is one of the leading technology firms in Milano’s high tech cluster.

About Innoveer

As the 2011 CRM Market Leader For CRM Consulting, Innoveer is dedicated to delivering rapid, cost-effective and successful CRM programs and the occasional April Fool’s Day joke. Learn more about our real social business offerings at http://www.innoveer.com/focus-areas/social-business.

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