Got SharePoint? Get Clickatell SMS Alerts via Virto Web Part to Improve Business Flow

Got SharePoint? Get Clickatell SMS Alerts via Virto Web Part to Improve Business Flow

--Immediate Text Messaging Cuts Lag Time and Increases Efficiencies at Work

Redwood City, CA, November 16, 2009 – With more than 4 billion cell phones in use today, just about everyone can receive text messages anytime, anywhere. In the work place, mobility is critical, especially when people are travelling and not typically sitting at their desks. Microsoft SharePoint, software to enable browser-based collaboration, process management, search, and document-management, has been reported to serve more than 100 million people. Enterprises are taking advantage of SMS Alerts & using them to alert employees, partners and customers throughout a number of enterprise applications from IT ticket alerts, to customer service notifications, and now critical business process communications.

Clickatell today announced that Virtosoftware, a new  vendor of Web Parts for Microsoft SharePoint 2007 and 2010, has incorporated the award-winning Clickatell SMS-as-a-Service (SaaS) Gateway into its Virto Alert Customizer to enhance the flexibility of the built-in SharePoint SMS notification system. By sending custom SMS alerts within minutes, SharePoint 2007 users can send Clickatell-powered text messages to a specific user or a group of users in real time, therefore cutting lag time between document changes and keeping business efficiencies high.

“As people continue to become increasingly mobile in the workplace, they need to be able to access more than just email from their mobile phone. Truly, the mobile device is replacing the PC in many cases,” said Pieter de Villiers, Clickatell CEO. “Often times, people don’t want the hassle of taking their laptops when heading out to meetings throughout the day. As a result, they’re counting on their mobile phone to keep them connected and active at work. Being able to send and receive SMS alerts when important SharePoint documents change hands exemplifies the importance of mobility using SMS for a myriad of enterprise applications.”

Using Virto Alert Web Part for SharePoint, users can define the schedule for delivering SMS alerts, choosing between sending an alert immediately, once per hour, day and week. SMS alerts can also be sent within a specified timeframe, for example, only within working hours from 8 AM to 5 PM. In addition, users can combine a bunch of alerts into a single ticket. In this case, all alerts will be assembled into a single text message instead of being sent in separate messages.

“We chose Clickatell because they are a reliable source of delivering SMS solutions globally. With a decade of experience, enterprise-grade operations and easy to implement SMS solutions, Clickatell provides developers with solid solutions to get started immediately,” said Serhio Zaiman from Virto. “We look forward to providing SharePoint users with the ability to take advantage of all that Virto has to offer in its well-received Virto Alerts & Clickatell based SMS alerts solution.”

About Virtosoftware

Virtosoftware designs and builds innovative Web Parts for Microsoft® SharePoint® 2007. Virtosoftware team bases on the best experience of Ajax and Silverlight technologies to create new and advanced web parts for SharePoint 2007 and 2010. The very first Web Part under Virtosoftware brand was released at the beginning of April 2009, and now Virtosoftware’s comprehensive lineup includes calendaring, alerting, collaboration, workflow and administration capabilities for SharePoint Users. Please visit http://www.virtosoftware.com

About Clickatell

Clickatell enables businesses, governments and communities to leverage the ubiquity of mobile messaging to inform, alert, notify, transact, interact and share information. Delivering mobile messaging solutions since 2000, Clickatell is a global leader in mobile communications specializing in SMS messaging as a services across 815+ mobile networks in 220+ countries, Clickatell serves 10,000+ customers including several of the Fortune 500, leading governments and communities globally. Clickatell has also formed strategic partnerships with a number of industry leaders including RSA Data Security, Entrust, S1, mFoundry, Fundamo, IBM, and others. Clickatell products and services increase customer acquisition, improve loyalty and build trusted brands through direct, personal, easy, and immediate communications. Backed by Sequoia and Ethos, Clickatell is headquartered in Redwood City, CA, and has offices in South Africa.

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Media Contacts

Kelly Brieger, Clickatell
Kelly@kbpr.net
650-704-1748

Mrs. Olga Kiner, Virtosoftware
o@virtosoftware.com
+353 1 442 91 81