GBS Enterprises Partner Forcont Wins "Best in Cloud" Award 2011 Utilizing GROUP Live

FRANKFURT, Germany, Nov. 16, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Group Business Software (GBS), a subsidiary of GBS Enterprises Incorporated GBSX, a global software and services company specializing in cloud automation, application modernization, as well as offering a comprehensive portfolio of business applications, today announced that its partner, Forcont, won the first ever "Best in Cloud" award from COMPUTER WEEK magazine. The award was given for Forcont's Business Technology GmbH SaaS product suite running on the GROUP Live cloud computing platform.

Forcont provides "plug-in" enterprise content management applications including contract management, administration of electronic HR records and a central information portal. In the "Software as a Service - Public Cloud" category, Forcont won over the judges with its cloud-based HR records solution currently being used by utility company Stadtwerke Cottbus.

"Along with our partner Forcont we are delighted to be presented with this award," stated Andreas Richter, Director of Marketing Europe at GBS. "It underlines how cloud-based solutions using our GROUP Live platform and the IBM infrastructure are providing customers with real value added technology help simplify application use and operate more efficiently." 

Through GROUP Live, GBS gives independent software providers like Forcont a highly flexible solution that they can use to offer their customers their own fully automated applications from a public or private cloud. There is no need for any manual installations or costly adaptations. GROUP Live, is used by mid-sized companies to easily store existing or future applications in the cloud, and is operated by IBM Deutschland in high-security data centers.

Group Live was also a finalist in the Platform-as-a-Service category.

About GBS Enterprises Incorporated

GBS Enterprises Incorporated GBSX is the 50.1% parent company of Group Business Software (GBS), a global software and services company specializing in application modernization and cloud automation. GBS serves to: automate business processes; optimize system & application performance; ensure messaging security & compliance; modernize server-based applications to Web 2.0; and simplify application development & delivery.   

Strong customer allegiance paired with a diversified portfolio of powerful business solutions place GBS at the forefront of the market in terms of both revenue growth and profitability. GBS has won many awards for its innovations, as well as resources spanning five time zones. 

GBS has over 4,000 customers worldwide with over 4 million users of its products and services.  Its North American headquarters is in New York City and its European headquarters is in Frankfurt, Germany.  There are over 15 offices throughout North American and Europe.  For more information, please visit www.gbs.com. The contents of the website are not incorporated by reference into this press release.

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