Aplicor Named One of the Top Green IT Organizations by IDG's Computerworld

BOCA RATON, FL - (BUSINESS WIRE) - Aplicor LLC, an on-demand CRM and ERP business software application manufacturer today announced that IDG’s Computerworld has selected Aplicor as one of the top Green IT Organizations for 2009. This honor is part of the IT media outlet’s annual Top Green-IT Organizations feature, which was published in the April 20 issue of Computerworld and online at Computerworld.com.

"Smart organizations know that there are energy and money savings beyond data center walls, and even beyond the IT department. Green IT efforts are found up and down the supply chain, from the data center to the desktop, from the mainframe to the end user,” said Scot Finnie, Editor in Chief, Computerworld. “The organizations recognized in our second annual Top Green IT issue have explored new ways to apply technology to reduce energy consumption and carbon emissions in every part of their operations."

“As part of being a global business software hosting company supporting online CRM and ERP software users in over 100 countries, Aplicor has both an opportunity and responsibility to demonstrate environmentally responsible behaviors which promote power savings and reduced carbon emissions” commented Chuck Schaeffer, Aplicor CEO. “Aplicor’s Global Reach for Energy and Efficiency Next Generation (GREEN) program has reduced carbon emissions through several incremental, measurable and sustained collective efforts including cooling efficiency, re-engineered power distribution, server virtualization and new footprint schemas for improved equipment density.”

As reported by Ellen Fanning of Computerworld in The Top Green IT Organizations announcement and cover story, Computerworld surveyed the IT landscape to discover and showcase the achievements at 12 IT departments and 12 technology vendor organizations that are reducing power demands and using technology to create energy efficiencies. For the second consecutive year, Computerworld identified the top organizations that implement smart, efficient strategies to achieve environmentally friendly green IT. The 2009 Top Green IT Vendors included the following:

IBM (number 1 last year)
Hewlett-Packard Co. (number 7 last year)
Fujitsu America Inc. (number 5 last year)
Microsoft Corp. (number 6 last year)
Qualcomm Inc. (number 3 last year)
Dell Inc.
Aplicor Inc. (number 4 last year)
BT Group PLC (number 2 last year)
Applied Materials Inc.
Entrust Inc.
Compellent Technologies Inc.
Terremark Worldwide Inc.
About Computerworld
Computerworld, the “Voice of IT Management,” delivers an award-winning weekly publication as part of the world’s largest global IT media network. Computerworld leads the industry with an online audience of over 2.5 million unique monthly visitors and a print audience of more than 1 million readers each week (IntelliQuest CIMS, Fall 2008). Computerworld also reaches over 10,000 IT executives every year through its high-touch conferences and custom summits.

About International Data Group (IDG)
IDG is the world's leading technology media, events and research company. IDG’s online network includes more than 450 web sites spanning business technology, consumer technology, digital entertainment and video games worldwide. IDG also publishes more than 300 magazines and newspapers. Media brands are in more than 90 countries and include CIO, CSO, Computerworld, GamePro, InfoWorld/TechWorld/TecChannel, Macworld, Network World and PC World. Over 1,000 IDC analysts in more than 100 countries provide global, regional and local expertise on technology and industry opportunities and trends.

About Aplicor
Based in Boca Raton, Florida, with international offices in London, England and San Jose, Costa Rica, Aplicor is a global software publisher of on-demand CRM (Customer Relationship Management) and ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) web-based software solutions for high growth, mid-market and enterprise organizations. The CRM application benefits clients by improving marketing effectiveness, increasing sales win rates, growing customer share and decreasing customer churn. The ERP application provides full back office financial accounting, project accounting, distribution, manufacturing and human resource management. The company’s business applications distinguish themselves in ease of use, user productivity and real-time information delivery. Aplicor is the most independently awarded hosted solution, has achieved the highest average user count in the hosting industry and is the only CRM and ERP hosting provider with a 100 percent uptime history.