PHILADELPHIA, July 28 /EMWNews/ -- Aria Systems, the industry

standard and leading provider of on-demand billing and customer lifecycle

management solutions, announced today that PHASE 2 International will

deploy Aria's monetization platform to support their high-end business

software offerings delivered via a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) model.



    "PHASE 2 considered other subscription billing solutions but Aria's

deep experience in the subscription billing space is reflected in its

possessing what is clearly the most mature and fully featured product on

the market," said CEO Kevin Doherty. "Aria represents cutting edge

technology in billing and customer management, which reflects that of our

own services and will allow us to translate a consistent message and user

experience to our customers and partners."



    PHASE 2 will use Aria's billing and customer lifecycle management

solution to support their pay-as-you-go software applications and employ

Aria's business management tools and customer care suite to expand and

enhance their reseller program. Aria's channel management tools will

provide Phase 2 with the ability to offer unique pricing and packaging per

reseller and to track and manage their sales and commissions.



    "For the last five years, Aria has provided companies with a flexible

platform on which businesses can easily expand sales and gain a critical

competitive advantage by designing custom pricing and multi-tiered plans

for their direct and reseller sales," said Ed Sullivan, CEO of Aria

Systems. "A savvy SaaS company like PHASE 2 will be able to optimize Aria's

services and take full advantage of the cost-saving benefits and revenue

enhancement opportunities available to our clients."

    About Aria Systems



    Aria Systems is the leading provider of subscription billing solutions

and offers the only "monetization platform" encompassing the full spectrum

of Billing and Customer Lifecycle Management services. The "monetization

platform" offers clients the on-demand billing industry's most flexible

tool for accelerating revenue capture, optimizing cash flow, and enabling

actionable market intelligence while significantly reducing operating costs

throughout each phase of the customer lifecycle. Acknowledged as the SaaS

billing leader in terms of experience and execution, Aria manages and

maintains more than 1 million accounts and has processed more than 1

billion transactions since it began operations in 2003. With Hummer Winblad

and software billing icon Dave Labuda as investors, the company is based in

Media, Pa. (metropolitan Philadelphia), with offices in the San Francisco

bay area as well. For more information, visit http://www.ariasystems.com.



    About PHASE 2 International



    PHASE 2 International delivers affordable and scalable access to

high-end business software applications via a Software as a

Service-SaaS--model. Ideal for businesses of all sizes, and especially

practical for small-to-medium- sized businesses, the hosted applications

available through PHASE 2 currently include Microsoft SharePoint, Exchange,

Project Server, CRM and Office Communicator along with PHASE2's

ShareMeeting and award-winning ShareCAD Pro. All of PHASE 2's business

applications are delivered across the web to enable on-demand access to

corporate information whenever and wherever in the world the user happens

to be. PHASE 2's SaaS solutions provide cutting edge security, scalability

for future requirements, automatic data back-up and a reliable,

state-of-the-art infrastructure that removes the burden and risks of

hosting solutions internally.