E.BISCOM GROUP AGREEMENT FOR ASP SERVICES
Antex human resources management software available on B2Biscom's eBixtrade.it portal
Milan, 28 May 2001 - B2Biscom, the e.Biscom group company that specialises in B2B e-commerce project development and Application Service Provisioning, today announced an agreement with Antexonline, the company that Web-enables the knowhow and competencies of the Antex group, Italy's leading provider of human resources management services. The agreement will enhance B2Biscom's offer of ASP software solutions and online services on its business-to-business portal, eBixtrade.it.
B2Biscom's ASP offer allows companies to use software tools without the high initial outlay for licences and hardware, simply by accessing the eBixtrade.it portal. In other words, ASP is the software equivalent of services outsourcing.
Through the partnership with Antexonline, B2Biscom will now be able to flank the business accounting software it already offers on eBixtrade.it with a variety of online services for human resources management, including payroll management and completion of tax returns. It will shortly be adding a number of other services, such as facsimiles of letters and circulars for routine personnel management, updates on new legislation, administrative due dates.
"The agreement with Antexonline means we can extend the ASP software offer on eBixtrade.it and so create further value for companies using our services," said B2Biscom Chief Executive Officer Giuseppe Caruso. "I believe online personnel administration support can help businesses simplify HR management procedures and cut costs. We shall soon also be enhancing our ASP offer with an Office Automation solution."
"Thanks to this agreement, companies can now outsource personnel administration or make use of online consultancy services, with a cost-effectiveness ratio that would have been impossible only a few months ago," said Antexonline Chairman Umberto Signorini. "Our ASPs give enterprises realtime access to information, competencies, management and operating tools that leverage the superior expertise Antex has built up in more than forty years of activity in personnel administration."