Seamless Technology Inc. Announces Top Ranking and Record Sales Order Backlog for its e-Learning Subsidiary; Company Announces I
08 Noviembre 2005 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
Seamless Technology Inc. (OTC: SLSX) (www.seamlesstech.com), today
announced its subsidiary Pinneast.com, Inc. (www.pinneast.com) has
been ranked among the top companies in the e-Learning industry.
Brandon Hall, one of the foremost authorities on e-Learning and
industry trends has profiled Pinneast for the second time in two
years in their annual report on leading custom content vendors.
Pinneast was selected from over 1,000 vendors and, in a survey
included with the report, was among the top 20 most frequently
mentioned in a survey of 200 individuals responsible for the
purchasing and management of e-Learning. The survey is part of an
in-depth study of buying habits in a market where, according to
Brandon Hall, most outsourcing partners are chosen by "word of
mouth." Other firms in the top 20 include Accenture Learning
(NYSE:ACN), IBM (NYSE:IBM), Skillsoft (NasdaqNM:SKIL) and Thompson
NETg (NYSE:TOC). A complete copy of the report, as well as
excerpts, is available from
http://www.brandonhall.com/public/publications/cckb/section1.htm.
The Company also announced that through October 31, 2005, Pinneast
achieved a $1.3 million order backlog by gaining new contracts with
Northrop Grumman for providing e-Learning services directly to the
U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command; concluding a renewable,
multi-year contract with the Dow Chemical Company for e-Learning
courseware design development and consulting; and gaining contracts
with numerous other Fortune 500 clients, including GlaxoSmithKlein,
BMW Manufacturing, and Wachovia, for course development, consulting
and technical services. It is expected that this backlog will be
billed over the next 6 months, with the Company expected to achieve
average gross margins of 30% from such contracts. For 2005 Pinneast
also renewed it strategic agreements with SumTotal Systems,
(NasdaqNM:SUMT), the e-Learning industry's dominant learning
management software provider. Under the agreements, Pinneast
operates SumTotal's Content Integration Laboratory, which tests and
certifies courseware from third party vendors on a "for fee" basis,
and is also the exclusive global reseller to third parties for
SumTotal's content developer's software. It is anticipated that
this strategic agreement will result in gross revenues for Pinneast
of approximately $150,000 in 2006. In addition to its custom
e-Learning services, Pinneast's revenues have also derived from
developing and providing services for corporate and commercial
training portals. Pinneast uses its own Learning Content Management
System to which it has added an e-commerce capability. Clients are
primarily small to mid-sized companies which may not have the
capability to build and host their own portal. In early 2006
Pinneast plans to roll out a major update to the software for
licensing to customers for installation on their own servers.
Improvements will include those that are in high demand in the
global e-Learning market, such as a multi-language capability and
the ability to take courses off-line, which is particularly
important in many regions of the world where reliable connections
are an issue. Pinneast is using Fifth Wave technology and concepts
to rapidly roll out the Learning Management System in .net format
and expects the beta test to be completed in the fourth quarter of
2005. According to Bersin and Associates the Learning Management
System market is $US 350 million annually growing at a rate of 26%
per year, and the initial license cost for a system with 1000 users
is $83 per user, with additional annual maintenance fees of 20%.
According to the Pinneast's President, Brian Popken, "Pinneast has
achieved this high level of recognition, sales, and growth
potential, by adopting a business-to-business model that provides
'end-to-end' e-Learning products and services that help clients
optimize efficiency and profitability. The result is that our
clients seek us out. They understand that unlike our competitors,
we have the ability to do more than just design effective
e-Learning programs. We have the technical skills to ensure that
our programs will work in our client's delivery system and its
operating environment. Additionally, we have been preparing for
rapid growth by restructuring our operations to employ a mix of on-
and offshore resources, and investing in research and development.
We are also busy kicking off a national marketing campaign and have
contracted for a series of branding and product promotion ads in
our industry trade journals. We also plan on one or more exhibits
at industry shows. Combined with our existing base of major
clients, key government contracts, strategic partnerships, and new
product rollouts, projected revenues should increase to a minimum
of $2.2 million in 2006 and $3.3 million in 2007, with projected
EBITDA over $800,000 in 2006, and over $1.3 million in 2007. We
believe strongly that the secret to success is being ready for the
opportunity--then making it happen." ABOUT SEAMLESS TECHNOLGY INC.:
Seamless Technology is a public holding company for Internet based
technology companies. It presently owns two established technology
companies with excellent industry name recognition and reputations.
The Company has located other synergistic businesses that it
intends to acquire prior to the end of 2005. The first subsidiary
owned by Seamless is Pinneast Inc. (www.pinneast.com), a eleven
year-old e-Learning services provider, which is one of the only
e-Learning companies that survived the shakeout caused by the
bursting of the Internet bubble, because of its large government
and Fortune 500 clients. The Company will recognize gross revenues
in 2005 of a minimum of $1.4 million with an EBITDA of
approximately $400,000. The Company's projected revenues should
increase to a minimum of $2.265 million in 2006 and $3.3 million in
2007, with projected EBITDA of $823,000 in 2006 and $1.347,402 in
2007. The Company has achieved a sustainable level of profitability
due to the multi-year contracts that it has with its clients.
Furthermore, the Company has a present order backlog exceeding
$1.3m, including 2 contracts from the US-Army. Other customers of
Pinneast include Dow Chemical, Wachovia, Volvo Trucks, Delta
Airlines and Johnson and Johnson, among others. The Company offers
web based course management, learning management systems, LMS
hosting and e-Learning technical support. Unlike its competitors,
who offer a product that is one size fits all, Pinneast is capable
of designing e-Learning products that are tailored to the specific
needs of each client. The second subsidiary is Merchandizer Inc.
(www.merchandizer.com), which is a seven year old eCommerce
software company and service provider that provides end to end
online services for small to medium sized companies that want to
expand their marketing to the Internet sales channel. The Company's
clients number approximately 3,000, with such well-known names as
Dole Plantations, Total Discount Vitamins, Go-To Forms and Kids
Customs. The Company's software has been awarded the PC Magazine's
Editor's Choice Award as tops in its field. The key feature of the
software is that it allows users to add customized design features,
as opposed to most of its competitors that require that the
merchant/client have a store that looks like all other stores
utilizing the same software. Merchandizer keeps its software
up-to-date with the latest advances in Internet marketing, and its
ecommerce software has an exclusive Internet marketing feature
built into its software that allows the merchants/clients to
optimize their entire catalog and categories for search engines,
and achieve very high ranking, including the first and second pages
in the search engines, such as Google and Yahoo. Merchandizer also
provides a wide range of templates that enable web designers to
customize sites. This allows merchants/clients, without design
flair, to build a respectable looking eCommerce site by simply
picking pre-packaged design themes, and then choosing from the 30
built-in templates designed to suit every catalog layout
requirement. The Company also aids its clients with web promotion
and online marketing services, including Search Engine Optimization
that increases the presence of the site on the web, and thereby
attracts more customers to the client's site. The Company will
recognize gross revenues in 2005 of approximately $200,000 with an
EBITDA of $50,000. The Company is projecting gross revenues in 2006
of $1,800,000 increasing to gross revenues of $2,572,000 in 2007,
with a projected EBITDA of $723,385 in 2006 and $1,470,000 in 2007.
Seamless has consolidated gross assets of over $4,400,000 and net
shareholders equity of $3,100,000. The Company's consolidated
revenues have increased from $388,000 in 2004, and a loss of
($451,000) to 2005 gross revenues of $1,600,000 and an EBITDA of
$350,000. The Company, without considering the imminent strategic
acquisitions mentioned above, is projected to increase gross
revenues to $4,065,000 in 2006 and $4,873,000 in 2007, with
projected EBITDA of approximately $1,366,000 in 2006 and 2,500,000
in 2007. FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS: Statements about the Company's
future expectations, including future revenues and earnings, and
all other statements in this press release other than historical
facts are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of
section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, Section 21E of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and as the term is defined in the
Private Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The Company's actual results
could differ materially from expected results. The Company
undertakes no obligation to update forward-looking statements to
reflect subsequently occurring events or circumstances. Should
events occur which materially affect any comments made within this
press release; the Company will appropriately inform the public.
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