APPCARA CHOSEN BY SRI LANKA TELECOM TO POWER ENTERPRISE APP STORE IN NATION’S MOST POWERFUL CLOUD COMPUTING SERVICE

SOURCE: Appcara Inc.

Milpitas, CA – (DATE) –Appcara Inc., a provider of multi-cloud and application automation solutions, announced today that its key application deployment/management product, App360, has been selected by Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT) to power a major element of that company’s nationwide cloud computing service, Akaza. App360 is the main enabling technology behind the Akaza App Marketplace, a selection of popular enterprise applications that businesses can access virtually via the cloud to save money and improve productivity for their organizations.

Akaza has redefined cloud computing for much of the national Sri Lankan business community. Connected to the largest fiber optic backbone in the country, Akaza offers a vast array of virtual infrastructure, software, communications and desktop services, delivered to subscribers on an as-needed basis. The service is offered by SLT, the largest service provider in Sri Lanka for voice and data networks as well as cloud and managed services.

With Appcara’s App360 at its core, SLT’s Akaza App Marketplace provides business users with a pool of enterprise and mobile software applications in a diverse range of categories including CRM, CMS, Business Intelligence (BI), database, and collaboration, tailored for various vertical markets. App360 is the industry’s most efficient solution for deploying and managing enterprise applications in public and private clouds. With App360, users can easily launch enterprise apps into any cloud or multi-cloud environment. The solution offers a number of features specifically for cloud service providers like SLT, including a customizable, private-labeled user interface and the ability to integrate with a provider’s authentication, billing and monitoring systems.

“The economy in Sri Lanka has been experiencing rapid growth in recent years. Most enterprises are modernizing and enhancing their IT infrastructure to scale corresponding to the growth of their business” stated Irshad Deen, General Manager (Enterprise Solutions) of Sri Lanka Telecom. “Appcara’s App360 enables us to easily package SaaS and deploy apps for on-demand consumption. With that, Akaza offers enterprise customers a very competitive suite of cloud solutions including Apps for the local market so they can accelerate their transition to the cloud and gain efficiencies.”

“Visionary cloud service providers like Sri Lanka Telecom realize the incredible opportunity to support their business customers by offering popular business applications via the cloud,” noted John Yung, founder and CEO of Appcara. “App360 is uniquely suited not only for this important purpose, but also as a way for enterprise customers to easily deploy and migrate their own apps into the cloud. We’re pleased that we can help SLT deliver world-class service to their business users through their selection of App360.”

To learn more about Appcara’s App360 software-defined cloud application platform, visit www.appcara.com.

About Appcara:

Appcara has one goal in mind: to offer the most advanced software platform for provisioning and managing applications in public and private cloud environments. Its flagship product, App360, is the industry’s most efficient software-defined platform for deploying and managing enterprise applications in public and private clouds. Headquartered in Milpitas, CA with additional offices in Hong Kong and Singapore, Appcara’s team of engineers and business leaders have established Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) services for some of the world’s top cloud computing technology companies and service providers. Visit www.appcara.com.