Online Tech Hosts Humax Corporation’s On-demand Software Applications

(Ann Arbor, MI—August 1, 20060 Online Technologies Corporation (OTC) announced that it has been selected by Ann Arbor-based Humax Corporation to provide a managed dedicated server and backup disaster prevention services that host Humax Corporation’s unique online collaborative application, the Online Reciprocity Ring™ (VRR™). The contract calls for OTC to deliver Internet based hosting services in one of OTC’s three Great Lakes located data centers, including redundant connectivity, managed firewall services, and 24-hour access to servers running Humax’s online application Online Reciprocity Ring. 

Humax Corporation’s Online Reciprocity Ring™ is a powerful online collaboration tool that builds collaborative connections, collective resources and shared knowledge while enabling a network of mutual support, teamwork and trust in an enterprise. Developed for project teams, communities of practice, affinity groups, and management networks, the Online Reciprocity Ring significantly improves the performance of any group of people who share a common purpose and want to work together more effectively and efficiently. The web-based interface streamlines and focuses communication among group members and fosters mutually beneficial interactions.  Humax has shown that this practice of “reciprocity” produces significant business benefits, with financial returns often more than five times the initial investment within the first year.  The Online Reciprocity Ring delivers sustainable advantages by improving information flow, spurring innovation, and energizing organizational performance. 

“Our customers, including Fortune 500 firms, demand the VRR application be hosted in a highly-secure and reliable facility to insure 24 x 7 application availability. Humax needed a provider that was accessible and flexible enough to meet our immediate need to launch our on-demand VRR application and also able to quickly scale with our business volume,” said Cheryl Baker, Managing Partner and CEO of Humax Corporation. “The team at OTC partnered with us to plan and build the best solution for our current and future technology needs, plus we like the fact that they are local and willing to meet in person to discuss our needs.”

“Humax Corporation’s development of their Online Reciprocity Ring is another great example of an established, growing service organization using the power of the Internet to take their business to the next level.  We’re excited that Humax has chosen OTC for our trademark capabilities of being flexible, accessible and industrial” said Ty Myers, Vice President of Sales at OTC.  “The software as service delivery model depends upon a reliable, scalable hosting infrastructure for the Humax VRR on-demand application as well as a technology growth path for Humax Corporation to leverage as its business continues to excel.  We’re proud to be their partner in launching this exciting new capability.”

About Humax Corporation

Humax Corporation is the pioneer in the use of social capital research, assessment, training, and tools to help organizations and communities become more effective, productive and professionally rewarding.  Humax works with Fortune 500 enterprises and leading organizations to leverage and grow social capital by building networks, and training team leaders on a proven methodology to increase organizational performance.   Building on a suite of tools and workshops, the Online Reciprocity Ring extends and leverages social capital throughout the organization.   Humax Corporation, a privately held company, is located in Ann Arbor, Michigan and on the web at www.humaxnetworks.com.  For further information about the Online Reciprocity Ring, please contact Cheryl Baker at 734-769-5047 or email at info@reciprocityring.com.

About Online Tech

Online Technologies Corporation (www.onlinetech.com), a 2005 award winner as one of the “50 Companies to Watch in Michigan” and a 2006 “Fast Track” award winner, has grown from one of Michigan’s first ISPs in 1994 to one of the region’s leading providers of Internet infrastructure and managed services. OTC provides Internet strategies, disaster recovery services and a full complement of Internet Infrastructure solutions—including multiple Great Lakes-based, top-level data centers—to assure companies’ Internet strategies succeed. Flexible, Accessible, Industrial: OTC.