- Africa's leading CRM provider set to distribute the UK's most popular
web based CRM system -

LONDON, Nov. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- AdvanceNet, http://www.advancenet.co.za/home.htm
Africa's leading CRM provider, announced today that it will be distributing
simple hosted CRM systems from the UK's largest online CRM vendor, Really Simple
Systems http://www.reallysimplesystems.com/ throughout Africa. AdvanceNet will
be adding Really Simple Systems web based CRM to its portfolio of traditional
in-house CRM products including Pivotal and Microsoft Dynamics.



For 20 years, AdvanceNet has been providing sophisticated business solutions for
clients in over 30 African countries in industries ranging from mining and
logistics to financial services, telecommunications and government. AdvanceNet
has achieved significant success in the South African marketed by placing CRM at
the heart of business and technology alignment, and will look to build on this
with online CRM from Really Simple Systems.



Phil Hemsley, managing director of AdvanceNet, said, "The combination of ease of
use, reliability and speed over limited Internet connections make Really Simple
Systems Hosted CRM the ideal product for African companies looking for a
Software as a Service solution."



"The Really Simple Systems offering was really cost-effective - some others were
as much as ten times the price," says Gavin Green, managing director of African
Corporate Cleaning Services and an early adopter of Really Simple Systems web
based CRM in Johannesburg. Green adds, "We also liked the hosted aspect - we did
look at some 'on-premise' solutions, but decided they weren't for us. We wanted
the ease, security and reliability of a hosted solution."



Earlier this year, online CRM provider Really Simple Systems announced a joint
venture between themselves and resellers 4Growth Inc. in Toronto. This latest
deal with AdvanceNet, coupled with recent reports from Gartner indicating that
SaaS revenue will grow by 18% in 2009(1), further demonstrates the global demand
for simple hosted CRM solutions and the shift to SaaS which looks set to
continue into 2010.




(1) http://www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=1223818



About AdvanceNet

AdvanceNet is Africa's leading IT solutions provider delivering Infrastructure
Solutions, Financial Management Solutions, Customer Relationship Management
Solutions, Performance Management Solutions and Mobility Management Solutions.
In business for over 20 years, AdvanceNet has developed into a mature,
multi-faceted company offering sophisticated business solutions throughout
Africa. This ability to deliver measurable business value is what makes
AdvanceNet's offering more than simply a comprehensive suite of excellent
software, hardware and network infrastructure products.

www.advancenet.co.za



About Really Simple Systems

Really Simple Systems Hosted CRM is aimed at small and medium sized
organisations with between 5 and 200 people who want a straightforward hosted
CRM sales, marketing and support system. The hosted model is particularly
suitable for companies with multiple locations and sales people who work
remotely or at home. Really Simple Systems, winner of the Software Satisfaction
Award 2008 Small Business Software CRM, is the largest United Kingdom provider
of hosted CRM systems with offices in the UK, North America and Australia. Users
include the Royal Academy of Arts, the British Library and the Department of
Health as well as many small and medium sized companies.

www.reallysimplesystems.com





For further information, please contact:
John Paterson
Really Simple Systems
Tel +44 (0)1730 823300
www.reallysimplesystems.com

Max Deeley
Itpr
Tel +44 (0)1932 578 800
www.itpr.co.uk






SOURCE Really Simple Systems