Celerant Technology Again Ranked as Mid-Size Retail Software Vendor Leader

Staten Island, NY (December 21, 2011) – Celerant Technology Corp. again ranks as the top Mid-Size Vendor Leader in the RIS News 2011 Retail Software LeaderBoard Study. The study presents an annual ranking of the top retail software vendors worldwide based on a variety of categories to test performance, innovation, reliability, customer satisfaction and value. Celerant has also placed in the top five overall retail software companies for the fifth year in a row.

"The recognition that we receive from the RIS Leaderboard is invaluable, as it is an honor to again be included in this notable list," stated Ian Goldman, Celerant President and CEO. "We strive to make ongoing additions and improvements to the software, embracing retail software trends and considering new ideas that will allow us to provide a highly developed product to our clients, along with a significant focus on customer satisfaction. We feel that it is this ingenuity and dedication that enables Celerant to again be listed as a top vendor, for five consecutive years."

Celerant provides an advanced, all-in-one software solution that is completely integrated throughout its multi-channel platform. Celerant's top rankings as a Mid-Size Vendor Leader and a Leader in Overall Performance, and identified as a high ranking leader for Customer Satisfaction, Apparel/Footwear and Specialty Retailing, Recommendation, and a leader for Broad Suites.

"One of the interesting things that happens when key business factors are converted into numerical values is the playing field gets leveled between tech supernovas, like Oracle, IBM and SAP, and smaller but equally bright stars, like Celerant Technology, a mid-size retail software leader" stated Joe Skorupa, Editor-In-Chief of RIS News. "Celerant has maintained a strong presence on the Leaderboard, consistently ranking among these top vendors, and is again highlighted for 2011, for its retail software performance, customer satisfaction and broad suite of applications."

RIS received feedback from 241 retail voters who reviewed 99 individual software vendors and submitted 567 vendor evaluations for this study, to comprise the Top 20. The RIS LeaderBoard Study measures a combination of the technical superiority and customer satisfaction of retail software vendors. The votes are taken from qualified retailers during a three-week period in September and the results are shared in December of the same year, after it is tallied by a third-party research firm.


About Celerant Technology
Celerant's Command Retail is an advanced real-time retail management system, which manages all areas of retail including POS, Inventory Management, Warehouse, Distribution Center, Allocation, Multi-Channel/E-Commerce/Kiosk, Mobile Commerce, Data Mining, and Back-office, in a single, integrated system. Our advantage is the flexibility of our Java platform, allowing Celerant professionals to conduct cost-effective analysis and adaptation based on the individual needs of each retailer. The result is a better system that meets the needs of retail businesses and gives them the tools to take Command of their success. For more information regarding Celerant Technology, go to www.celerant.com. For information on the Command Retail product, visit www.commandretail.com.

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