Rimini Street, the leading independent provider of enterprise software support for SAP's (NYSE: SAP) Business Suite and BusinessObjects software and Oracle Corporation's (NYSE: ORCL) Siebel, PeopleSoft, JD Edwards, E-Business Suite, Oracle Database, Oracle Middleware, Hyperion and Oracle Retail software, today announced its financial results for the three months ended 31 March 2015.
Rimini Street's first quarter results included record highs in net revenue and deferred revenue. Also, the number of clients electing multi-year, non-cancellable service periods is a record for fiscal first quarters.
* Net revenues for the first fiscal quarter of 2015 increased 40% year-over-year to $25.9 million.
* Deferred revenues as of 31 March 2015 increased 43% year-over-year to $86.8 million.
The above information is preliminary and subject to the completion of quarter-end financial processes and review.
Notable Q1 2015 achievements:
* Surpassed 1 000 signed clients since inception;
* Signed first client headquartered in China, a $40 billion chemical conglomerate;
* Signed first client headquartered in South Africa, one of Africa's largest steel distributors;
* Signed 66 new transactions, a record number of new clients in a fiscal first quarter;
* Hired 58 new employees worldwide, expanding the global workforce to more than 500 employees;
* Resolved thousands of client support cases with an average response time of less than five minutes and average client satisfaction rating of 4.8 out of five (where five equals "excellent"); and
* Delivered over 90 000 global tax, legal, and regulatory updates to date, across more than 100 countries.
"We exceeded our fiscal first quarter plan and surpassed the milestone of 1 000 clients signed since inception, a direct result of the success and value Oracle and SAP licensees are achieving with a switch to Rimini Street's innovative and robust support offering," said Seth Ravin, CEO, Rimini Street. "Today, we further extend our vision by launching Rimini Street's next-generation enterprise software support model. We are grateful for and honoured by the opportunity to serve each and every client who has made our global growth and success possible, and we remain committed to bringing the most innovative and cost-effective enterprise software support services to our current and future clients."
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Rimini Street is the global leader in providing independent enterprise software support services. The company has redefined enterprise support services since 2005 with an innovative, award-winning programme that enables Oracle and SAP licensees to save up to 90% on total support costs. Clients can remain on their current software release without any required upgrades for at least 15 years. Over 1 000 global, Fortune 500, midmarket, and public sector organisations from a broad range of industries have selected Rimini Street as their trusted, independent support provider. To learn more, please visit www.riministreet.com or call within the USA 888-870-9692 or internationally +1 702-839-9671.
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