Watchfire and Corporate Renaissance Group (CRG), a pair
of Ottawa-based companies, have formed an alliance to offer website
management and services to enterprise businesses.
Under the terms of the strategic agreement, Watchfire will lend
its software to help companies manage their online content and
applications. The software includes WebQ, a website quality testing
tool; Bobby, a website accessibility testing tool; and WebXM, its
website management platform.
CRG will focus its attention on the service aspect of the
relationship, handling an organisation’s web or e-business efforts
through its Shared, Business Intelligence, Activity-based and
Performance Measurement services. In addition, CRG will also be
given the rights to resell Watchfire’s software solutions.
Watchfire is an existing CRG client and user of the Microsoft
Great Plains product, an enterprise resource planning system.
Focusing on the medium to large-scale enterprises, a
spokesperson at CRG said that initially, CRG and Watchfire existing
customers will necessarily compose the targeted market segment for
the solution.
The companies will also focus on the government and financial
service industries. Industry Canada is already a Watchfire
customer, as the company was charged with overseeing its online
government project last year.