Tucows Releases Platypus 5.1
Friday, August 05, 2005
Tucows Inc., a web services provider, yesterday announced the launch of Platypus 5.1, the first Platypus release with support and integration for other Tucows services, domains and Blogware.
Platypus 5.1 includes new features and functionality like integration with OpenSRS and Blogware, enhanced PHP customer web interfaces, new customer upgrade & downgrade capabilities and right-click 'service command' functionality. According to Tucows, these releases make it easier for service providers that use Platypus or the Tucows client code suite to automate the sale of its services such as Blogware, to bundle Tucows and service provider services with greater flexibility, as well as make it easier for service providers that sell domains with Tucows to provide billing and customer care.
In addition, Tucows is releasing a new version of its OpenSRS client code suite for service providers, which provides real benefits when used in connection with Platypus 5.1, claims the company. The new client code suite allows service providers to easily create a better-quality buying process for services and enhances a service provider's ability to market and merchandise Internet services.
"We knew Platypus did a great job of billing, provisioning and customer care for ISPs and we also knew that in order to meet the needs of themarket today it had to continue to evolve. Today, service providers need to bill, provision and support multiple services. They need more bundling and pricing flexibility," said Elliot Noss, CEO of Tucows.
