Codeless Platforms and GCI Announce Partnership Agreement for SMS Services

POOLE, U.K. - Jan. 19, 2018 - PRLog -- Codeless Platforms today announced that following a partnership agreement, GCI will become its exclusive SMS service provider. As a result, Codeless Platforms' BPA Platform (formerly TaskCentre) will be fully compatible with GCI's SMS gateways and SMS messaging API, and GCI's SMS services will be recommended to customers that require the ability to communicate with stakeholders via SMS.

Matthew Lidster, Managing Director, Codeless Platforms: "SMS messaging has been intrinsic to BPA Platform since 2002 and continues to be one of the key offerings to our customers. It is an extremely effective way for businesses to communicate, delivering information in real-time, which is essential for many of our customers. GCI's SMS Services are now the preferred option to deliver this communication channel and we are extremely happy to have signed this partnership agreement with GCI. It will provide both existing and new customers with access to a modern SMS platform that is competitively priced."

Scott Threlfall, Head of Mobile Services, GCI: "GCI Mobile Services are delighted to welcome Codeless Platforms as a mobile partner. As we move into 2018, our partner channel will become ever more important to our growth plans. Identifying key partners like Codeless Platforms is key to that growth being successful. Codeless Platforms is not only defined by its fantastic client base, it also has a fantastic team, exciting products and a definitive strategy that fits into the way we want to work with partners."

Business to consumer (B2C) SMS, as well as business to business (B2B), has had somewhat of a resurgence of late, having proven to be a reliable and effective communication tool, with most SMS messages being opened within three seconds of receipt. In fact, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) estimated that over 7 billion business to consumer text messages will have been sent throughout 2017.

The popularity of the Notifications and Alerts capability (https://www.codelessplatforms.com/business-process-automa...) within BPA Platform is testament to this. It enables Codeless Platforms' customers to automate the sending of SMS messages to both internal (management, sales, finance, operations) and external (customers, partners, suppliers, members) covering a wide range of topics ranging from critical alerts and customer communication to data management alerts and marketing.

In conjunction with this new partnership announcement, Codeless Platforms will be issuing an end-of-life date for its current BPA Platform SMS tool, M-Science.

About Codeless Platforms

Founded in 1999, Codeless Platforms is at the forefront of rapid application development and business process automation. We have a proven track record of developing and delivering agile, flexible and robust next generation software solutions, empowering businesses to get the most from their data as well as the ability to respond to the rapidly changing business demands of today. Our knowledge of the marketplace and channel has grown in line with this development and established us as a highly experienced and reputable software company, fully endorsed by software vendors (Access, Infor, Microsoft, Sage and SAP) and partners who have the confidence to invest in Codeless Platforms. With over 450 global partners, more than 7000 customers use Codeless Platforms' software solutions, ranging from diverse global organisations to the small local enterprise. The company is headquartered in Poole, UK, with representative offices throughout the world. Learn more at www.codelessplatforms.com

About GCI

Multi-award winning GCI is one of the UK's leading Managed IT Service Providers, with offices across the UK. GCI excels in helping customers transform their business through use of innovative, contemporary, and robust IT services. Whether a customer's requirements include Unified Communications, Cloud, Compliance & Security or Network aspects, GCI is able to provide a fully managed service to meet their digital needs as their businesses (and the environments they operate within) change and evolve. Specialists in Microsoft Skype for Business and PCI Compliant Contact Centre Services, GCI serves a range of vertical markets both directly and through accredited partners.