Putting the web to work for you.
To build a technology-based personal assistant has been the “Holy Grail” quest in the technology sector for decades. People, for work and life, spend hours managing scores of user-names, passwords, applications, calendars, contacts, and devices in a manual and time-consuming fashion. The information age has overwhelmed individuals with a dizzying amount of data, impeding their productivity and therefore prompted countless companies to search for a solution. The leaders of these companies were ahead of their time trying to build PDAs, networks, intranets and Web-services platforms before there was the technology infrastructure to support it.
Fortunately the timing was right for Rearden Commerce. Founded in 1999, the company was able to harness existing technology infrastructures and leverage Web services to develop a single, personalized application that approximates a personal Internet assistant: the Rearden Personal Assistant™.
Since it was founded, the company continues to deliver on its vision to provide the world with an on-demand personal assistant for work and life that makes people wonder how they ever lived without it.
A platform built to house an ecosystem.
In parallel, it developed the Rearden Commerce™ Platform, a highly scalable single-instance, on-demand delivery platform that manages more than 160,000 trusted suppliers that connects to millions of users via the Rearden Personal Assistant.
Rearden Commerce is always expanding and integrating new content, applications and suppliers into the Rearden Commerce™ Ecosystem. In 2008, the company acquired ExpenseWire, an on-demand expense management application and Global Ground Automation, a leader in the ground transportation industry. More than 55 TMCs including industry leader American Express Business Travel are successfully reselling the Rearden Personal Assistant to thousands of businesses throughout the United States. Additionally, in 2009, JP Morgan Chase launched a new online credit card rewards program which is powered by the Rearden Commerce Platform.
What it means for you.
The benefit to businesses is clear: the Rearden Commerce™ Platform helps businesses, large and small, gain complete cost controls. It also helps companies set and manage spending policies, designate preferred vendors, and ultimately reduce the amount of money employees spend on services such as travel, dining, shipping, web conferencing and more.
Individuals, on the other hand, have the ultimate convenience of accessing these suppliers and their services via one Web or mobile application. Think of it as a concierge for your life that not only finds, schedules, and manages your services, but also automatically makes sure all the details are on your calendar, sends invitations to your friends and colleagues, and notifies you when anything changes.
With a focus in the United States and growing customer-base in the UK, Rearden Commerce boasts two million users through its 5000 customers.
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