Pitney Bowes (NYSE:PBI), a global technology company providing innovative products and solutions to power commerce, has been selected as the 2016 Ventana Research Business Technology Leadership Award winner in Cloud Computing for innovative work with Aria Systems.

The annual 2016 Ventana Research Business Technology Leadership Awards recognize noteworthy industry leaders that have effectively leveraged their people, processes, information and technology to achieve the best results. The Cloud Computing award is presented to the company that has best utilized cloud computing to deliver notably improved business efficiency and effectiveness.

"The Leadership Awards are the most prestigious annual industry awards today. They acknowledge and honor individuals, organizations, supporting vendors and consulting firms for their accomplishments using technology to drive exceptional results in achieving their goals and objectives," said Mark Smith, CEO and chief research officer of Ventana Research. "I would like to personally congratulate all the Leadership Award winners – individuals and companies that have gone the extra mile to advance the use of technology through best practices and leadership."

Pitney Bowes chose Aria’s Cloud-based Monetization Platform as the key billing and monetization component of the new Pitney Bowes Commerce Cloud Platform, a commerce enabler, providing access to solutions, analytics and APIs across the full commerce continuum with speed and agility to help clients identify customers, locate opportunities, enable communications, power shipping from anywhere to everywhere, and manage payments.

“With Aria, we are able to quickly respond to our customers’ needs in terms of product and service offerings at a speed that was once unthinkable with traditional technology,” said Joseph Schmitt, Vice President and Chief Information Officer of Pitney Bowes. “We are honored to accept this prestigious award for Cloud Computing.”

About Aria Systems

Aria Systems’ cloud billing and monetization platform is the consensus analyst choice, top ranked by leading research firms. Innovative enterprises like Adobe, Philips, and Zipcar depend on Aria to accelerate time to market and increase flexibility, enabling them to maximize customer value and grow recurring revenue through subscription and usage-based offerings. For more information, visit www.ariasystems.com.

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About Pitney Bowes

Pitney Bowes (NYSE:PBI) is a global technology company powering billions of transactions – physical and digital – in the connected and borderless world of commerce. Clients around the world, including 90 percent of the Fortune 500, rely on products, solutions and services from Pitney Bowes in the areas of customer information management, location intelligence, customer engagement, shipping, mailing, and global ecommerce. And with the innovative Pitney Bowes Commerce Cloud, clients can access the broad range of Pitney Bowes solutions, analytics, and APIs to drive commerce. For additional information visit Pitney Bowes, the Craftsmen of Commerce, at www.pitneybowes.com.