Relativity Services and Aberdeen Group Partner

LOUISVILLE, Ky., Nov. 3, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Relativity Services announced a newly formed partnership with Aberdeen Group which promises to be mutually beneficial.  Aberdeen Group will periodically seek input from Relativity Service subscribers for its primary research while providing subscribers with unlimited access to the Aberdeen Vault.  The Aberdeen Vault contains Aberdeen's entire active research repository including Benchmark and Best Practices Reports, Business Value Research Analysis, Market Perspectives, Research Briefs and Sector Insights.

"We are very pleased to offer additional value to our subscribers through this partnership," said President of Relativity Services, Dennis P. Buckley.  "Relativity's mission is to be a resource for professional Maintenance, Repair and Operations (MRO) buyers and sellers to compare and improve pricing, practices and results.  Aberdeen's research is a natural extension of this offering that will allow subscribers to access and benchmark against Aberdeen's research on Supply Chain Management (SCM); Manufacturing and Product Innovation; and Engineering as well as, participate in research."  

"The research partnership between Aberdeen Group and Relativity Services will prove extremely valuable as both organizations strive to provide high quality resources to procurement, sourcing and SCM professionals," stated Chris Dwyer, senior analyst of Global Supply Management for Aberdeen Group.  "Relativity Services' members will have access to Aberdeen's full library for the industry's most up-to-date fact-based research, and will be able to benchmark themselves against industry peers.  We look forward to a collaboration that will widen the professional networks and heighten market awareness for both organizations."

About Relativity Services LLC

Relativity Services(SM) is a subscription-based, pricing intelligence service that provides an item-level view of what high volume, professional buyers and sellers are achieving in the marketplace today.  This purchasing data spans a large number of Maintenance Repair and Operations product categories paired with benchmarking tools and strategic sourcing strategies enabling members to achieve optimized MRO pricing.  For more information about Relativity Services(SM), visit www.relativityservices.com

About Aberdeen Group, A Harte-Hanks Company

Aberdeen is a leading provider of fact-based research and market intelligence that delivers demonstrable results. Having benchmarked more than 30,000 companies in the past two years, Aberdeen is uniquely positioned to educate users to action: driving market awareness, creating demand, enabling sales, and delivering meaningful return-on-investment analysis. As the trusted advisor to the global technology markets, corporations turn to Aberdeen for insights that drive decisions. For additional information, visit Aberdeen www.aberdeen.com: or call (617) 723-7890.

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