Google has agreed that Satama Interactive could become a channel partner for Google Analytics. In April 2006 the contract with Google was won by Aboavista Oy, a recently acquired subsidiary of Satama Interactive. Google allowed Satama to take over the deal under the terms agreed by Aboavista back in April. This means that Satama are now authorized by Google to support, consult and implement Google Analytics on their clients' websites as well as sell licenses and support for other Google software.

Satama Metrics Team will add Google Analytics to their portfolio of tools and continue to improve their knowledge base around web analytics in general. Satama currently consults with HBX (WebSideStory), Omniture, CoreMetrics, TNS Metrix, WTM, WebTrends, IRIS Metrics, IndexTools and Speed-Trap.

Steve Jackson, eBusiness Analyst at Satama and former CEO of Aboavista said: "Google broke the mold when they gave away Google Analytics for free. We finally have a feature-rich, enterprise-level, audited tool which can be used to measure on-site visitor behavior without any cost. It allows companies that before perhaps only concentrated on visitor and page view metrics for the purposes of attracting advertisers to learn how to utilize web analytics to achieve business objectives. It's very difficult to become a Google Analytics channel partner. Satama are the only company in Finland with this accreditation and one of only two in the entire Nordic region."

Because of the understandably high demand for Google Analytics there is a long waiting list to obtain an account. Satama have however been given access keys so that they can set-up priority customer accounts the same day as needed.

Satama are keen to point out that while the Google Analytics accreditation is very important to them that they remain fully independent of web analytic vendors. Satama will continue to support, consult and implement all the systems they currently work with.

For more information, please contact: Steve Jackson, eBusiness Analyst, Satama, tel. +358 50 343 5159 Mikko Isoniemi, Metrics team leader, senior consultant, Satama, tel. +358 40 746 5188