The improved revenue reflected new customers, expanded purchases by existing customers, and increased Medicare reimbursements, the company said.
Incidentally (but not coincidentally), Wine.com launched a new marketplace earlier this week ahead of Amazon's news, which offers its customers expanded access to wines with limited distribution, including both domestic and imported wines.
Likewise, by offering a simpler, cheaper route to band customization, suddenly the pool of potential Apple Watch customers expands.
For some customers, anyway, Starbucks has acted as a gateway into the world of craft coffee, with customers expanding their search of the best cup they can find.
These included service improvements to its Directory division to attract more customers, increasing the number of credit customers, expanding overseas and building sales of homeware products.
"SAP has always prided itself in providing an open business process platform, and the efforts by third-party companies like Yammer to bring their capabilities to our customers expands the reach and usability of our solutions," wrote Jim Dever, a spokesman for SAP, in an e-mail.
This year, WGL expects to draw in 14,000 customers, expanding its customer base by a solid 1.4%.
Dinsdale thinks that could happen as Chinese customers expand internationally.
Importantly, we are also seeing our customers expand their relationship with Castlight as we build out our platform," Castlight co-founder Giovanni Colella said.
Both Enki and Layered use 3tera's program, known as AppLogic, to create the virtual data centers that they host for their clients; the software lets their customers expand or contract the resources they need in seconds, literally by dragging and dropping components on a computer screen.
Best Buy believes the combined capabilities of the two companies will allow it to build stronger relationships with customers, expand the number of subscribers, and capture recurring revenue by offering ongoing value over a mobile digital platform.
