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Bandwidth.com Deploys BigMachines Lean Front-End(R) to Streamline Quote and Configuration Processes.


Fast growing telecommunications provider improves sales efficiency by implementing BigMachines LFE LFE Low Frequency Effects
LFE Lean Front End (software)
LFE Laminar Flow Element
LFE Learning From Experience
LFE Large Final Emitter (environment)
LFE Leicester, Forest, East
 to configure VoIP and managed hosting solutions, integrated with Salesforce.com

CHICAGO & SAN FRANCISCO San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden  -- BigMachines, Inc., the leading provider of on-demand configuration and quoting software, announced today that Bandwidth.com, recognized by Inc Magazine as one of the fastest growing telecommunications companies in the 2006 Inc 500 list, has selected the BigMachines CPP cpp - C preprocessor.  (Configure, Price, Propose) solution through the Salesforce.com AppExchange. Specifically, Bandwidth.com will use BigMachines integrated with Salesforce.com to help their channel partners and direct sales team generate quotes and manage configurations for complex VoIP and managed hosting services.

Bandwidth.com is a complete business communications provider offering business-class VoIP, SIP Trunking, Internet data circuits and Managed Network Services to small and medium businesses.

"BigMachines' system administration tools were a clear advantage, which allowed us to setup and deploy the solution ourselves. No competitors could offer such user-friendly features. Their partner portal also allows us to efficiently manage orders from both internal/direct sales teams and external channel partners, all within the same system," said Scott Barstow, Chief Technology Officer at Bandwidth.com. "Their seamless salesforce.com integration will also provide real-time visibility to our sales pipeline across these multiple channels."

BigMachines LFE is tightly integrated with Bandwidth.com's salesforce.com CRM (Customer Relationship Management) An integrated information system that is used to plan, schedule and control the presales and postsales activities in an organization.  system to provide a single view of customer data, in addition to automatically updating sales forecasts as quotes and orders are created and changed.

Godard Abel, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board.  of BigMachines, stated, "We are delighted that Bandwidth.com has deployed BigMachines. Their high tech solutions are a great fit for our technology. As a software company ourselves, we know the challenges faced by high tech companies- and our growing list of customers who are leaders in the high tech market shows our solution delivers clear benefit in this space."

About Bandwidth.com

Founded in 1999, Bandwidth is a complete nationwide communications Nationwide Communications Inc. was a media subsidiary of the Nationwide Insurance Company, which operated from 1946 until 1997. Based in Columbus, Ohio, Nationwide Communications owned and operated a variety of radio and television stations across the United States until it sold  provider offering businesses advanced Internet, Network and VoIP services including SIP Trunking and enterprise-level voice solutions. As a single source provider for businesses telecom needs, Bandwidth provides its customers with unparalleled selection, savings and service. The company's unique methodology, experienced team and dedicated customer service, ensures accountability and service superior to that of traditional Internet and VoIP providers. For more information, visit http://www.bandwidth.com.

About BigMachines, Inc. and BigMachines AG

BigMachines, Inc. founded in 1999, provides web-based configurator, quoting, and proposal software and services to help companies streamline their selling processes from customer inquiry-to-order. BigMachines Lean Front-End([R]) (LFE) solution digitizes complex selling processes and captures an organization's tribal knowledge Tribal knowledge is any unwritten information that is known within a tribe but often unknown outside of it. Further reading
  • Paul Alan Cox (2000-01-07). "Will Tribal Knowledge Survive the Millennium?".
 to provide online product selection, configuration, quoting, and ordering capabilities for new products and aftermarket Aftermarket

See: Secondary market.


aftermarket

See secondary market.
 parts. BigMachines LFE provides in-depth sales reporting capabilities and easily integrates to existing ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) An integrated information system that serves all departments within an enterprise. Evolving out of the manufacturing industry, ERP implies the use of packaged software rather than proprietary software written by or for one customer. , CAD, and CRM systems. Please visit www.bigmachines.com for more information.
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