BigMachines Develops New Sales Quoting Application for the Force.com AppExchange from Salesforce.com.

Force.com platform offers ease of development and deployment for BigMachines on-demand software 

CHICAGO & SAN FRANCISCO -- Salesforce.com's Dreamforce Conference - BigMachines, Inc., a global leader in on-demand sales configuration and proposal software, announced that it is developing a new native application on the Force.com platform from salesforce.com. The announcement was made today at Dreamforce '08, salesforce.com's User and Developer Conference. The new application will enable sales teams and channels to easily generate professional sales documents from within a Salesforce CRM opportunity.

Using the new BigMachines application, sales reps will be able to add products and quotes to opportunities and manage pricing and discounts. System administrators will be able to build templates for sales documents, such as proposals, quotes and contracts, using BigMachines Document Engine, and publish the templates to sales reps, who select their selling documents from within their familiar Salesforce CRM interface. The new application will be available for purchase on the Force.com AppExchange online marketplace.

The Force.com platform simplifies the development of on-demand applications and allows them to be easily shared, exchanged and installed with a few simple clicks via the AppExchange. By building the new application directly on the Force.com platform, BigMachines gains all the benefits of the proven security, reliability and scalability of salesforce.com's trusted global infrastructure and ensures that the application will be automatically integrated with Salesforce CRM applications.

"Many successful customers have used the Force.com AppExchange to add Big Machines to their Salesforce CRM implementations to help manage daily sales operations," said Clarence So, Chief Marketing Officer, salesforce.com. "With their new application on Force.com, Big Machines is showcasing their leadership in technology innovation and continued focus on customer success."

"By providing an application that is built on Force.com, we are ensuring the highest level of integration and ease of delivery for our customers that use Salesforce CRM," said Godard Abel, CEO of BigMachines. "We strive to offer the most value to our customers and this application will streamline the ability for sales reps and channel partners to easily produce high-quality, consistent sales documents without leaving their Salesforce CRM interface."

About the Force.com Platform and AppExchange

Force.com is the only proven Platform as a Service for building and running business applications in the cloud. The Force.com platform powers the Salesforce CRM applications, more than 800 ISV partner applications like those from CODA and Fujitsu, and more than 85,000 custom applications used by salesforce.com's 47,700 customers such as Japan Post, Kaiser Permanente, KONE and Sprint Nextel.

Force.com is the fastest platform for building and deploying complex business applications. Unlike a stack of disparate client/server hardware and software products, Force.com unifies the development and deployment model from the database to the device, allowing developers to easily assemble applications with clicks, components and code, and then instantly deploy them on salesforce.com's trusted global infrastructure. Customers and partners are using Force.com to build all kinds of business applications from supply chain management to compliance tracking, brand management, accounts receivable, claims processing applications and much more.

Applications built on the Force.com platform can be easily distributed to the entire SaaS community through the Force.com AppExchange marketplace at http://www.salesforce.com/appexchange/.

About BigMachines, Inc. and BigMachines AG

BigMachines is the global leader in on-demand sales configuration, quoting and proposal software. BigMachines solutions empower sales across customers' channels by streamlining their sales processes from opportunity to order. Using BigMachines software, sales teams and channels can quickly configure products, generate quotes and proposals, manage complex pricing, generate legal contracts, and manage orders. BigMachines offers extensive reporting capabilities and easily integrates to leading CRM and ERP systems, including those from Salesforce.com, Oracle, and SAP. BigMachines' rapidly growing customer base includes global leaders such as Kodak GCG, Siemens, Ingersoll Rand, and NTT Communications, as well as innovative growth companies such as ShoreTel and Voltaire Ltd. For more information, visit www.bigmachines.com.