BigMachines Selected as "Elite 8" and "Inner Circle" Partner for Oracle(R) CRM On Demand.Selected Partners Demonstrate Best-In-Class Solutions, Customer Success, with Oracle CRM (Customer Relationship Management) An integrated information system that is used to plan, schedule and control the presales and postsales activities in an organization. On Demand CHICAGO & FRANKFURT, Germany -- BigMachines, Inc., the global leader in on-demand sales configuration and proposal software, today announced that it has been named an Oracle Elite 8 partner and is a member of Oracle's CRM On Demand Inner Circle Partner Initiative. The initiative showcases a select group of best-of-breed partners that have demonstrated significant value driven by proven customer success, traction with Oracle's sales organization, and synergy with Oracle[R] CRM On Demand's current and future direction. The collaborative effort between Oracle and Inner Circle partners helps ensure that partner solutions are aligned with Oracle's product and sales direction, and are ready to serve the broad needs of Oracle's largest enterprise customers. BigMachines is among the top-tier partners, dubbed dub 1 tr.v. dubbed, dub·bing, dubs 1. To tap lightly on the shoulder by way of conferring knighthood. 2. To honor with a new title or description. 3. the "Elite 8". Integration amongst the Elite 8 Partners creates a more powerful, comprehensive CRM suite. "BigMachines brings tremendous value to the Oracle CRM On Demand ecosystem," said Dave Bonnette, Group Vice President, CRM, Oracle. "Their on-demand sales configuration and proposal tools integrate easily with Oracle CRM On Demand, as well as our other Inner Circle partner solutions. We expect that our customers will greatly benefit from this expanded functionality with CRM On Demand and with the synergies created with our other select partners." "BigMachines is pleased to be selected by Oracle to be among its preferred Elite 8 partner solutions," said 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. "We have many successful customers who have implemented BigMachines with Oracle CRM On Demand and are driving tremendous value from our joint solutions." BigMachines will demonstrate their solutions at Oracle OpenWorld Oracle OpenWorld is an annual Oracle event for business decision-makers, IT management, and line of business end users. It is held in major cities around the world. The 2007 event was held in Sao Paulo, Brazil. 2008 in the Applications Lounge Elite 8 session on Tues. Sept 23, from 12:00 PM to 2:30 PM and in the CRM On Demand DEMOgrounds (Moscone South Hall, Booth 1032) from Mon. Sept. 22 to Thurs. Sept. 25. BigMachines will also sponsor and demonstrate at the invitation-only Social CRM Inner Circle Community Reception. BigMachines, also a Certified See certification. Partner in the Oracle PartnerNetwork, will present the newest features of its on-demand software See SaaS. at BigIdeas 2008, the company's annual customer and industry forum that will be held October 5-7, 2008 in Chicago. Industry experts, BigMachines customers, and business partners gather at BigIdeas to discuss innovative business strategies and best practices in guided selling Guided Selling is a concept that enhances the sales process of customer specific products and services. Guided Selling enables organizations in an automated fashion to analyze customer needs, determine the proper features, products and services and to translate the result into a and product configuration to increase revenues, improve sales efficiency, and reduce costs. More information is available at www.bigmachines.com/bigideas. 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 A sales process is a systematic approach for performing product or service sales. The reasons for having a sales process include seller and buyer risk management, achieving standardized customer interaction in sales and scalable revenue generation. 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 (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. systems, including those from Oracle. BigMachines' rapidly growing customer base includes global leaders such as Kodak GCG GCG Genetics Computer Group GCG Glucagon GCG Good Corporate Governance GCG Global Consumer Group GCG Global Church of God GCG Generalized Conjugate Gradient GCG Global Change Game GCG Geological Curators' Group GCG Giant-Cell Granuloma , Siemens, Ingersoll Rand Ingersoll Rand (NYSE: IR) is a diversified industrial firm founded in 1871. The Ingersoll Rand name came into use in 1905 through the combination of Ingersoll-Sargeant Drill Company and Rand Drill Company. , and NTT NTT Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation NTT New Technology Telescope NTT National Technology Transfer, Inc NTT Name That Tune (TV game show) NTT National Tree Trust NTT Number Theoretic Transform Communications, as well as innovative growth companies such as ShoreTel and Voltaire Ltd. For more information, visit www.bigmachines.com. About the Oracle PartnerNetwork Oracle PartnerNetwork is a global business network of more than 20,000 companies who deliver innovative software solutions based on Oracle software. Through access to Oracle's premier products, education, technical services, marketing and sales support, the Oracle PartnerNetwork program provides partners with the resources they need to be successful in today's global economy. Oracle partners are able to offer their customers leading-edge solutions backed by Oracle's position as the world's largest enterprise software company. Partners who are able to demonstrate superior product knowledge, technical expertise and a commitment to doing business with Oracle qualify for the Certified Partner levels. http://oraclepartnernetwork.oracle.com Trademarks Oracle is a registered trademark of Oracle Corporation and/or its affiliates. |
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