CDC Software's Saratoga CRM Receives "Mobilizer Award" for Successful Financial Services Deployment.Company Awarded Mobile Enterprise Magazine's Most Prestigious Accolade ATLANTA & HONG KONG Hong Kong (hŏng kŏng), Mandarin Xianggang, special administrative region of China, formerly a British crown colony (2005 est. pop. 6,899,000), land area 422 sq mi (1,092 sq km), adjacent to Guangdong prov. -- CDC See Control Data, century date change and Back Orifice. CDC - Control Data Corporation Software, a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of CDC Corporation (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : CHINA) and a provider of industry-specific enterprise software applications and business services, announced today that Mobile Enterprise Magazine has named CDC Software's Saratoga Customer Relationship Management (CRM (Customer Relationship Management) An integrated information system that is used to plan, schedule and control the presales and postsales activities in an organization. ) solution as a recipient of the 2007 "Mobilizer Award" for CRM. The Mobile Enterprise Magazine "Mobilizer Awards" honor the most effective mobile technology deployments of the year. CDC Software's expertise and strength in the financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. market makes it possible for top financial services firms like ING Investment Management to rely on the company's specialized enterprise software. ING Investment Management, one of the top 20 asset managers worldwide, chose Saratoga CRM because it needed a mobile CRM solution that would provide real-time access to customer and market data. Currently, the company's sales representatives in three business groups are using Saratoga CRM on Blackberry devices. These groups include the institutional sales group, the managed accounts group and the business development team. These groups no longer need to carry laptop computers because Saratoga CRM allows them the flexibility to access company data right from their handheld devices. "At CDC Software our goal is to deliver exceptional products to our customers," said Bruce McIntyre, senior vice president, Operations for CDC Software and general manager of Saratoga CRM product line. "There is no bigger win for us than to see our financial services customers successfully deploying and utilizing our products to strengthen and bolster their enterprise. We are committed to helping our customers achieve their business goals and this award proves that CDC Software is living up to its goals to deliver a superior customer experience." Saratoga CRM is a full-featured enterprise solution that can be deployed quickly and requires a fraction of the support staff needed by similar enterprise software solutions. Saratoga CRM's Schema-Independent Architecture is based on web services (1) Loosely, any online service delivered over the Web. Such usage appears in articles from non-technical sources, but not in IT-oriented publications, because definition #2 below describes the correct use of the term. and lets companies access, integrate and deliver real-time enterprise information without customer programming. Saratoga CRM also provides Blackberry and smart phone users with real-time access to CRM data through Apresta, its enterprise solution to deliver back-end enterprise data to wireless devices. The Mobile Enterprise "Mobilizer Awards" honor the best deployments of mobile technology across more than a dozen vertical markets. The publication bases its award decisions on ease of deployment, innovation and business improvement. The winners were announced at the Mobile Enterprise Magazine Conference, Nov. 7-9, 2007, at the Portofino Bay Hotel at Universal Orlando in Orlando, Fla. The 2007 Mobile Enterprise "Mobilizer Awards," can be found in the November issue of Mobile Enterprise Magazine. About CDC Software CDC Software, The Customer-Driven Company[TM], is a provider of enterprise software applications designed to help organizations deliver a superior customer experience while increasing efficiencies and profitability. CDC Software's product suite includes: CDC Factory (manufacturing operations Manufacturing operations concern the operation of a facility, as opposed to maintenance, supply and distribution, health, and safety, emergency response, human resources, security, information technology and other infrastructural support organizations. management), Ross 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. (enterprise resource planning See ERP. (application, business) Enterprise Resource Planning - (ERP) Any software system designed to support and automate the business processes of medium and large businesses. ) and SCM (1) (Software Configuration Management, Source Code Management) See configuration management. (2) See supply chain management. (supply chain management), CDC Supply Chain (supply chain management, warehouse management and order management), Pivotal CRM and Saratoga CRM (customer relationship management), CDC MarketFirst (marketing automation and lead management), Respond (customer complaint and feedback management), c360 CRM add-on products, industry solutions and development tools for the Microsoft Dynamics CRM Microsoft Dynamics CRM is a Customer Relationship Management software package developed by Microsoft. It is a part of the Microsoft Dynamics family of business tools. The current version of Dynamics is 3.0, released on December, 2005. platform, Platinum HRM HRM Her/His Royal Majesty HRM Human Resources Management HRM Heart-Rate Monitor HRM Halifax Regional Municipality (Canada) HRM Hotel Restaurant Management HRM Hrvatska Ratna Mornarica (Croatian Navy) (human resources) and business analytics solutions. These industry-specific solutions are used by more than 6,000 customers worldwide within the manufacturing, financial services, health care, home building, real estate, and wholesale and retail distribution industries. The company completes its offerings with a full continuum of services that span the life cycle of technology and software applications, including implementation, project consulting, outsourced business services, application management and offshore development. CDC Software is the enterprise software unit of CDC Corporation and is ranked number 12 on the MBT MBT Minimum (Spark Advance For) Best Torque MBT Masai Barefoot Technology MBT Main Battle Tank MBT Mechanical Biological Treatment (waste treatment) MBT Mercaptobenzothiazole MBT Master of Business Taxation 2007 Global 100 List of Enterprise and Supply Chain Management Application vendors. For more information, please visit www.cdcsoftware.com. About Saratoga CRM Saratoga CRM is one of the world's leading CRM solutions that enables large, global enterprises to effectively manage interactions with their customers at every stage, from marketing and initial contact through the complex sales, service and support relationships that develop between successful companies and their happy customers. Saratoga CRM provides advanced solutions that enable companies to maximize employee productivity, increase operational efficiency, create new revenue opportunities, improve customer satisfaction, and build a strong, sustainable competitive advantage. Saratoga CRM currently has 120,000 users worldwide and more than 350 corporate customers including BASF BASF Bar Association of San Francisco (since 1872; San Francisco, California) BASF Badische Anilin und Soda Fabrik (German chemical products company) BASF Builders Association of South Florida , Hanson PLC, ING Investment Management, Kodak, MetLife, T. Rowe Price T. Rowe Price (NASDAQ: TROW) is an independent global investment management firm and mutual fund manager based in Baltimore, Maryland. It was founded in 1937 by Thomas Rowe Price, Jr.. T. , UBS UBS Union Bank of Switzerland UBS United Bible Societies UBS United Blood Services UBS United Buying Service UBS Used Bookstore UBS University Business Services UBS Universal Building Society (UK) UBS Ulaanbaatar Broadcasting System , Virgin Atlantic Airways, and WellPoint. For more information, see Saratoga CRM at www.saratogasystems.com. About CDC Corporation The CDC family of companies includes CDC Software focused on enterprise software applications and services, CDC Mobile focused on mobile applications, CDC Games focused on online games, and China.com focused on portals for the greater China markets. For more information about CDC Corporation (NASDAQ: CHINA), please visit www.cdccorporation.net. Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements This press release includes "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995, and includes statements relating to the ability of Saratoga CRM to address the needs of clients such as the ability to improve efficiencies, improve customer service, drive cost savings and competitive advantage. These statements are based on management's current expectations and are subject to risks and uncertainties and changes in circumstances. There are important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated in the forward looking statements including, among others: the conditions of the property management markets; the continued ability of Saratoga CRM solution to address industry-specific requirements of companies in the financial services industry; demand for and market acceptance of new and existing CRM solutions; development of new functionalities which would allow companies to compete more effectively and changes in the type of information required to compete in the property management industry. Further information on risks or other factors that could cause results to differ is detailed in filings or submissions with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission made by CDC Corporation in its Annual Report for the year ended December 31, 2006 on Form 20-F filed on July 2, 2007. All forward-looking statements included in this press release are based upon information available to management as of the date of the press release, and you are cautioned not to place undue reliance on any forward looking statements which speak only as of the date of this press release. The company assumes no obligation to update or alter the forward looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. |
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