Calico Technology Named One of IndustryWeek's 25 Technologies of the Year; Concinity Ecommerce Software Recognized as a Market Leader in Internet-Based Sales Configuration and Quoting Tools.SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 16, 1996--Calico Technology today announced that Concinity, its ecommerce See e-commerce. software solution for interactive configuration and selling, has been named one of Industry Week's 25 Technologies of the Year. "Calico Technology, its employees, and its home community deserve this recognition. Their technology will have a far-reaching far-reach·ing adj. Having a wide range, influence, or effect: the far-reaching implications of a major new epidemic. effect on management and society in general," said John R. Brandt Brandt , Willy 1913-1992. German political leader. He served as chancellor of West Germany (1969-1974) and won the 1971 Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to reduce tension between the East and the West. Noun 1. , IW's editor-in-chief. Calico Concinity interactive selling system supports the configuration and quoting of complex products and services. Concinity reduces the cost of sales while increasing customer satisfaction by eliminating misconfigured or incorrect orders. Concinity captures product and market knowledge in an executable model, enabling sales representatives to focus on selling. Customers with no product knowledge are able to browse (1) To view the contents of a file or a group of files. Browser programs generally let you view data by scrolling through the documents or databases. In a database program, the browse mode often lets you edit the data. See Web browser. a vendor's Web site for product options, and for the first time, configure See configuration. (software) configure - A program by Richard Stallman to discover properties of the current platform and to set up make to compile and install gcc. Cygnus configure was a similar system developed by K. and order complex products online. "We are pleased to see that industry managers recognize the advancements we've made in Web-based sales configuration as one of the most important technology innovations for the year," said Dave Rome, VP of Marketing for Calico Technology. "With the use of Microsoft's ActiveX architecture, Concinity saves managers time and money by delivering a single client/server solution for interactive selling and technology-enabled buying." Calico will be featured in the December 16 issue of IndustryWeek, and will be recognized at IndustryWeek's Managing and Innovation Conference, April 7 and 8, at the Adam's Mark Adam's Mark is a chain of five upscale hotels in the United States. The chain was founded in the early 1970s by Fred Kummer and the chain is currently owned by HBE, Inc., which was also founded by Kummer. in Charlotte, N.C. IW is a management magazine that helps senior executives in manufacturing and its supporting industries build, safeguard and expand the wealth of their companies. Now in its twenty-seventh year, IW has an audience of more than half a million readers. It is the flagship of Penton Publishing, a Cleveland-based publisher of more than 90 business and professional titles. About Calico Technology Calico Technology develops and markets the Concinity interactive selling and ecommerce Systems. Concinity is designed to make sales organizations more effective, facilitate the introduction of marketing promotions and material, and enable customers to buy complex products and services without assistance over the Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the . Concinity allows salespeople sales·peo·ple pl.n. Persons who are employed to sell merchandise in a store or in a designated territory. , distributors and unassisted end users to configure, quote, and order complex products and services with confidence that the end user's needs will be met and that the order will be deliverable. Concinity helps organizations reduce order cycles and costs, increase sales, and improve customer satisfaction. Calico is a Microsoft Solution Provider. CONTACT: Alexander Communications Hani Durzy, 415/923-1660 hdurzy@alexanader-pr.com or Calico Technology Michalene Adams, 408/975-7449 madams@calicotech.com or IndustryWeek John R. Brandt, 216/931-9443 |
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