ChannelWave Provides Real-Time Visibility Across Demand Chain With Crystal Decisions Reporting & Information Delivery Products.Business/Technology Editors CAMBRIDGE, Mass. & PALO ALTO Palo Alto, city, California Palo Alto (păl`ō ăl`tō), city (1990 pop. 55,900), Santa Clara co., W Calif.; inc. 1894. Although primarily residential, Palo Alto has aerospace, electronics, and advanced research industries. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 28, 2002 PRM PRM Partner Relationship Management PRM Parameter PRM Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration (US State Department) PRM Partidul Romania Mare (Romania Mare Party) PRM Professional Risk Manager leader enables enterprises and partners to measure, enhance ROI (Return On Investment) The monetary benefits derived from having spent money on developing or revising a system. In the IT world, there are more ways to compute ROI than Carter has liver pills (and for those of you who never heard of that expression, it means a lot). from channel activities ChannelWave Software, Inc., the leader in Partner Relationship Management (PRM) solutions, and Crystal Decisions, an information infrastructure company that is a market leader in reporting, analysis and information delivery, today announced a strategic OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and agreement to integrate Crystal Enterprise as the standard information delivery system within ChannelWave's PRM solutions. With the addition of enterprise Web reporting and information delivery from Crystal Enterprise to its market-leading PRM solutions, ChannelWave extends its Web-based reporting capabilities and provides customers with a full range of decision support tools, from queries to operational reporting to sophisticated enterprise analytics. As a result, organizations can gain real-time visibility into channel recruitment, planning and sales forecasting Sales forecast A key input to a firm's financial planning process. External sales forecasts are based on historical experience, statistical analysis, and consideration of various macroeconomic factors. and clearly measure the return on investment (ROI) of marketing campaigns. This visibility enables users to make informed business decisions based on enhanced insight into partner sales performance and channel profitability. "ChannelWave is committed to providing enterprises with the highest level of visibility into their channel operations and across their entire business. By adding Crystal Enterprise to our existing reporting and analytic functionality, we provide our customers with advanced tools to leverage business intelligence more effectively, increase the return on investment from marketing campaigns, improve forecasting and drive channel sales revenues," said Drew Williams, vice president of marketing, ChannelWave. Crystal Enterprise provides a complete, Web-based suite of reporting, analysis and information delivery. Built upon a highly scalable, cross-platform framework, Crystal Enterprise enables secure, efficient delivery of actionable information to employees, customers and suppliers via the Web from virtually any data source or application and scales to thousands of users across the organization. Through this OEM agreement, ChannelWave's customers and their partners can create and share secure, dynamic reports via their Web browser The program that serves as your front end to the Web on the Internet. In order to view a site, you type its address (URL) into the browser's Location field; for example, www.computerlanguage.com, and the home page of that site is downloaded to you. , without requiring additional development resources. Crystal Enterprise is designed for seamless integration An addition of a new application, routine or device that works smoothly with the existing system. It implies that the new feature or program can be installed and used without problems. Contrast with "transparent," which implies that there is no discernible change after installation. with intranets, extranets and corporate portals, and provides a proven, flexible solution for increasing the value of corporate data investments. "This alliance with ChannelWave is important to Crystal Decisions as we extend our reporting and information delivery capabilities into enterprise applications in collaborative environments that extend across multiple channels," said Wyatt Mullin, director of business development and OEM, Crystal Decisions. "ChannelWave's customers and their partners can access, analyze and take action on mission-critical business information and gain a clear, competitive advantage." ChannelWave 5, the first, complete system for optimizing the performance of indirect channels and business partnerships, extends the capabilities of traditional PRM software to support the entire lifecycle of channel pre-sales, sales and post-sales activities. With its flexible, Java-based platform and many-to-many architecture, ChannelWave provides rapid deployment and seamless integration with existing enterprise applications, and supports increasingly complex and collaborative relationships among multiple vendors, partners and customers. As a result, organizations can achieve faster ROI and a lower cost of ownership by dramatically reducing costs and increasing channel sales revenues. About Crystal Decisions Crystal Decisions, formerly Seagate Software Seagate Software was an international software corporation headquartered in Scotts Valley, California. It was a majority owned subsidiary of Seagate Technology, the largest independent disc drive and related components company in the world. , is a privately held Seagate company owned by a group of investors that include Silver Lake Partners Silver Lake Partners is a notable American private equity firm founded in 1999 and headquartered on Sand Hill Road in Menlo Park, California. It focuses its activities in the information technology industry. and Texas Pacific Group. Crystal Decisions is an information infrastructure company, which provides award-winning reporting, analysis, and information delivery solutions. The company's world-class products are used by millions of customers in thousands of companies worldwide and include, Crystal Analysis, Crystal Enterprise, Crystal Reports and Holos Holos is an influential OLAP (Online Analytical Processing) product of the 1990s. Developed by Holistic Systems in 1987, the product remained in use until around 2004. Conception The Holos product succeeded an older generation of mainframe products such as System-W. . Crystal Decisions can be found on the Web at www.crystaldecisions.com. About ChannelWave ChannelWave Software, Inc. helps enterprises gain a competitive advantage by optimizing the performance of indirect sales channels and business partnerships. ChannelWave's open, Java-based platform and comprehensive application suite enables complex and collaborative partnerships by improving the effectiveness of indirect pre-sales, sales and post-sales activities. With customers including AT&T, BEA BEA - Basic programming Environment for interactive-graphical Applications, from Siemens-Nixdorf. , Cable & Wireless, Hewlett-Packard, Motorola, Nortel Networks (Nortel Networks Limited, Brampton, Ontario, www.nortelnetworks.com) A world leader in telecommunications products, which includes switching, wireless and broadband systems for service providers and carriers, telephones and systems for residential and business users, computer telephony , PTC (PTC, Needham, MA, www.ptc.com) Long a world leader in mechanical computer-aided design, manufacturing and engineering software, PTC, through acquisitions and reorganization, has transformed itself into a leading provider of Internet-based B2B solutions for discrete manufacturers. and Qwest, ChannelWave's solutions deliver fast ROI through dramatic cost savings, increased channel sales revenues and enhanced customer satisfaction. ChannelWave is privately held, with lead investors such as Mobius Venture Capital, ABS Capital Partners, Lazard Technology Partners and Ironside Ventures. The company is headquartered in Cambridge, MA and has offices in Toronto and 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. . More information is available by calling (800) 862-5596 or visiting www.channelwave.com. ChannelWave is a registered trademark of ChannelWave Software, Inc. Crystal Decisions, Crystal Reports, Crystal Enterprise, Crystal Analysis and Holos are either a trademark or registered trademark of Crystal Decisions Inc. in the U.S. and/or any other countries. All other logos, company and product names may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. |
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