Cloud9 Analytics Wins 2007 Stevie Award.#1 CRM (Customer Relationship Management) An integrated information system that is used to plan, schedule and control the presales and postsales activities in an organization. Problem, User Adoption, Solved By Sales Analytics Applications LAS VEGAS Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. -- Cloud9 Analytics, a provider of on-demand analytic applications Analytic Applications are a type of business application software, used to measure and improve the performance of business operations. More specifically, Analytic Applications are a type of Business Intelligence solution. , today announced that its software has been recognized as the best solution to increase sales teams' use of their existing CRM software. The prestigious Stevie Award for the CRM Implementation and User adoption category was jointly presented to Cloud9 Analytics by The Stevie[R] Awards, hailed as "the business world's own Oscars" by the New York Post The New York Post is the 13th-oldest newspaper published in the United States and the oldest to have been published continually as a daily.[3] Since 1976, it has been owned by Australian-born billionaire Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation and is one of the 10 , and Selling Power magazine, the leading sales management publication with 145,000 subscribers. Employee reluctance to utilize their own CRM software creates confusion, reduces sales productivity, and results in inaccurate sales forecasts in the majority of sales organizations. AMR (1) (Adaptive Multi-Rate) A variable rate speech codec selected by the 3GPP for the 3G evolution of the GSM cellphone system (WCDMA). Using the Algebraic CELP (ACELP) compression technology, AMR provides toll quality sound at transmission rates from 4.75 to 12. Research reported that 68 percent of companies have had significant user adoption challenges with their CRM implementations (Customer Management Spending Report, 2007-2008). "By making it easy for sales people to quickly understand trends and what's changed in their forecast and pipeline, Cloud9 Analytics finally creates a compelling reason for the sales field to use their company's CRM system," said Swayne Hill, Cloud9 Analytics 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. . "Using the Cloud9 Pipeline Accelerator application helps sales organizations sell more than they did before, instantly turning CRM from a burden into a competitive sales weapon." The Stevie Award recognition was based in part by the work that Cloud9 Analytics and its partner, CoreMatrix, did at a salesforce.com customer, Lamar Advertising (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 :LAMR LAMR Lake Meredith National Recreation Area (US National Park Service) LAMR Large-Aperture Microwave Radiometer LAMR Load and Make Ready (pistol shooting) ). From this joint effort, Lamar Advertising realized improvements in CRM user adoption, sales management, sales team effectiveness and streamlined sales reporting and analysis. Salesforce.com customers are invited to sign up for the free, on-demand Cloud9 Messenger application and start receiving their weekly "what's changed" updates by registering at www.cloud9analytics.com. Salesforce users can also register for a free, 30-day trial of the Cloud9 Pipeline Accelerator at https://www.cloud9analytics.com/trial-pipeline.html. About Cloud9 Analytics Cloud9 Analytics delivers on-demand analytic applications for salesforce.com customers that accelerate sales cycles, uncover new revenue opportunities, promote team selling and improve revenue predictability. The patent-pending Cloud9 Time Machine that powers Cloud9 applications continuously stores snapshots of Salesforce data that would otherwise be overwritten and lost, automatically building a history of sales events, human behavior and market information. Fully integrated with Salesforce, Cloud9 applications require no knowledge of analytics, reports or dashboards, and no IT involvement to install or operate. The company is headquartered in San Mateo, California San Mateo is a city in San Mateo County, California, in the San Francisco Bay Area. It is one of the larger suburbs on the San Francisco Peninsula, located between Burlingame to the north, Foster City to the East, and Belmont to the south. . For more information, please visit www.cloud9analytics.com. |
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