PMC-Sierra Launches Web-Based Solution to Accelerate Product Evaluation Cycle.Business Editors SANTA CLARA Santa Clara, city, Cuba Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 1, 2002 PMC-Sierra (Nasdaq:PMCS PMCS PMC Sierra (stock symbol) PMCS Project Management Control System PMCS partial mission-capable, supply (US DoD) PMCS Preventive Maintenance Checks & Services PMCS Professional Military Comptroller School ) today announced a new online tool to assist customers and partners in product evaluation. This web-based solution, called Solution Advisor, shaves weeks off of the product evaluation cycle, guiding users through real time design evaluation and providing recommended chip architectures for specified application requirements. PMC-Sierra's Solution Advisor application is available at http://www.pmc-sierra.com/solutions. NehaNet Corporation, an innovative provider of sales and marketing effectiveness Marketing Effectiveness is the function of improving how marketers go to market with the goal of optimizing their marketing spend to achieve even better results for both the short-term and long-term. Also related to Marketing ROI and Return on Marketing Investment (ROMI). solutions, was brought in to assist the development of the Solution Advisor application. "Solution Advisor provides an online solution that automates several stages of the product evaluation process," said Ankur Sharma, president and 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 NehaNet Corporation. "Customers and sales representatives are no longer forced to memorize mem·o·rize tr.v. mem·o·rized, mem·o·riz·ing, mem·o·riz·es 1. To commit to memory; learn by heart. 2. Computer Science To store in memory: all possible products and product combinations. Instead, Solution Advisor quickly outlines the best options and data is drawn from a frequently updated database." The tool guides users through every step of the evaluation process -- from assessing application needs to identifying the best product or combination of products and services to meet those needs. The end result is a recommended set of product(s) that represent the best solution for a particular application. "Given the full breadth of our portfolio and the complexity of our devices, this virtual sales tool allows our customers and partners to accelerate the product evaluation process through rapid and accurate web-based component selection," said Doug Brownridge, vice president of Corporate Marketing for PMC-Sierra. "Essentially, you type in your requirements and the Solution Advisor comes up with an optimized configuration, including block diagrams A chart that contains squares and rectangles connected with arrows to depict hardware and software interconnections. For program flow charts, information system flow charts, circuit diagrams and communications networks, more elaborate graphical representations are usually used. . This process could take less than an hour, saving design engineers several days of technical meetings." About PMC-Sierra's Web Site PMC-Sierra is committed to advancing its value-added services A value-added service (VAS) is a telecommunications industry term for non-core services or, in short, all services beyond standard voice calls and fax transmissions. to help customers accelerate time-to-revenue. PMC-Sierra's web site (www.pmc-sierra.com) provides users with company information, product directories, interactive diagrams, technical documentation and 24/7 support for specific projects. Cahners Research, Inc. rated PMC-Sierra's web site as one of the top 10 "Manufacturer Web Sites Visited by Engineers." In addition to the company's new Solution Advisor virtual sales tool, PMC-Sierra's web site features a unique technical support Knowledge Base (KB) to provide customers with 24/7 access to detailed documented answers to technical questions about PMC-Sierra's products and how they are used. The KB utilizes the latest technologies such as XML XML in full Extensible Markup Language. Markup language developed to be a simplified and more structural version of SGML. It incorporates features of HTML (e.g., hypertext linking), but is designed to overcome some of HTML's limitations. to streamline and automate the publishing process enabling all registered customers timely access to the information. About PMC-Sierra PMC-Sierra is accelerating the broadband revolution. PMC-Sierra is a leading provider of high speed broadband communications semiconductors and MIPS-based processors for Enterprise, Access, Metro Optical Transport, and Wireless network equipment that makes up the backbone of the Internet. The company offers worldwide technical and sales support, including a network of offices throughout North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , Europe and Asia. PMC-Sierra is included in the S&P 500 Index which consists of 500 stocks chosen for market size, liquidity, and industry group representation and in the Nasdaq-100 Index (NDX NDX Index NDX Index (File Name Extension) NDX Northern Document Exchange NDX Index File ) which contains the largest non-financial companies on the Nasdaq Stock Market Nasdaq stock market The first electronic stock market listing over 5000 companies. The Nasdaq stock market comprises two separate markets, namely the Nasdaq National Market, which trades large, active securities and the Nasdaq Smallcap Market that trades emerging growth companies. . PMC-Sierra is publicly traded on the Nasdaq Stock Market under the PMCS symbol. For more information about PMC-Sierra, visit http://www.pmc-sierra.com. About NehaNet Corporation NehaNet Corporation is a leading provider of sales and marketing effectiveness solutions. For more information about NehaNet Corporation, visit http://www.nehanet.com. (c)Copyright PMC-Sierra, Inc. 2002. All rights reserved. PMC-Sierra(TM)is a trademark of PMC-Sierra, Inc |
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