Zilliant Receives Highest Rating in New Price Management and Optimization Report.AUSTIN, Texas -- A new report by Yankee Group (the Yankee Group, Boston, MA, www.yankeegroup.com) A major market research, analysis and consulting firm founded in 1970 by Howard Anderson. It provides general consulting and strategic planning in the computer and communications field. reaffirms what many Fortune 500 customers already know about Zilliant, a leading provider of strategic pricing applications. In the report titled, "Price Management and Profit Optimization Solutions are the Best-Kept Secret in Enterprise Software," Zilliant received the highest possible combined score in the categories of Price Optimization, Execution and Analysis. "Pricing is the last key business process that IT investments have not squeezed efficiencies out of," said Kosin Huang, author and research program manager at Yankee Group. "No other software delivers the same 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). -- 10 to 20 percent profit improvement. It's the best-kept secret of early adopters, many of whom demand that their PMPO (Peak Music POwer) A rating of the peak power capacity of amplifiers and speakers. PMPO is not a standardized rating and therefore can be misleading when used to compare equipment. solution providers not sell the software to their competitors. None even want to attest to the amazing a·maze v. a·mazed, a·maz·ing, a·maz·es v.tr. 1. To affect with great wonder; astonish. See Synonyms at surprise. 2. Obsolete To bewilder; perplex. v.intr. ROI stories from their implementations, for fear of losing a unique competitive advantage." "Zilliant's customers are realizing millions of dollars of profit improvement each year," said Greg Peters, 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 Zilliant. "Our holistic strategic pricing applications are on the forefront of technology that is generating tangible gains for companies with returns on investment in less than a year." "Zilliant's top ranking in Yankee Group report, along with other recent industry accolades, is a testament to our product vision and ability to provide demonstrable de·mon·stra·ble adj. 1. Capable of being demonstrated or proved: demonstrable truths. 2. Obvious or apparent: demonstrable lies. value to our customers," said Pete Eppele, Senior Director of Products, Zilliant. "Our approach stresses pricing segmentation, market sensing and price and discount setting. The enforcement and execution of those price decisions and policies has propelled us in front of all other vendors in this emerging market." About Zilliant Zilliant, a leader in strategic pricing applications, provides software and services that aid companies in defining and managing their pricing for improved financial results. The Zilliant Pricing Suite delivers a full solution for Price Analytics, Price Execution and Price Modeling. By utilizing the Zilliant suite of pricing applications, companies are able to maximize revenue and margins through optimized segmentation, precision price setting, effective discount guidelines, successful price promotions and effective price policy enforcement. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, Zilliant is a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. . Investors include Cardinal Venture Capital, JP Morgan Partners, Austin Ventures and Trellis 1. Trellis - An object-oriented language from the University of Karlsruhe(?) with static type-checking and encapsulation. 2. Trellis - An object-oriented application development system from DEC, based on the Trellis language. (Formerly named Owl). Partners. Zilliant is a registered trademark of Zilliant Inc. For more information contact the company toll free at 877-893-1085 or visit www.zilliant.com. |
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