Customers Benefit from Improved Efficiency in the Sales Process -- Quoting, Pricing, Forecasting and Analysis All Streamlined in the Cloud

 BigMachines, the leading vendor in the configuration and quoting space, and salesforce.com, /quotes/comstock/13*!crm (CRM 119.66, +0.03, +0.03%) the enterprise cloud computing company, today announced BigMachines' on-demand configuration, quoting and proposal application is now tightly integrated with Force.com, salesforce.com's enterprise cloud computing platform. With Force.com, BigMachines' solution integrates seamlessly into Salesforce CRM, simplifying the user experience and providing customers with flexibility and advanced integration capabilities. In addition, users can access both the BigMachines and Salesforce applications with a single login.

BigMachines will be exhibiting the new solution at Cloudforce 2010 London (https://www.salesforce.com/live/), the largest cloud computing event in the UK. This industry, customer and developer event is being held on Wednesday, September 8th, 2010 at the Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre in London.

Comments on the news

-- "BigMachines' alliance with salesforce.com further strengthens our relationship as we work closely to ensure tight integration of current and future products," said Godard Abel, CEO and co-founder, BigMachines."We are dedicated to providing a solution that is easy to buy, easy to integrate, easy to support and helps our customers sell more and sell faster."

-- "BigMachines continues to deliver an excellent solution for customers quoting and configuration needs," said Kendall Collins, chief marketing officer, salesforce.com. "The Force.com platform provides the fastest path to commercial success for partners with cloud computing solutions. Now, our joint customers will benefit from the integration of BigMachines powered by Force.com."

-- "The tight integration of BigMachines with Salesforce CRM provides a powerful solution to help our business grow," said Peter Minihane, CFO, Acme Packet. "The benefits include improved efficiencies in our quoting process, easy pricing and SKU updates, ownership and process improvements in communicating new products, management of quote approvals, and reduction in quote-to-purchase-order delivery errors. The integration ensures that our forecasts and data analysis are accurate and we have been able to grow our business without adding headcount."

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