Webcom, Inc. Joins Siebel Alliance Program as a CRM OnDemand Software Partner
Webcom, Inc.’s WebSource CPQ Solution Complements Siebel Business Applications
Milwaukee, WI (PRWEB) March 1, 2005 -- Webcom, Inc., a leader in simplified
quote-to-order enablement for the selling of complex products and services today
announced that it has joined the Siebel Alliance Program as a CRM OnDemand
Software Partner with a focus on the SMB market. Siebel Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:
SEBL) is a leading provider of business applications software and hosted CRM
solutions. This alliance delivers a solution that allows small and medium size
companies using Siebel CRM OnDemand to move quickly from opportunity to
quote.
Siebel Systems provides organizations with a proven set of
industry-specific best practices, CRM applications software, and business
processes, enabling corporations to sell to, market to, and serve customers
across multiple channels and lines of business. Webcom, Inc.’s products provide
the ability to configure, price, quote and propose their offerings across
multiple sales and distribution channels, anytime, anywhere. With WebSource CPQ,
Webcom complements and extends Siebel CRM OnDemand by allowing customers to go
from opportunity to quote to order without any duplication of effort or
data.
WebSource CPQ simplifies the opportunity-to-order process for the
interactive selling of complex products and services. Deployed in an on-demand
or on-premise model, WebSource CPQ allows users to configure, price, quote and
propose their offerings with nothing more than a browser. WebSource CPQ not only
handles the traditional bill of material, routing and diagram generation tasks
frequently associated with product configurators, but also addresses the guided
selling, proposal generation and multi-level channel management tasks associated
with sales configurators. The solution helps drive increased revenues and
margins, increased customer satisfaction, reduced costs and improved
productivity. In addition, the solution automates quoting, quote revisions, the
quote approval process, as well as guided selling and self service applications.
“Webcom is partnering with Siebel Systems to provide Global 2000
companies with WebSource CPQ, which insures speed, accuracy, and consistency of
creating quotes and proposals for companies with some level of complexity in
terms of products, sales hierarchy, discounting rules, pricing rules and
channels, whether you supply complicated equipment, software or service
proposals,” said Aleks Ivanovic, founder and CEO of Webcom, Inc.
“Siebel
Systems’ partnership with Webcom, Inc. addresses the on-demand needs of our
customers, including timely and accurate quotes and proposals,” said Catherine
Cherubino, VP of Alliances and Channels, OnDemand and SMB at Siebel Systems.
“Through this alliance, our joint customers will have a more accurate view of
their customers and therefore realize a competitive advantage by being able to
better understand and serve them.”
Siebel Systems forms alliances with
proven technology leaders to deliver tangible business benefits throughout the
enterprise. By choosing Siebel business applications and validated partner
solutions, Siebel Systems’ customers can pursue a best-of-class software
acquisition strategy. The Siebel Validation Program applies rigorous technical
scrutiny to evaluate the integration of third-party solutions
with Siebel business applications. Integrations that
meet the strict testing criteria are validated and documented by the Siebel
Validation Program. Webcom, Inc. has committed to submitting WebSource CPQ for
validation early in Q2 2005.
About Webcom, Inc.
Webcom, Inc. provides
software solutions that simplify the quote-to-order process for the selling of
complex products and services. Requiring only a browser, WebSource CPQ allows
customers to configure, price, quote and propose their offerings across multiple
sales and distribution channels, anytime, anywhere. WebSource CPQ not only
handles the traditional bill of material, routing and diagram generation tasks
frequently associated with product configurators, but also addresses the guided
selling, proposal generation and multi-level channel management tasks associated
with sales configurators. The solution helps drive increased revenues and
margins, increased customer satisfaction, reduced costs and improved
productivity. Companies utilizing Webcom’s products and services include
Rockwell Automation, Danfoss, Corning Cable Systems, Verity, Grayhill and GE
Industrial Systems. Founded in 1997, Webcom is a privately held corporation
headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin with offices in the USA and Europe. For
more information, visit Webcom at www.webcominc.com or call 414-273-4442 (toll free
877-508-6323).
Press Contact:
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Inc.
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