Skila Named "Cool Vendor" by Leading Analyst Firm

March 31, 2009 - PRLog -- Skila, a Sela2 Company, the leading provider of knowledge agility solutions, was included in the list of “Cool Vendors” in the "Cool Vendors in Life Sciences, 2009, Dale Hagermeyer, March 23, 2009" report by Gartner Inc. Vendors selected for the “Cool Vendor report” are innovative, impactful and intriguing.

The report covered the Life Science Industry and found that it is “crucial that life science manufacturers be able to execute quickly and effectively in the marketplace. To achieve this, they must deliver information to practitioners in ways that will increase uptake or else be more specific in delivering tailored messages. This translates into better use of influencing channels and more-robust analytics.”

Skila’s solutions are deployed at hundreds of customer locations worldwide, enabling organizations to achieve immediate impact related to key customer management, new product launches, competitive intelligence, alliance management, market access and business performance strategies."We are pleased that Gartner named us a 'Cool Vendor'," said Susan Dorfman, Vice President of Worldwide Marketing and Alliance Management at Skila. “We believe that this is a validation of Skila’s  Intelligration® technology, a  main differentiator of our solutions. The unique value that our solutions offer is that life science organizations can reach a new relationship level with key customers by truly having  a 360-degree view of their customers, including diverse and disparate technologies and sources of information.”

About Gartner's Cool Vendors Selection Process
Gartner's listing does not constitute an exhaustive list of vendors in any given technology area, but rather is designed to highlight interesting, new and innovative vendors, products and services. Gartner disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness of a particular purpose.

Gartner defines a cool vendor as a company that offers technologies or solutions that are: Innovative, enable users to do things they couldn't do before; Impactful, have, or will have, business impact (not just technology for the sake of technology); Intriguing, have caught Gartner's interest or curiosity in approximately the past six months.

About Skila
Skila is a global technology and services company specializing in knowledge and effectiveness solutions for the healthcare industry. Skila’s solutions address the broad needs of global marketing, medical, managed markets, executive and alliance management teams. These solutions include a unique methodology, robust technology and key continuous services for effectively managing global product launches, key opinion leader relationships, market access / managed care, business performance, competitive intelligence, and key partnerships and alliances.

Having developed strong relationships with a broad number of global Pharmaceutical companies, Skila’s solutions have been deployed in 61 countries, supporting numerous global brands and over 10 million user interactions. Skila’s long-standing commitment and understanding of customers’ needs has resulted in the long-term growth and adoption of our methodology, technology and continuous services as the business platform of choice for many of our clients. To learn more about Skila visit our website at www.skila.com.

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Skila is a global technology and services company specializing in knowledge and effectiveness solutions for the healthcare industry. Skila’s solutions address the broad needs of global marketing, medical, executive and alliance management teams.