BigMachines Expands into Japan

June 10, 2010 - PRLog -- TOKYO, CHICAGO & FRANKFURT, April 22, 2010 - BigMachines, Inc., the leader in sales configurator, B2B ecommerce, quoting and proposal software-as-a-service (SaaS), announced today that it has established BigMachines K.K. as a Japanese division of the US-based company. The new business entity will be known as BigMachines Co., Ltd. From its new Tokyo office location, BigMachines will enter the Japanese market and commence a full-fledged business roll-out. BigMachines has localized its on-demand software for the Japanese market with support for Japanese language and currencies and has also launched a Japanese website at www.bigmachines.com/jp.

Since 2000, BigMachines has developed innovative SaaS solutions that empower customers to sell more and sell faster. BigMachines' flagship product, BigMachines 10, helps customers improve their sales processes by enabling sales teams, VARs and channel partners to quickly and easily generate quotes and proposals, manage pricing, generate contracts and submit and manage orders. BigMachines can also extend its sales configuration technology to enable B2B ecommerce, which allows companies to use the same system for selling direct to business customers on their website as they do for internal quoting and proposal development.

BigMachines has provided more than 120,000 licenses to 200 companies worldwide across many industries, including industrial manufacturing, high-tech, software, healthcare, services, telecommunications, finance, and media. The Company is proud of its high renewal rate of 95% for companies in which its products have been implemented.

BigMachines' products can also be integrated with CRM (Customer Relationship Management) systems from the leading vendors including salesforce.com and Oracle, as well as with ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) systems. Integration with CRM not only eliminates redundant data entry, but also enables a real-time view of the progress of sales negotiations, sales logs, and the status of sales activities. BigMachines Co., Ltd. has received endorsements from two leading CRM partners in Japan, salesforce.com and Oracle Corporation.

"As the leading company of cloud solutions for enterprise, salesforce.com provides CRM solutions with many partners," said Fred Macaraeg, Vice President, Alliances, salesforce.com Co., Ltd. "We are delighted that BigMachines, who is our strong strategic partner in the US, has established BigMachines K.K. With this establishment, salesforce.com and BigMachines will provide solutions to contribute to the improvement of productivity for Japanese companies."

"We welcome BigMachines K.K.'s announcement about the opening of their operations in Japan," said Yutaka Fujimoto, Vice President of CRM On Demand, Oracle Corporation Japan. "We began offering the SaaS CRM application 'Oracle CRM On Demand' back in October 2006 and it has steadily grown in market penetration, especially for enterprise customers. The integration of BigMachines and Oracle CRM On Demand provides customers with valuable improvements to critical sales activities including product configuration and pricing, as well as preparation of proposals and quotations. BigMachines with Oracle CRM On Demand delivers improved customer satisfaction and we look forward to growing together in the Japanese market."

"I am delighted that we have been able to enter the Japanese market with the establishment of our new Tokyo office," said Godard Abel, Co-Founder and CEO of BigMachines. "We are confident that BigMachines can deliver measureable benefits to Japan's sales representatives and sales partners, as we have done for customers throughout the US, Europe and beyond. We look forward to growing our business in Japan and then into the broader Asian market as well." BigMachines plans to enter into strategic agreements with sales partners in Japan.

About BigMachines, Inc., BigMachines Co., Ltd. and BigMachines AG
BigMachines is the global leader in on-demand sales configuration, B2B eCommerce, quoting and proposal software, helping companies sell more and sell faster. BigMachines solutions empower sales across customers' channels by streamlining their sales processes from opportunity to order. Using BigMachines software, sales teams and channels can quickly configure products, generate quotes and proposals, manage complex pricing, generate legal contracts, and manage orders. BigMachines offers extensive reporting capabilities and easily integrates to leading CRM and ERP systems, including those from salesforce.com, Oracle, and SAP. BigMachines' rapidly growing customer base includes global leaders such as Kodak's GCG, Siemens, Ingersoll Rand, and NTT Communications, as well as innovative growth companies such as ShoreTel and Voltaire Ltd.

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