BigMachines Offers Quoting and Configuration Platform for Microsoft Dynamics CRM

June 11, 2010 - PRLog -- Chicago, IL and Frankfurt, Germany - May 27, 2009 - BigMachines, Inc., the leading provider of on-demand configuration and proposal software, announced today that it now provides on-demand software solutions for users of Microsoft Dynamics CRM. Sonoma Partners, specialists in Microsoft Dynamics CRM, partnered with BigMachines to develop the packaged integration of BigMachines software to the Microsoft Dynamics platform.

BigMachines offers a comprehensive platform of web-based software and services enabling sales teams, channel partners, and strategic customers to quickly configure products; generate quotes and proposals; manage complex pricing; generate legal contracts, rich proposals and sales documents; and submit and manage orders. Since 2000, more than 150 customers have successfully integrated BigMachines with leading CRM and ERP systems, including those from salesforce.com, Oracle, and SAP. With its newest offering, customers can now integrate BigMachines with Microsoft Dynamics CRM to help their sales teams and channels to sell more and sell faster.

"Salespeople need quick access to the most accurate and comprehensive business information available," said Brad Wilson, General Manager for Microsoft Dynamics CRM. "We are very excited that Sonoma Partners and BigMachines are partnering to provide a SaaS-based quoting and configuration platform for Microsoft Dynamics CRM that will help customers grow their business and better serve existing customers."

"We have worked with many best-in-breed solutions for Microsoft Dynamics CRM, to extend functionality of the CRM platform and provide additional value," said Mike Snyder, Founder and Managing Partner of Sonoma Partners. "BigMachines is the leader in quoting and configuration solutions and has developed market dominance with other CRM integrations. Extending their application to the Microsoft Dynamics CRM platform creates new growth opportunities for both BigMachines and Sonoma Partners. The BigMachines software integrates seamlessly with Microsoft Dynamics CRM and provides Microsoft users with consistent, easy-to-learn solutions." Learn more and watch an online demo of BigMachines for Microsoft Dynamics CRM at www.bigmachines.com/microsoft.

"We are pleased to work with Sonoma Partners on our integration with Microsoft Dynamics CRM," said Godard Abel, CEO and co-founder of BigMachines. "Sonoma Partners has the expertise and experience to ensure that our solutions for Microsoft Dynamics CRM customers will be as robust and successful as our integrations have been with the other leading CRM solutions."

About Sonoma Partners
Chicago-based Sonoma Partners LLC sells, customizes and implements Microsoft Dynamics CRM for mid-size and enterprise companies throughout the United States. Founded in 2001, it has worked exclusively with Microsoft CRM since the Beta release of version 1.0, winning the Global Microsoft CRM Solution Developer of the Year Award and twice winning the Global Microsoft CRM Partner of the Year Award. Sonoma Partners has also been ranked on the 2008 Chicago's 101 Best and Brightest Companies to Work For and the 2008 Inc. 5000 Fastest Growing Private Companies list.

The compan's unmatched expertise in Microsoft Dynamics CRM offers a rapid path to value and return on investment. In addition, Sonoma Partners has extensive experience in several vertical industries, including franchises, real estate, healthcare, professional services, and finance. For more information, visit www.sonomapartners.com.

About BigMachines, Inc. and BigMachines AG
BigMachines is the global leader in on-demand sales configuration, 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 Koda'�s GCG, Siemens, Ingersoll Rand, and NTT Communications, as well as innovative growth companies such as ShoreTel and Voltaire Ltd. For more information, visit www.bigmachines.de/english.php.

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Melanie Gipp
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