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SalesLogix
WINS Microsoft Industry Solution Award for Best Mobile Sales Solution
Scottsdale, AZ (December
8, 1998) -- SalesLogix Corporation, developer of the award-winning SalesLogix®
Sales Information System™, today announced that it has been named the winner
of Microsoft's prestigious Industry Solution Award for 'Best Mobile Sales
Solution'. Microsoft announced the winning companies on Thursday, December
3, 1998 at the DCI conference in Boston, Massachusetts. The winning products
and solutions were selected by an independent panel of judges based on
their use of Microsoft technology, specifically the Windows NT Server operating
system and the BackOffice family of products, to provide tangible business
benefits.
"Winning the 1998 Microsoft
Industry Solutions Award for the Best Mobile Sales solution is a great
distinction and another confirmation that SalesLogix delivers the power
and user-friendliness needed by sales teams," said Pat Sullivan, Founder
and CEO of SalesLogix Corporation. "SalesLogix's effective utilization
of Microsoft BackOffice technologies allows companies with thousands or
as few as ten salespeople to have a quickly-implemented, enterprise-class
sales automation solution at an affordable price."
"Microsoft is pleased to
see such a fast-growing number of ISVs creating powerful solutions for
customer management," said Holly Hensen, group manager for enterprise applications
at Microsoft Corp. "This year's winners are leaders in delivering superior
business value to their customers. Their applications coupled with Windows
NT, Microsoft SQL Server and BackOffice are enabling businesses to do more
and succeed further. The end result is customer satisfaction, the ultimate
goal in this industry."
The Best Mobile Solution
was won by SalesLogix Corporation for its SalesLogix Sales Information
System; Customer Implementation -Getinge/Castle Inc. 'SalesLogix Sales
Information System is sales automation software that provides all the ease
of use found in most contact management software while still delivering
the powerful customization, flexibility and scalability required for growing
sales organizations. SalesLogix is a practical and cost-effective sales
automation solution that can be implemented in weeks rather than months
so that companies can immediately realize gains in efficiency.'
Microsoft's ISAs are designed
to recognize developers of software applications in the customer management
industry. Winners were selected by an independent panel of judges who scored
entries based on their use of the Microsoft Windows NT Server operating
system and the BackOffice family of products to provide tangible business
benefits in customer management. To participate in the Industry Solution
Awards, vendors were asked to provide an example of a customer that had
improved their business by implementing the vendor's solution.
GETINGE/CASTLE SOLUTION IMPLEMENTED
BY TASK
Getinge/Castle is a leading
maker of sterilization, disinfection and surgical products. To improve
the effectiveness of its field sales organization, the company embarked
on a strategy to empower salespeople to configure products and generate
proposals and quotes themselves. Bob Von Kaenel, Getinge/Castle's Vice
President of Marketing and Sales, called upon TASK, a Raleigh, N.C.- based
integrator and SalesLogix Business Partner, to help in the search, design
and implementation of the solution. TASK created an integrated end-to-end
customer management solution that boosted productivity by 15 percent in
its first two months alone.
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