REDMOND, Wash. – Noetix Corp., a software provider that automatically generates business intelligence (BI) content from enterprise applications, today announced it won three prestigious awards, including “Best of Show,” at the annual Oracle Applications Users Group (OAUG) conference, COLLABORATE 09, which was held May 3 – 7 in Orlando. The Exhibitor Awards program, hosted by the OAUG Forum, honors those OAUG exhibitors who demonstrate excellence in brand marketing, creativity, innovation, and booth staffing with the Best of Show competition that includes several different categories.

A panel of OAUG member judges selected Noetix as “Best Traffic Stopper” and “Most Visionary” for a booth 400 sq. ft. or larger. The “Best Traffic Stopper” award goes to booths that tend to create traffic jams on the show floor and go above and beyond to attract and excite tradeshow attendees. The “Most Visionary” award goes to the exhibitor with the most creative and unique booth design, including the best technical implementation, layout, and flow.

“As a Five-Star Partner of the OAUG for the past six years and a member of the organization since 1994, Noetix has had a long-standing commitment to helping Oracle customers maximize the return on their investments in Oracle Applications,” said Denise Quashie, director of Strategic Relations for the OAUG. “We always look forward to seeing how the Noetix marketing team will pull out all the stops with their innovation and strategic thinking, and this year was no exception. At this year’s show, the buzz around the Noetix booth was palpable, and through a creative marketing campaign the company extended its presence to every corner of the show floor.”

As one of its many promotional activities during the tradeshow, Noetix gave away tuxedo front t-shirts featuring the company’s 15-year anniversary logo on the back. The shirt came wrapped with a letter instructing show attendees that “Getting Noticed Pays.” Those who wore the shirt and were seen by a Noetix “Tuxedo Spotter” received a special entry form for a drawing to win a grand prize of $1,500 or one of 15 second place prizes of $100. The more the attendees wore their anniversary tuxedo shirts throughout the show, the more chances they had to enter the drawing held in the booth on the last day of the event.

“It was especially gratifying for us to win the esteemed ‘Best of Show’ honor during our 15th year in business,” said Sally Hicks, director, marketing at Noetix. “Noetix’s exhibit marketing theme for COLLABORATE 09 was designed around our anniversary celebration concept, and it was honestly a lot of fun being able to see how our integrated campaign and its different elements finally came together on the show floor.”

About the Oracle Applications Users Group (OAUG)

Founded in 1990, the Oracle Applications Users Group (OAUG) is the world’s largest user knowledgebase for Oracle Applications users. The organization serves as an advocate to Oracle Corp. for companies worldwide, including more than 35 percent of the companies on the Fortune 100 list. The OAUG also serves users of more than 65 Oracle Applications products including Oracle Fusion Applications, Oracle E-Business Suite, PeopleSoft Enterprise, Agile, Hyperion, Oracle Retail, Oracle Communications, Siebel CRM and others. The OAUG provides users with education, networking and support via a wide range of activities and forums including conferences, publications, special interest groups, online communities and the Knowledge FactoryTM, a community-driven knowledge resource for Oracle Applications users. For more information about OAUG, visit the Web site at oaug.org.

About Noetix

More than 1,400 customers worldwide use Noetix to quickly and cost-effectively access the enterprise application data they need to make important business decisions every day. By providing instant, configuration-specific operational reporting and ad hoc query for Oracle E-Business Suite, PeopleSoft Enterprise, and Siebel CRM, Noetix delivers the fastest time to business answers. Our patented, metadata-driven technology and lean architecture deliver immediate access to data, resulting in the lowest-cost BI solution to acquire, implement, and maintain. Easy search and navigation capability allows users to create ad hoc reports and answer their own operational questions without additional assistance from IT staff. Noetix’s proven technology is being used by industry-leading customers worldwide, including: Cummins, Motorola, Starbucks, Toshiba, Welch’s, and Visa. The company is headquartered in Redmond, Wash., with international operations in London and Hyderabad, India.

Noetix is a registered trademark of Noetix Corp.

SINGAPORE – Software spending by medium businesses (MBs, companies with 100-999 employees) in ASEAN (Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam) reached US$233 million in 2008—with $24 million coming from CRM solutions. The spending is nascent across ASEAN countries but its growth rate has been impressive. CRM software spending grew by 21% since 2007 and is set to continue growing even in the current economic situation.

“Medium businesses in ASEAN are beginning to look at CRM software as a tool to enable their companies to be more competitive – especially in the current recession,” says Daniel Sim, Consulting and Research Manager for AMI-Partners. About 80% of medium businesses have rated “competition” as highest among the list of challenges they face. “Next to competition, the next most challenging area for is improving profitability. In addition to generating new sales, companies are paying more attention to retaining existing customers and not losing them to competitors. “Companies with CRM deployment are in better position to compete given the access to customers’ information and fine tuning the information into actionable plans,” maintains Mr. Sim.

Comparing across countries in ASEAN, Singapore has the highest penetration of CRM at 18%. Singapore’s high level of ICT adoption and its strong global business relationships are key reasons for the high adoption of CRM solutions. In terms of CRM modules adopted by medium businesses in ASEAN, sales force automation is currently the highest. Call centers are the next highest in demand. Businesses are looking to understanding their customers’ preferences in greater detail. As companies generate lesser sales in the current economic climate, businesses are increasingly focusing on retaining existing customers to generate sales.

As AMI intelligence points toward greater relevance of CRM deployment in helping businesses stay competitive, CRM vendors would do well to capitalize on this opportunity. Vendors should look at their product offerings and determine the right product mix for medium businesses yet to deploy CRM solutions. Vendors should also be aware that more than half of the currently deployed CRM solutions are home-grown solutions. These home-grown solutions differ from solution to solution and do not necessarily have the capabilities of industry-proven solutions from the likes of Microsoft, Oracle or SAP. CRM as SaaS is still in its infancy at this moment. SaaS-based CRM contributed more than 1% of total deployed SaaS solutions in ASEAN. Although unchartered waters for most medium businesses, respondents are telling AMI-Partners that the low-cost and hassle-free setup are worth considering.

CRM is expected to grow in 2009 at a slower rate of 18% over 2008. Vendors focusing on new accounts from medium businesses will face more challenges. Creative selling is needed to sign up new customers from the 88% non-CRM businesses and convincing users of existing CRM-deployed solutions to switch to a better product. Developing relationships with the right channel partners with a good understanding of their customers’ business development requirement may hold the key to success in selling CRM solutions.

Related Studies

AMI-Partners’ offers many reports covering MBs in the ASEAN countries. These studies highlight major trends in the context of current/planned IT, Internet and communications usage and spending. Products and services covered include established and emerging hardware, software, applications and business process solutions. Based on AMI-Partners’ annual surveys of SMBs in India, the studies track a broad spectrum of issues pertaining to budgets, purchase behaviors, decision influencers, channel preferences, outsourcing, service and support. Also covered are detailed firmographics and critically important technology attitudes and strategic planning priorities. This data points to key opportunities and messaging hot buttons for vendors and service providers seeking to match their offerings to SMB market requirements.

In light of global recessionary fears and the impact of economic downshifts on business, AMI-Partners has expanded its tracking studies to include several questions pertaining to SMBs’ perceptions of their dependence on local, national and global economies as well as their expectations about economic growth. These questions gained added significance in light of the timing of this year’s studies, which overlapped with the global financial crisis starting in mid-September. AMI-Partners’ studies, thus, present an early picture of an SMB market undergoing a major transition. Given that many SMBs are at the leading edge of this transition, AMI-Partners has included an additional analysis in this year’s reports to assess demographics, attitudes, current IT adoption as well as planned IT purchases among “concerned SMBs” compared to the rest of the market. (AMI-Partners defines concerned SBs as those that expect the local/regional economy will get worse in the next one year and concerned MBs as those that expect the local/regional, national or global economy to get worse in the next one year.)

For more information about this study, AMI-Partners, or our global SMB research, call 212-944-5100, e-mail ask_ami@ami-partners.com or visit the AMI website at www.ami-partners.com.

About Access Markets International (AMI) Partners, Inc.

AMI-Partners specializes in IT, Internet, telecommunications and business services strategy, venture capital, and actionable market intelligence — with a strong focus on global small and medium businesses (SMBs), and extending into large enterprises and home-based businesses. The AMI-Partners mission is to empower clients for success with the highest quality data, business strategy perspectives and “go-to-market” solutions. Led by Andy Bose, the firm has built a world-class management team with deep experience cutting across IT, telecommunications and business services sectors in established and emerging markets.

AMI-Partners has helped shape the go-to-market SMB strategies of more than 150 leading IT, Internet, telecommunications and business services companies. The firm is well known for its IT and Internet adoption-based segmentation of the SMB markets; its annual retainership services based on global SMB tracking surveys in more than 25 countries; and its proprietary database of SMBs and SMB channel partners in the Americas, Europe and Asia-Pacific. The firm invests significantly in collecting survey-based information from several thousand SMBs annually, and is considered the premier source for global SMB trends and analysis.

“This Certified Advantage Partner recognition is confirmation of the reputation we have built as a highly competent company with a track-record of delivering successful Oracle software implementations for our clients,” according to Esteban Neely, president of eVerge Group. As a Certified Advantage Partner, eVerge Group receives the highest level of dedicated account management and support from Oracle, enabling eVerge to provide an even higher level of service to their clients.

About eVerge Group

Founded in 1993, eVerge Group is a leading integrator of business applications software, focused on delivering Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Customer Relationship Management (CRM), and Business Intelligence (BI), Master Data Management (MDM), Incentive Compensation (ICM) and Enterprise Content Management (ECM) solutions. With longevity and focused expertise in both commercial and public sector markets, eVerge Group is an Oracle Certified Advantage Partner, and has implemented these solutions in leading organizations throughout the Americas. For more information on eVerge Group, visit www.evergegroup.com.

About the Oracle PartnerNetwork

Oracle PartnerNetwork is a global business network of more than 19,500 companies who deliver innovative software solutions based on Oracle software. Through access to Oracle’s premier products, education, technical services, marketing and sales support, the Oracle PartnerNetwork program provides partners with the resources they need to be successful in today’s global economy. Oracle partners are able to offer their customers leading-edge solutions backed by Oracle’s position as the world’s largest enterprise software company. Partners who are able to demonstrate superior product knowledge, technical expertise and a commitment to doing business with Oracle qualify for the Certified Partner levels.

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CHICAGO & FRANKFURT – BigMachines, Inc., the leading provider of on-demand configuration and proposal software, announced today that it grew both revenue and recurring revenue by 60% over the prior year’s first quarter. This is following a record year of revenue growth in 2008. The company also grew its staff by 10 percent in Q1.

BigMachines has successfully deployed its software-as-a service solution to more than 70,000 users at over 160 companies in a broad variety of markets including software, high technology, medical, and industrial products. Sixteen new customers were added in the first quarter of 2009, including Sendmail, the leading provider of reliable and secure email and messaging infrastructures.

According to Stephanie Nevin, Vice President Marketing and Sales Operations of Sendmail, “After evaluating products from several companies, it is clear that BigMachines offers one of the best solutions for sales configurations, quotes and proposals. Their implementation team has been very responsive and attentive to our needs and we are already seeing the benefits for our sales organization.”

BigMachines also introduced a new Renewals solution that streamlines the renewals of service and support contracts, including quoting subscription annuities, software license contracts, support agreements and more. This new feature in BigMachines software offers customers a single application for configuring products, delivering accurate quotes, creating professional proposals and ensuring that their service and support contracts are renewed accurately and efficiently. More information is available at www.bigmachines.com/renewals.php.

“We are excited about the strong start in 2009 and are proud of our ability to sell even in the current economic climate, said Godard Abel, CEO and co-founder of BigMachines. “Our continued success is a testament to the strength of our value proposition, products, services, and the tenacity and talent of our team.”

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 Kodak’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.com.

ATLANTA – The Oracle Applications Users Group (OAUG), the world’s largest user knowledgebase for Oracle Applications users, introduces its next-generation OAUG Job Board to serve the Oracle community by providing an enhanced environment and tools to facilitate hiring qualified staff.

The OAUG Job Board, which is co-developed by Atlanta-based TALENThire.com, a provider of talent acquisition solutions, is free to qualified job seekers, OAUG members and non-members, and provides an array of features designed to make the job-search process more efficient and effective by highlighting specific skills and needs. Each job seeker’s online profile allows him or her to post a resume and showcase special skills through a streamlined and tailored profile and position submission process. This enables job seekers to classify themselves by application type, experience and unique skill set. Candidates may also apply to jobs directly, save job searches and track job applications.

Employers can use the job board to post job descriptions and search for candidates based on product area expertise and experience. The OAUG Job Board is offering free employer position postings through the end of May 2009. Beginning June 1, OAUG members may post jobs for a nominal fee per position, and quantity discounts are also available.

“The updated OAUG Job Board is a more flexible, streamlined application that can help our member companies gain access to qualified Oracle professionals around the world and improve the efficiency of their hiring process,” said Raymond Payne, president of the OAUG. “The job board also offers individual job seekers a practical tool for finding their next jobs, which is particularly helpful in today’s uncertain market.”

The OAUG Job Board can be accessed by visiting jobs.oaug.org.

About TALENThire.com

Atlanta-based TALENThire.com provides on-demand talent solutions, including vendor management and job board technology and service. The company’s Direct Hire and Contract Labor Vendor Management solution provides corporate recruiters and procurement with one solution for managing all forms of agency relationships and provides access to its “Agency Partner Network.” The solution empowers companies to cut costs and gain control over their Agency management process. TALENThire’s employer partners include AOL and Publix and its Agency Partner network is currently more than 1,000 strong.

About the Oracle Applications Users Group (OAUG®)

Founded in 1990, the Oracle Applications Users Group (OAUG) is the world’s largest user knowledgebase for Oracle Applications users. The organization serves as an advocate to Oracle Corp. for companies worldwide, including more than 35 percent of the companies on the Fortune 100 list. The OAUG also serves users of more than 65 Oracle Applications products including Oracle Fusion Applications, Oracle E-Business Suite, PeopleSoft Enterprise, Agile, Hyperion, Oracle Retail, Oracle Communications, Siebel CRM and others. The OAUG provides users with education, networking and support via a wide range of activities and forums including conferences, publications, special interest groups, online communities and the Knowledge Factory™, a community-driven knowledge resource for Oracle Applications users. For more information about OAUG, visit the Web site at oaug.org.

REDMOND, Wash. – Noetix Corp., a software provider that automatically generates business intelligence (BI) content from enterprise applications, introduced Noetix Generator 2.0 for Oracle Business Intelligence, making it faster and easier to roll out reporting to Oracle Business Intelligence Suite Enterprise Edition Plus (OBI EE) and Oracle Business Intelligence Standard Edition One end users.

This new version of Noetix Generator for Oracle BI is now integrated with NoetixAnswers, pre-built reports that answer hundreds of common business questions ‘out-of-the-box’ without the need to map data locations or write SQL code.

Noetix Generator for Oracle BI automatically creates the Enterprise Information Model for Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS) and PeopleSoft Enterprise applications, and publishes this information for end-user reporting and ad hoc query within the Oracle BI repository. Report authors and query users can instantly access their application data through logical business views that include complex joins and business-friendly terminology. The result is an immediately accessible self-service reporting environment that includes automatically generated pre-built reports with charts and graphs within Oracle BI Answers and Oracle Interactive Dashboards.

“Noetix provides us with the ideal reporting solution for accessing our EBS data via OBI EE and lays the foundation for a more strategic data warehouse implementation,” said Pat Krause, president at IT Convergence, a global enterprise application services provider. “By automating the process required to build the OBI EE repository, Noetix saved us a tremendous amount of time during the administrative setup. In addition, Noetix delivered hundreds of report templates that our end users could immediately execute to answer their questions or customize to meet their operational and ad hoc needs.”

With support for more than 30 of the most popular Oracle EBS applications spanning Financials, Discrete Manufacturing and Process Manufacturing, Advanced Supply Chain Planning, HR, Benefits, Payroll, and many others, Noetix provides the broadest and deepest coverage, giving users answers to their most commonly asked business questions.

In addition, Noetix shields reports and queries from the impact of application upgrades and patches by remapping the views to accommodate any changes in the underlying database. This saves Oracle customers time and money that would otherwise be spent rewriting reports.

“Customers need to get value quickly from their investments and implementing OBI EE is no different,” said Daryl Orts, vice president of Engineering Technologies at Noetix. “Many can’t afford to wait for a data warehouse to be built before their users can get started. With Noetix, they don’t have to wait.”

About Noetix

More than 1,400 customers worldwide use Noetix to quickly and cost-effectively access the enterprise application data they need to make important business decisions every day. By providing instant, configuration-specific operational reporting and ad hoc query for Oracle E-Business Suite, PeopleSoft Enterprise, and Siebel CRM, Noetix delivers the fastest time to business answers. Our patented, metadata-driven technology and lean architecture deliver immediate access to data, resulting in the lowest-cost BI solution to acquire, implement, and maintain. Easy search and navigation capability allows users to create ad hoc reports and answer their own operational questions without additional assistance from IT staff. Noetix’s proven technology is being used by industry-leading customers worldwide, including: Cummins, Motorola, Starbucks, Toshiba, Welch’s, and Visa. The company is headquartered in Redmond, Wash., with international operations in London and Hyderabad, India.

Noetix is a registered trademark of Noetix Corp.