Build Sales Documents With BigMachines Applications
Posted by Manoj Jasra
BigMachines, Inc. announced that it is developing a new native application on the Force.com platform from salesforce.com. The announcement was made today at Dreamforce ’08, salesforce.com’s User and Developer Conference. The new application will enable sales teams and channels to easily generate professional sales documents from within a Salesforce CRM opportunity.
Using the new BigMachines application, sales reps will be able to add products and quotes to opportunities and manage pricing and discounts. System administrators will be able to build templates for sales documents, such as proposals, quotes and contracts, using BigMachines Document Engine, and publish the templates to sales reps, who select their selling documents from within their familiar Salesforce CRM interface. The new application will be available for purchase on the Force.com AppExchange online marketplace.
The Force.com platform simplifies the development of on-demand applications and allows them to be easily shared, exchanged and installed with a few simple clicks via the AppExchange. By building the new application directly on the Force.com platform, BigMachines gains all the benefits of the proven security, reliability and scalability of salesforce.com’s trusted global infrastructure and ensures that the application will be automatically integrated with Salesforce CRM applications.
“Many successful customers have used the Force.com AppExchange to add Big Machines to their Salesforce CRM implementations to help manage daily sales operations,” said Clarence So, Chief Marketing Officer, salesforce.com. “With their new application on Force.com, Big Machines is showcasing their leadership in technology innovation and continued focus on customer success.”
“By providing an application that is built on Force.com, we are ensuring the highest level of integration and ease of delivery for our customers that use Salesforce CRM,” said Godard Abel, CEO of BigMachines. “We strive to offer the most value to our customers and this application will streamline the ability for sales reps and channel partners to easily produce high-quality, consistent sales documents without leaving their Salesforce CRM interface.”
Force.com is the fastest platform for building and deploying complex business applications. Unlike a stack of disparate client/server hardware and software products, Force.com unifies the development and deployment model from the database to the device, allowing developers to easily assemble applications with clicks, components and code, and then instantly deploy them on salesforce.com’s trusted global infrastructure. Customers and partners are using Force.com to build all kinds of business applications from supply chain management to compliance tracking, brand management, accounts receivable, claims processing applications and much more.
About the Author: Manoj Jasra is a well respected search marketing veteran having been in the industry since 2002. Manoj currently serves as a Sr. Analyst on the web solutions team at Shaw Communications Inc. Manoj's role primarily consists of providing SEO/PPC and Web Analytics strategies in addition to business insight on Shaw's web properties. Previously, Manoj held the role of Director of Technology at Enquiro Search Solutions where he oversaw Enquiro's product development for search marketing solutions and acted as the lead on both SEO Training and Enquiro's Web Analytics approach. Check out Manoj's well read blog, Web Analytics World, which focuses on his insight in Search Marketing, Mobile, Technology and of course, Web Analytics. You can contact Manoj at manoj.jasra@gmail.com
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