Sonoma Partners And BigMachines Partner To Offer SaaS-Based Quoting And Configuration Platform For Microsoft Dynamics CRM

June 1, 2009

Sonoma Partners and BigMachines Partner to Offer SaaS-Based Quoting and Configuration Platform for Microsoft Dynamics CRM. (PRNewsFoto/Sonoma Partners)

CHICAGO, IL UNITED STATES

Chicago, IL /PRNewswire/ -- Sonoma Partners, a leading provider of Microsoft Dynamics CRM in the United States, announced a partnership with BigMachines to provide on-demand product configuration and proposal generation for users of Microsoft Dynamics CRM (www.sonomapartners.com/microsoft-crm-overview.aspx ).

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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. With the integration to Microsoft Dynamics CRM, a cross-functional customer relationship management application providing sales, marketing, and customer support modules, customers can help their sales teams and channels to sell more and sell faster.

"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."

"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."

"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 Big Machines 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."

About Sonoma Partners

Chicago-based Sonoma Partners LLC sells, customizes and implements Microsoft Dynamics CRM for enterprise and mid-size companies throughout the United States. Founded in 2001, it has worked exclusively with the product since the Beta release of version 1.0. Microsoft twice awarded Sonoma Partners as the Global Microsoft CRM Partner of the Year. In addition, Sonoma Partners has written multiple books about Microsoft Dynamics CRM for Microsoft Press.

The company's unmatched expertise 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, contact Sonoma Partners. (www.sonomapartners.com/contact.aspx).

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.

SOURCE Sonoma Partners