BigMachines: In the News
ZDnet - Sales mobility: What your business needs
28. November 2011
The sales industry is constantly on the go and let’s face it, selling is not a
some of the time
thing. It’s an all the time
thing. Sales executives are expected to always be upselling existing customers and finding new customers. Selling is in your blood and sales people know it is most effective when they are out on the road selling.
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BigIdeas 2011: Of BigMachines’ Quantum Leap – Part 2
22. November 2011
The highlights of Bonnette’s keynote presentation were that BigMachines has recently moved towards acting as an established company with more structured processes rather than as a slightly disorganized rapidly growing startup. Predictable results for both the vendor and its customers should come from more simplified and prepackaged offerings, and the upcoming BigMachines 12 release was previewed.
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BigIdeas 2011: Of BigMachines’ Quantum Leap – Part 1
08. November 2011
The fall of 2011 marked Theo Epstein’s move from Boston Red Sox to Chicago Cubs, whose fans have been yearning for a championship ring for well over 100 years and are fervently hoping that Theo’s curse-breaking success as the general manager in Boston will be repeated in the desolate Cubs nation. Well, 2011 also marked a much less important detail: after having to regretfully decline a few previous times, I was finally able to clear my calendar and attend BigMachines’ annual user conference dubbed BigIdeas, also in Chicago as the company’s base.
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25. October 2011
BigMachines is getting bigger. The 11-year-old, cloud-based provider of software that helps sales organizations within companies such as GE, Symantec and Panasonic generate prices and quotes for complex, configurable products, is hiring about 100 employees, most of whom will be based in Chicago.
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ITBusinessEdge: The 10 Things Every Business Should Know About B2B E-commerce
25. October 2011
It's certainly no secret that more and more business is being conducted online each day. Consumers expect products and services to be instantly available, comparable and configurable to meet their needs online.
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TMCnet - Cloud Business: BigMachines Achieves Oracle Validated Integration
05. October 2011
BigMachines 11.1 software has achieved Oracle Validated Integration with Oracle CRM On Demand Release 19. This unique on-demand selling platform enables customers to help increase sales and revenue.
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What True Sales & Marketing Alignment Looks Like (Part II)
24. September 2011
When I first got into marketing over a decade ago, the landscape was much different than it is today. Marketing and sales typically worked independently from one another; marketing managed things like trade shows and print collateral and sales managed the leads that marketing acquired.
By: Will Wiegler, VP Marketing, BigMachines, Inc.
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SMM - Sales Mobility: What Your Sales Reps and Customers Need
22. September 2011
"Companies are embracing mobile devices and sales teams are leading the way.
By: Tim Handorf, VP Product Management, BigMachines, Inc.
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CRM Pavilion to Be Showcased at Oracle(R) OpenWorld 2011
21. September 2011
Back by popular demand, Oracle will host an Oracle(R) CRM Pavilion at Oracle OpenWorld. The Pavilion will showcase a select group of independent software vendor partners (ISVs) and system integrators (SIs) that have demonstrated significant value driven by proven customer success, traction with Oracle's sales organization, and synergy with the current and future Oracle CRM product direction.
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What True Sales & Marketing Alignment Looks Like (Part I)
16. September 2011
For many sales and marketing leaders, there is still work to be done when it comes to improving the relationship between their teams. Recently, my company, BigMachines, released a 2011 Benchmark Survey on the state of the sales industry, featuring responses from 100 sales executives.
By: Will Wiegler, VP Marketing, BigMachines, Inc.
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12 Things About Dreamforce 2011 You Probably Didn't Know
16. September 16, 2011
Join us for 29 minutes as three Salesforce Partners, Maureen Murray (Business Development Manager, Marketo), Will Wiegler (VP Marketing, BigMachines) and Eric Hollebone (Director of CRM & Marketing Automation, OnPath Business Solutions), share their experiences about Dreamforce 2011. You'll learn what it was like, what workshops were the best to attend, whether or not it's worth going and what to expect next year.
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Bloomberg.com: Cloud-Computing Contracts for U.S. Should Avoid IT Cartel
08. September 2011
The U.S. government should write cloud-computing contracts so that agencies can easily move from one provider to another, increasing competition and keeping costs low, the former federal chief information officer said.
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Destination CRM: Successful Sales Mobility Practices
02. September 2011
The sales industry is constantly on the go and let's face it, selling is not a "some of the time" thing. It's an "all the time" thing. Sales executives are expected to always be upselling existing customers and finding new customers. Selling is in your blood and salespeople know it is most effective when they are out on the road selling.
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1 to 1 Media: Sales Mobility - What Your Sales Reps and Customers Need
24. August 2011
Mobility improves both the sales process and customer experience by improving insight, effectiveness, and transparency.By: Tim Handorf, VP Product Management, BigMachines, Inc. Learn More
MarketWatch: Marketo Announces Finalists of 2011 Revenue Performance Excellence Awards
23. August 2011
Marketo, the fastest-growing provider of Revenue Performance Management (RPM) solutions, today announced the finalists of the first annual Revenue Performance Excellence Awards.
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Fast Company: 5 Ways To Get Back In The Game
03. August 2011
We look to visions for inspiration, but they also can help us rediscover our conviction. Godard Abel, CEO of BigMachines, could not have started his company at a worse time. 2002 was the height of the dot-com bubble and he decided to jump on the ride. He created a company that would help other companies customize and sell their products online.
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CustomerThink: Sell More, Sell Faster: The CRM Skinny On BigMachines
05. July 2011
'Sell more, and sell it more quickly' is the mantra for many an industry. But if there's one impediment to rapid selling, it's product complexity. Buy a PC online today, for example, and you may have to navigate through 500 core options - some top-level, others stemming from choices you make - not to mention an array of accessories and add-ons.
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TMCnet: BigMachines Unveils the Latest Version of its SaaS Platform
05. July 2011
BigMachines, a provider of product configuration, pricing and quoting, proposal generation and B2B ecommerce, announced the launch of BigMachines 11.1.
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Fixing the Disconnect Between Sales and the Enterprise
17. June 2011
Challenges are mounting for sales teams: higher quotas, changing metrics, and new channels in which to sell. The problem is that these changes can get in the way of salespeople doing what they do best, which is selling. To better understand this conundrum, BigMachines recently conducted a benchmark survey, identifying the key factors that drive sales teams and the roadblocks they encounter.
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DemandGen Report: A New Era in Sales - Benchmark Research
05. May 2011
Challenges are mounting for sales teams: higher quotas, changing metrics, and new channels in which to sell. The problem is that these changes can get in the way of salespeople doing what they do best, which is selling. To better understand this conundrum, BigMachines recently conducted a benchmark survey, identifying the key factors that drive sales teams, as well as the roadblocks they encounter.
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1to1 Media: The Challenges and Keys to Successful Selling in 2011
24. May 2011
BigMachines Product Configurator, Quoting and Proposals Software introduces
the 11.1 edition in London with help from customer feedback.
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Bloomberg BusinessWeek: Make Sales to Businesses as Effective as Sales to Consumers
11. March 2011
Large businesses such as Amazon, Dell, and OfficeMax use e-commerce for business-related transactions, so why not use it for yours as well? With more users online than ever before, your customers expect to be able to buy what they want, when they want, and more important, how they want.
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TECblog: Getting an Update from BigMachines at Dreamforce 2010
07. February 2011
BigMachines has been salesforce.com's top Q2O partner for a few years due to the most joint customers (about 100) that tout their success stories.
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TECblog: Two Force.com Apps Joining Forces at Dreamforce 2010
04. January 2011
Dreamforce 2010 saw, inter alia, BigMachines' brand new QuickConfig solution and Ariba's intention to build its contract management solution in Apex.
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