SFR Telecom Selects Callidus Software TrueComp Solution for European Sales Performance Management
Second Largest Mobile Telecommunications Operator in France to Standardize on Callidus Platform
SAN JOSE, Calif., July 21, 2008 — Callidus Software Inc. (NASDAQ: CALD), the leader in Sales Performance Management (SPM), today announced that SFR, part of the French media conglomerate Vivendi SA (EURONEXT: VIV), has selected the Callidus Software TrueComp® Manager software module to manage sales performance and incentive compensation programs for its direct and indirect distributors. Under the agreement, signed in the second quarter of 2008, SFR will use Callidus’ TrueComp® Manager software to manage sales performance for its direct sales representatives and indirect distribution channel sales staff in France.
In challenging economic times and faced with unprecedented competition, companies are pursuing new ways to drive revenue and optimize profitability. Sales performance and pervasive performance management are the untapped levers to bring these strategies to life. Callidus’ solutions help companies align corporate objectives with sales strategy. Together, they unlock a company’s ability to combine sales and incentive compensation with key aspects of employee performance management.
Callidus’ SPM software solutions deliver a high ROI in a very short period of time by allowing sales executives to make better incentive decisions, providing timely visibility into channel operations, and giving them the flexibility to rapidly deploy new sales and distribution strategies and tactics.
About Callidus Software®
Callidus Software (www.callidussoftware.com, NASDAQ: CALD) is the leading provider of on-premise and on-demand Sales Performance Management (SPM) solutions to global companies across a broad range of industries. Our software allows innovative enterprises of all sizes to strategically manage incentive compensation, set quota targets, administer producers, and align territories, resulting in improved sales and distribution performance. Over 1.8 million salespeople, brokers, and channel representatives have their sales performance managed by Callidus Software’s products.
About SFR www.sfr.fr / www.sfrentreprises.fr
With more than 17.9 million customers, SFR is the second largest mobile telecommunications operator in France. Operating its own GSM/GPRS and UMTS/HSDPA networks, SFR is able to provide a complete range of mobile telephony and multimedia services, as well as mobile data solutions to its personal, SOHO and business customers. SFR has become the operator of choice for new uses of mobile phones, having been the first operator to launch 3G and 3G+ services on the French market, and now boasts 3,5 million 3G customers. The company is also a player on the fixed telecommunications market through its 40% interest in Neuf Cegetel, the leading alternative operator on the French market. SFR benefits from a stable ownership structure, with two major shareholders, Vivendi (56%) and Vodafone (44%).
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