Access Commerce Introduces Cameleon EasyQuote for Salesforce.com's AppExchange

March 22, 2007; 04:02 AM
Access Commerce (Euronext: 7424), a leading provider of e-commerce and CRM software, today announced Cameleon EasyQuote for salesforce.com’s AppExchange. Available at www.salesforce.com/appexchange, Salesforce.com’s more than 29,800 customers now have access to Cameleon through AppExchange, the world’s first on-demand directory for business applications.

Cameleon EasyQuote for Salesforce is an on-demand quotation system to help sales teams optimize the complete opportunity-to-order process, providing 100 percent accurate quotes and orders, shorter quotation cycle times and improved win rates. Incorporating Web 2.0 technologies such as AJAX, Cameleon EasyQuote provides rich capabilities that include an advanced quotation spreadsheet, catalog search, product and service configuration, pricing and promotion application and proposal generation capable of handling simple to the most complex business requirements.

“Cameleon EasyQuote offers an excellent solution for dealing with complex quotation processes, managing rich catalog and advanced pricing rules or selling configured products and services that can be easily deployed from the AppExchange with just a few clicks,” said Matt Holleran, vice president, AppExchange partners, salesforce.com. “With the AppExchange, customers can choose from hundreds of excellent on-demand solutions to enhance the award-winning Salesforce application.”

In addition to the advanced features complementing Salesforce, Cameleon EasyQuote can be quickly and easily customized without programming. This allows the user interface, business processes and proposal documents to be efficiently tailored to meet various customer requirements, while minimizing implementation time, costs and maintenance efforts.

“We are pleased to be part of the salesforce.com AppExchange ecosystem. Interest in software-as-a-service is growing rapidly and we wanted to integrate Cameleon with the leading on demand CRM solution,” stated Jacques Soumeillan, President and CEO of Access Commerce. “We will actively promote Cameleon EasyQuote for Salesforce in 2007.”

About Apex and the AppExchange

Salesforce.com’s Apex is the on-demand platform for the next generation of business applications. Apex reinvents traditional customization and integration and enables a whole new generation of on-demand applications that go beyond CRM. All Apex components and applications can be easily shared, exchanged and installed with a few simple clicks via salesforce.com's AppExchange directory, enabling all the innovation that Apex unleashes to benefit the entire on-demand community.

Cameleon EasyQuote for AppExchange is one of more than 520 applications that are now available on salesforce.com’s AppExchange, the world’s first on-demand application directory, found at www.salesforce.com/appexchange.

The Apex on-demand platform is generally available today. The Apex programming language is available today for developer preview, and is currently scheduled to be available in beta to salesforce.com customers later in 2007.

About Access Commerce

Access Commerce is an international provider of E-Commerce and CRM software. The Cameleon Commerce Suite from Access Commerce helps manufacturing, distribution, retail and service companies sell products and services through direct, indirect, call center and Internet sales channels. Cameleon drives business efficiency by aggregating, standardizing and syndicating product information across supply and demand chains. Cameleon optimizes selling and ordering processes by simplifying core business functions: e-commerce, electronic catalog and guided selling, product and service configuration, advanced pricing and promotions, quote and proposal generation, and order management. Employees, channel partners and customers use Cameleon to eliminate errors and non-value added activities, decrease cycle times and improve customer satisfaction, resulting in increased revenue and a reduction in sales and operational costs. Access Commerce customers include AREVA, Eaton Corporation, Eiffage Construction, Invacare, Leroy Merlin, Manitou, Mitsubishi Caterpillar Forklift Europe (MCFE), Perceptron, Perkins Engines, Saint-Gobain, Schneider Electric, ThyssenKrupp, Total and X-Rite.

Access Commerce is headquartered in Toulouse, France and Chicago, Illinois. Cameleon is a trademark of Access Commerce SA and may be registered in certain jurisdictions. All other product and company names mentioned are the property of their respective owners.

For more information, visit www.access-commerce.com