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Callidus Software Inc.: "Survive and Thrive" Executive Briefing Series by Callidus Software Offers New Concepts to De


Published on 2009-07-09 04:14:06, Last Modified on 2009-07-09 04:14:11 - Market Wire
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SAN JOSE, CA--(Marketwire - July 9, 2009) - Struggling with a tough economic climate, companies of all sizes and verticals look for new approaches to motivate employees and increase sales numbers. At this year's "Survive and Thrive" Executive Briefing Series, industry luminaries discussed new concepts to succeed despite current business challenges. Companies such as UPS, Fidelity and Comcast attended the conference where participants gained valuable insight on metrics to focus on and improve sales effectiveness. The event was hosted by Callidus Software Inc. (NASDAQ: [ CALD ]).

Speakers included [ Jason Jordan ], co-founder of Go To Market Partners, [ Jason Angelos ], senior executive of CRM Sales Transformation at Accenture and [ Mark Smith ], CEO and executive vice president of research at Ventana Research. The industry experts and speakers from companies such as Citrix and Key Bank provided participants with valuable information and hands-on guidance on how to better evaluate metrics to improve employee performance.

"Companies of all sizes and industries are facing daunting but not insurmountable challenges," said Steve Apfelberg, senior vice president of marketing and business development at Callidus Software. "Our objective is to provide attendees with inside-knowledge and ways to improve their sales strategy and directly improve their bottom-line results. This event provided an environment to learn from industry experts and share ideas to better business performance during harsh economic times."

For more details and to register for the next events in the "Survive & Thrive -- Secrets to Selling More" series, please [ click here ] or visit [ http://www.callidussoftware.com/events/ ].

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About Callidus Software®

Callidus Software ([ www.callidussoftware.com ], [ NASDAQ: CALD ]) is the market and technology leader in [ Sales Performance Management (SPM) ]. Performance-based compensation is one of the largest investments for all companies. Callidus' customers gain a competitive advantage by maximizing the return on this strategic asset. Our award-winning [ Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) ] applications set the standard for [ pervasive performance management ] across the enterprise. Over 1.9 million employees and channel partners have their performance managed by Callidus Software.

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