PLEASANTON, CA--(Marketwire - May 2, 2012) - Callidus Software Inc. (NASDAQ: [ CALD ]), the leader in sales effectiveness and cloud computing, announced today that it launched its new CLOUD (Continuous Learning On User Demand) Pass™ Learning Platform. Sales operations practitioners can now tap into CallidusCloud's library of the latest tips and techniques in optimizing their use of the CallidusCloud™ product suite.

"CLOUD Pass augments the instructor-led curriculum at the CallidusCloud University, and is designed to have a profound positive impact on productivity, motivation, and ultimately, the satisfaction of our user community," said Saied Karamooz, Senior Vice President, Customer Solutions, CallidusCloud. "With CLOUD Pass, users will be just a few clicks away from learning how our solutions can help them execute better on their growth targets without stepping away from their daily routine. Coupled with our best-in-class suite of products, our enriched training program ensures that the value that our customers gain from CallidusCloud is unrivaled in the industry."

CLOUD Pass is the continuous learning extension of the CallidusCloud University. Key highlights include:

• A flexible, easy-to-use platform, built on CallidusCloud's Litmos™ Learning Management System, that can be accessed by anyone, at any time, and on any device.
• A vast collection of two to five minute educational vignettes focused on driving sales operations effectiveness by optimizing day-to-day sales operations activities.
• An expanding collection of topics driven by user requests to address sales operations tasks and activities, new CallidusCloud product capabilities, and the latest industry trends in sales effectiveness.

"We are excited about the impact of using the CLOUD Pass™ Training solution in our everyday use of the CallidusCloud system," said Julie Orr, Senior Manager, Philips Healthcare. "The best part of this training solution is that the offering is available to our entire user community. Our organization benefits by learning from the collective ideas and needs of their counterparts from within and outside our team. Dollar for dollar, there is no better training investment than CLOUD Pass™."

CLOUD Pass™ will be showcased at C³, CallidusCloud's™ upcoming user conference, May 6-8, Las Vegas, Nevada. For more information, click [ here ].

CallidusCloud™ delivers a comprehensive [ SaaS suite ] designed to help businesses drive more effective sales at each stage of the talent lifecycle, from making the right sales hire, to making it easier to sell, to motivating sales execution with targeted incentives and rewards, to building a knowledge-based work culture with high frequency coaching and development. The CallidusCloud™ platform is an award-winning, multi-tenant SaaS infrastructure that includes the [ Hiring Cloud ]™, the [ Marketing Cloud ]™, the [ Selling Cloud ]™, and the [ Learning Cloud ]™, and a best-in-class SaaS Reporting & Analytics platform.

Join the Sales Revolution and experience CallidusCloud first-hand at our annual user conference: C³ 2012. Click [ here ] to learn more.

About Callidus Software
Callidus Software Inc. (NASDAQ: [ CALD ]) is the market and technology leader in [ sales effectiveness and cloud computing ]. Our customers gain a competitive advantage by maximizing sales cost efficiencies and driving improvements in sales effectiveness. CallidusCloud's award-winning multi-tenant SaaS applications set the standard for performance management of a company's sales force and channel partners. Over 2.5 million users rely on our solutions to power their performance. For more information, please visit [ www.calliduscloud.com ].

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