PLEASANTON, CA--(Marketwire - Jul 18, 2012) - Callidus Software Inc. (NASDAQ: [ CALD ]), the leader in sales effectiveness and cloud computing, announced today that Vorsight, a leader in sales effectiveness training and consulting, has selected the CallidusCloud™ Sales Coaching solution to improve the way its managers measure and develop their sellers. The agreement was signed in the third quarter of 2012.

"When companies uncover the behaviors and routines that separate top performing sales reps from the rank and file, they experience a significant performance lift across an entire sales organization," said Leslie Stretch, President and CEO, CallidusCloud. "Using Sales Coaching, Vorsight will see a new level of rich sales analytics, spurring individual and team development for greater sales performance."

"An easy-to-use tool that supports and underpins our sales coaching efforts is of huge value to Vorsight. The CallidusCloud solution was the perfect fit for us and will give us great insight and analytics on our sales performance," said David Stillman, President and CEO, Vorsight. "We have created a world class internal training, coaching and development program and are looking forward to using CallidusCloud's Sales Coaching technology to take it to the next level."

[ Sales Coaching ] enables companies to identify and replicate the attributes of top-performing sales reps and fuel the development of their sales forces for sales execution. Leading organizations use Sales Coaching to produce improved individual sales performance, contributing to an overall higher level of success across a sales force.

Sales Coaching is delivered as part of CallidusCloud's sales and marketing suite, a SaaS suite that is designed to help businesses drive [ enterprise engagement ], [ sales performance management ] and [ sales effectiveness ] throughout the sales cycle with award-winning, multi-tenant cloud software. CallidusCloud offers the following SaaS and mobile solutions: [ candidate assessment tests for hiring ], [ video interviews ], [ marketing automation ], [ quotes and proposals ], [ sales enablement ], [ sales coaching ], [ sales commission management ], [ learning management ] and [ content authoring ], underpinned by analytics and enterprise [ gamification ].

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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 ].

About Vorsight Technologies
Vorsight is an award winning sales effectiveness firm that helps B2B sales teams generate more opportunities with qualified decision makers at target accounts. Specializing in tactical sales, prospecting training, e-Mastery, inside sales consulting and meeting scheduling, Vorsight maximizes clients' inside sales capabilities. More information about Vorsight can be found at [ http://www.vorsight.com ].

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