PLEASANTON, CALIF., February 5, 2014 – Callidus Software Inc. (NASDAQ: CALD), a leading provider of sales and marketing effectiveness cloud software, announced today the acquisition of LeadRocket, Inc., an innovative social engagement and digital marketing platform provider.
CallidusCloud’s Lead to Money solutions provide sales and marketing teams with a platform to attract and accelerate leads through to closed deals. The acquisition will equip sales with the power of social media and extend the reach of marketing campaigns. Any sales professional on any device will now be able to tap into the power of digital marketing with this unique combination.
“The new LeadRocket(TM) technology is unique in the way it delivers marketing capabilities to sales professionals,” said Rory Cameron, Senior Vice President, Learning and Marketing Platforms, CallidusCloud. “With this acquisition, we are putting marketing automation in the pocket of every sales professional. Using LeadRocket, sales will be able to listen to and engage prospects on social media as well as initiate campaigns, all on a mobile device, anywhere, anytime.”
“Enabling sales with tools that tap into the power of marketing automation is a red hot opportunity,” said Ian Michiels, Principal and Managing Director, Gleanster, a leading information technology research firm. “The next generation of marketing and sales automation platforms need to empower sales at an individual level and foster stronger relationships within social channels. Cracking that nut will open up a whole new world of opportunity for sales. This is a smart move at the right time.”
The acquisition includes three important patents. CallidusCloud expects no significant contribution to revenues from the new technology until the later part of 2014 and does not anticipate the acquisition to be dilutive to earnings in Q1.
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CallidusCloud® (NASDAQ: CALD), is the leading provider of sales and marketing effectiveness software. CallidusCloud enables organizations to accelerate and maximize their lead to money process with their complete suite of solutions that identify the right leads, ensure proper territory and quota distribution, enable sales forces, automate quote and proposal generation, and streamline sales compensation – driving bigger deals, faster. Over 2000 leading organizations, across all industries, rely on CallidusCloud for their lead to money process for better marketing and smarter selling.
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