webMethods Automates Its Proposal Process with Pragmatech

Business Wire, Sept 25, 2002

Business/Technology Editors

AMHERST, N.H.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 25, 2002

Global sales team attributes substantial time savings to The RFP

Machine(R) & RFP Express(R)

Pragmatech Software, the leading provider of sales effectiveness and proposal automation solutions, today announced that webMethods, Inc., has successfully deployed two of its proposal automation products. As a result, webMethods will expand its use of The RFP Machine(R) and RFP Express(R) by implementing the solutions worldwide to enable its sales team to effectively manage its entire proposal process.

"Pragmatech's proposal automation products have helped webMethods streamline the entire RFP process, which has already had a significant impact on our sales team's overall workload," said Eli Neumann, Vice President of Systems Engineering, webMethods, Inc. "These solutions enable us to qualify, maintain consistency, and more fully ensure quality in our RFP responses."

"Our sales team has significantly reduced the time it takes to create polished, quality documents," said Nicole Biancucci, Proposal Manager at webMethods, Inc. "The RFP Machine(R) and RFP Express(R) enable us to focus our efforts on generating high quality, customized proposals to enhance our sales process." "We are thrilled to continue working with webMethods to automate its entire proposal process and bring strategic benefits to its sales department and clients," said Brooke Savage, co-founder and President of Pragmatech Software. "We are confident that Pragmatech's proposal automation solutions will help organizations enhance operational efficiencies and improve overall sales for business outreach initiatives."

About Pragmatech

Pragmatech Software, Inc., is the leading developer of innovative and intelligent web-based sales effectiveness software solutions. The company serves more than 1,500 customers in a variety of industries, including financial services, banking, healthcare, telecommunications, legal, insurance, technology, and others. The company's Sales Effectiveness Software Suite, which includes The RFP Machine(R) and The Proposal Assembler(TM), greatly simplifies the process of creating winning business proposals and responding to Requests for Proposals (RFPs) and Requests for Information (RFIs) for sales and marketing professionals and, with Web Publisher(TM), expands the means through which corporate messaging is disseminated. Pragmatech Software, Inc., is headquartered in Amherst, New Hampshire, and has offices in San Francisco, Dallas, Atlanta, Chicago, and New York. Pragmatech Software Europe Limited, based in Reading, UK, is the company's European Subsidiary. For more information on the company, visit www.pragmatech.com.