Dovarri Expands HP Relationship to Offer Sales Force Automation Solutions to SMB Customers via HP SMB Channel Partners

Business Wire, Feb 8, 2005

HOUSTON -- Dovarri Inc. (www.Dovarri.com), a leading provider of software solutions that improve the effectiveness of sales organizations, and HP (NYSE:HPQ)(Nasdaq:HPQ), a technology solutions provider to consumers, businesses and institutions globally, recently announced the expansion of their relationship to deliver Dovarri solutions via HP's small-to-mid-size business (SMB) Channel Partners in the U.S.

HP and Dovarri have partnered to combine HP tablet PCs, notebook PCs, iPAQs, ProLiant servers and professional services with Dovarri's best-in-class sales force automation solution to deliver critical information to mobile professionals via the HP SMB Channel Network of resellers.

HP's SMB Partners focus on supporting the information technology needs of companies with less than 1,000 employees, allowing HP customers to purchase and implement bundled solutions through their trusted HP partner. The result is a turn-key sales force automation solution of hardware, software and services.

"The SMB customer continues to significantly grow in size as well as complexity. This market is demanding an efficient and comprehensive solution that has enterprise class sophistication," said Stephen Vobbe, vice president of Corporate Development, Dovarri. "Partnered with HP, the Dovarri solution provides the most effective sales tool available in the industry today."

"SMB oriented solutions and innovative mobility tools will be among the keys to CRM Success in 2005," says Chris Hoffmann, president and lead analyst with Tier1 Research. "With HP aligning both its partner network and CRM functionality from Dovarri, clients should expect a solid solution and predictable return on investment."

The Dovarri 5.2 solution is a turn-key sales force automation solution with an emphasis on supporting more complex selling organizations and sales processes -- automating the business task of sales from order processing to customer management, sales forecasting and more, improving sales effectiveness.

HP SMB Partners can learn more about the solution through the HP PartnerONE portal. For more information please visit: http://www.hp.com/go/salesengines.> SMB customers can learn more about the HP/Dovarri solution by visiting the following site: http://www.hp.com/sbso/wireless/sales_force_automation.html

About Dovarri:

Dovarri Inc. builds and delivers software solutions that improve the effectiveness of sales organizations. Dovarri provides organizations with a proven set of best practices endorsed by national sales leaders on an intuitive, interactive and experience-based bed of software. Each client receives a personalized tool that functions through a consistent interface either online or offline, hosted off or on-premise, and that can be utilized in mobile environments. The product's features and architecture are based on Web-based XML and .NET technologies, providing adaptive and powerful solutions designed to embrace a client's existing sales culture. Founded in 1993, Dovarri is headquartered in Houston. For more information, visit www.dovarri.com.

About HP:

HP is a technology solutions provider to consumers, businesses and institutions globally. The company's offerings span IT infrastructure, global services, business and home computing, and imaging and printing. For the four fiscal quarters ended Oct. 31, 2004, HP revenue totaled $79.9 billion. More information about HP (NYSE:HPQ)(Nasdaq:HPQ) is available at http://www.hp.com.