Avidian Announces Prophet for Palm to Provide Sales Management for Mobile Sales Professionals; Microsoft Outlook-Based Sales Management Software Now Available for Handheld Devices

Business Wire, June 27, 2005

SEATTLE -- Avidian Technologies today announced Prophet for Palm, extending desktop sales and contact management functionality to Palm handheld devices. Available as an add-on to Avidian's award-winning Prophet sales software for Outlook, Prophet for Palm enables mobile and remote professionals to take their sales information on the road.

"Avidian is committed to creating solutions that help Microsoft Outlook and Microsoft Exchange users be more effective," said Tim Nguyen, co-founder and CIO of Avidian Technologies. "Prophet for Palm is a cost-effective and easy-to-use tool for enhancing productivity and increasing business opportunities. It enables professionals to take an Outlook-based sales management system with them and work anywhere from their Palm devices."

Unlike traditional CRM or sales management software, Prophet is built into Outlook, thereby eliminating the need to manage multiple contact databases or toggle between separate applications. Built on the .NET platform, Prophet works entirely inside Outlook and easily integrates with other critical business capabilities. As a result, Prophet turns Outlook data into the building blocks of an effective sales management solution.

With Prophet for Palm, executives and sales professionals can easily and conveniently access critical information from their Palm-based handhelds. Users can create, edit or delete opportunities on the Palm as well as add or review notes, activities and contacts. Upon their return to the office, users can then synchronize Prophet updates made in their Palm devices to their desktops or servers.

Prophet for Palm also enables geographically dispersed sales teams to create, edit, manage and post sales opportunity details and centralize them for sales managers to use. By extending sales management support to handheld users without adding additional software or synch converters, Prophet for Palm also reduces IT support requirements while maximizing existing IT investments.

"I've been a Prophet user for over a year now and found it intuitive and easy to use," said Bob Thardarson, VP of sales & marketing for Cequint Inc. "Prophet for Palm will allow me to focus on closing deals by creating, editing and managing contacts and opportunities anywhere I go."

Pricing and Availability

Prophet for Palm is available now as an add-on to Prophet for an estimated retail price of $99.95 from Avidian Technologies (www.avidian.com) as well as from Amazon (www.amazon.com).

About Avidian Technologies

Avidian Technologies is a software development firm specializing in creating solutions for users of Outlook and Exchange. Prophet 2004, developed by Avidian Technologies on the .NET platform, is the leading sales management software built inside Microsoft Outlook. The company is headquartered in Seattle. For more information, please visit www.avidian.com.

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