GoldMine 4.0, the sales force automation software from GoldMine Software, recently acquired by Ixchange, has won Windows Magazine`s "Win 100" Award in the Business Software Category, to be announced 22 July at PC Expo New York and published in Windows Magazine`s July issue.
Windows Magazine, with a circulation of 804 000, culls the elite 100 from a host of top candidates, considers each based on its innovation, ability to meet real business needs, cost-effectiveness, ease of use, and the vendor`s service and support. The review board then applies even more rigorous scrutiny to determine which of these 100 merited the top honours of hardware and software products of the year. Windows Magazine also selected the technology that its editors considered to be most influential.
"This award, one of many GoldMine has won recently, underscores just what a solid acquisition GoldMine was for Ixchange," says Ixchange chairman, Dana Buys. "We have no doubt that GoldMine will continue to win industry and customer support as it fulfils its broader role in the customer relationship management market.
Windows Magazine`s mission is to provide the information Windows business users and buyers need through a mix of product reports, features, reviews, news, analysis and opinion. Windows Magazine is available on the World Wide Web at http://www.winmag.com
See http://www.winmag.com/library/1999/0701/cov0045t.htm for details of the award.
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GoldMine Software Corporation.
GoldMine is the leading supplier of mid-market Sales Force Automation (SFA) software. GoldMine has sold and shipped more than 600 000 user licences since the product was first introduced - a claim no other vendor can make in any segment of the SFA market.
Founded in 1989 by Elan Susser and Jon Ferrara, the company has continually expanded the functionality and the reach of its technology and has received international recognition. In January 1999, GoldMine was ranked as one of the Top 100 Fastest-Growing Windows ISVs in North America by the influential Information Week publication. GoldMine was recognised by Inc. Magazine as one of the 500 fastest growing privately held U.S. companies (#154) in their annual Inc. 500 issue (November 1997) and was listed in Upside Magazine`s annual Hot 100 Private Companies. GoldMine has also been awarded PC Magazine`s Editors Choice for four consecutive years; PC Magazine`s Best Products of 1996 award (January 1997); and PC World`s Best Buy award in October 1997. Recently GoldMine 4.0 was awarded the 1999 Codie for "Best Enterprise Client-Server Application." The Codie Awards are produced by the Software Publishers Association, and judged by over 1 400 of GoldMine`s software industry peers.
Ixchange
Ixchange is a South African listed company focused on leading the international mid-range customer relationship management (CRM) and supply chain optimisation software markets. The company has entrenched its leadership position in the front-office with its HEAT and GoldMine products, while its ABILITY suite of applications has emerged in South Africa as the market-leading back-office suite for medium sized implementations in the services, distribution and retail sectors. Ixchange is focused on the international market with offices in Swindon (UK), Colorado Springs (US), Los Angeles (US), Sydney (Australia), Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban.
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