PricewaterhouseCoopers Management Consulting Services and BroadVision, a leading supplier of personalised e-business applications, today announced that they have entered into an expanded global alliance. This alliance enhances the two organisations` abilities to offer clients advanced, one-to-one customer relationship management (CRM) tools and services worldwide - built around BroadVision`s innovative e-business solution suites premised on open standards.
PwC and BroadVision have been working together over the past year on more than 20 engagements, across many major industries, for Fortune 500 and new economy clients. The expanded alliance will combine the global reach, e-business acumen, consulting and systems integration experience of PwC with BroadVision`s comprehensive suite of integrated e-business software products and services.
eReliable Commerce, a leading developer of B2B exchange technology, has already taken advantage of the growing relationship between PwC and BroadVision.
PricewaterhouseCoopers` Customer Relationship Management (CRM) practice provides integrated, multi-channel CRM solutions that transform how companies market, sell and serve their customers. With more than 3,500 experienced CRM practitioners worldwide, PricewaterhouseCoopers delivers its CRM vision: aligning the e-enabled front office with back office strategies and activities to proactively manage customer information and relationships, develop and integrate multiple sales and service channels and manage product and service innovation and time-to-market for sustainable and profitable growth.
The Management Consulting Services (MCS) practice of PricewaterhouseCoopers helps companies harness the competitive benefits of e-business by integrating strategic change, performance improvement and technology solutions.
MCS provides a range of industry-specific services designed to provide innovative, reliable and scaleable e-solutions to global companies and Internet start-ups. These services include three key components: strategy, design and infrastructure. To augment its services, MCS is making investments in and forming relationships with companies in three key areas: web design and development, e-business technology and tools, and e-transaction businesses.
BroadVision
BroadVision (Nasdaq: BVSN, Neuer Markt: BDN) develops and delivers an integrated suite of packaged applications for conducting e-commerce interactions and transactions. Global enterprises and government entities use these applications to sell, buy and exchange information over the web and on wireless devices. The BroadVision e-commerce application suite enables a corporation to become more competitive and profitable by establishing and sustaining high-yield relationships with customers, suppliers and employees. BroadVision services professionals, supported by over 100 partner organizations worldwide, transform these applications into business value for our customers through consulting, education, and support services in more than 34 countries.
BroadVision - founded in 1993, public since 1996 -- has more than 1,000 customers and is a component stock of the Standard & Poor`s 500 Index. IDC ranks BroadVision as the world`s leading provider of e-commerce software applications (International Data Corp., E-Commerce Software Applications Market Forecast and Analysis, 2000-2004). BroadVision is headquartered in Redwood City, California and can be reached at 650.261.5100 or info@broadvision.com.
PricewaterhouseCoopers
PricewaterhouseCoopers (www.pwcglobal.com) is the world`s leading professional services organisation. Drawing on the knowledge and skills of more than 150,000 people in 150 countries, we help our clients solve complex business problems and measurably enhance their ability to build value, manage risk and improve performance. PricewaterhouseCoopers refers to the member firms of the worldwide PricewaterhouseCoopers organisation The name PricewaterhouseCoopers is one word, with upper case P, uppercase C, and all other letters in lower case.

