SAN FRANCISCO, CA--(Marketwire - April 7, 2010) - Birst Inc., a leading provider of on-demand solutions for business intelligence (BI) and analytics, today announced that Key Technology is using Birst for Salesforce to improve its sales pipeline and quotation processes and reporting.
"Birst has enabled us to extend our investment in salesforce.com by giving us the ability to better track our pipeline and report on the current state of our sales quotes. We evaluated several vendors including PivotLink, Cloud 9 and Right90, and selected Birst because of its salesforce.com template that enables us to go one step further than the salesforce.com dashboard and reporting," said Chris Kellie, Media Software Specialist for Key Technology.
With Birst, Key Technology has been able to glean new insights including the average turnaround time to get a quote out, and how many quotes are going out during a certain period of time.
Birst is a certified Salesforce partner; Birst for Salesforce is available on the Force.com AppExchange and directly from Birst. The software solution enables customers to perform more in-depth analysis of their Salesforce CRM data. Birst for Salesforce can also combine and analyze data from other systems, such as marketing, finance, and operations, to create a comprehensive view of a customer's business.
"Companies using salesforce.com are looking to solutions that can extend their investment and deliver depth and breadth of reporting and analysis of their data. Birst for Salesforce provides the depth that Salesforce customers need to better understand their business," said Brad Peters, CEO of Birst. "We're helping companies get the most out of their existing investments in Salesforce CRM -- easily, quickly, and affordably."
About Key Technology
Key Technology, an ISO-9001 certified company, is a leading designer and manufacturer of process automation systems, integrated electro-optical inspection and sorting systems, and processing systems. Key® systems help processors to improve quality, increase yield, and reduce cost. With worldwide sales representation, the company maintains demonstration and testing facilities at its headquarters and manufacturing divisions in Walla Walla, Washington, USA, and at Key Technology BV in Beusichem, the Netherlands. The company's common stock trades on the NASDAQ National Market tier of The NASDAQ Stock MarketSM under the symbol: KTEC.
About Birst
Birst™ is the leading provider of on-demand business intelligence solutions. Through its Comprehensive Cloud BI Suite, Birst brings the benefits of fact-based decision-making to a much broader audience by making it affordable, fast, and easy to use. Birst is the winner of the Red Herring 100 Award 2009, the TDWI Best Practices Award 2009, and the Web Award for Software Standard of Excellence.
More information is available at www.birst.com.
Contact Information:
For more information, contact:
Kimberly Weber
Atomic PR
birst@atomicpr.com
(415) 593-1400