Callidus Software (News - Alert), a specialist in Sales Performance Management (SPM) and coaching, announced that that ARRIS Group, which specializes in the design, engineering, and supply of broadband services for residential and business customers around the world, selected the Callidus Monaco on-demand suite to drive the performance of its sales organization and channel partners worldwide.

Under the terms of the agreement, ARRIS Group will deploy the Monaco on-demand SPM suite that comprises TrueComp Manager, Quota and Objective Management, Sales Communications, Reporting and Analytics, and ForceLogix Coaching.

Offered as software-as-a-service (SaaS (News - Alert)), Callidus Software’s performance management and coaching solution helps businesses drive efficiencies at each stage of its sales talent lifecycle from hiring to improved campaign execution, to high performance coaching and development.

Recently, Callidus also announced the launch of Monaco Summer 2011 on-demand suite, the latest version of its performance management and coaching solution for managing the lifecycle of the sales professional to maximize effectiveness.

The latest Monaco Summer 2011 includes Callidus' Reporting & Analytics platform and offers easy-to-use, drag-and-drop ad hoc analytics capabilities built-in with the transactional system, reducing the dependency on IT for managing separate data marts.

With its ability to simulate, analyze and rapidly execute sales strategies within a single system, Monaco Summer 2011 delivers actionable sales performance. Customers can visualize the top line and bottom line impact of multiple sales capacity, coverage, and incentive scenarios without deploying large-scale changes in the field, and then rapidly apply the optimal strategy across the sales force.

Callidus Software’s sales performance management and coaching solution powers more than 2.5 million users worldwide. It is widely used by companies in a broad range of verticals including high-tech, telecommunications, banking, insurance, and pharmaceuticals.

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