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Chicago and New York — March 18, 2008 — Bluewolf, an on-demand consulting firm, and BigMachines, a provider of on-demand configuration and quoting software, have announced an alliance to provide Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) configuration and quoting solutions and services for high-tech, industrial and medical companies.

Under the terms of the alliance, Bluewolf and BigMachines have agreed to participate in joint marketing and consulting to better automate the quote-to-cash process. Bluewolf will train and deploy a team of BigMachines experts to deploy the BigMachines Lean Front-End (LFE) and to ensure that customers are successfully automating their quote-to-cash processes.

In addition, Bluewolf said it will expand its Customer Success Guarantee deployment methodology to include the specific deliverables associated with a successful Big Machines deployment, including integration to customer relationship management (CRM) applications such as salesforce.com.

According to Doug Timmel, Bluewolf's director of Industry Solutions and a 25-year veteran in the industrial manufacturing market, "The SaaS market has moved beyond just CRM and is now offering solutions for verticals such as manufacturing to enable them to realize the benefits of SaaS. We are thrilled to announce our new partnership with Big Machines, extending our offerings for manufacturing companies. Bluewolf's ability to provide vertical consulting services to manufacturers for their quote-to-cash processes is greatly enhanced by our partnership with BigMachines."

Greg Swender, vice president of Marketing at BigMachines, added: "Bluewolf's eight-year track record of providing high-end SaaS Consulting Services is a perfect fit to help BigMachines continue to achieve its growth and customer success goals. We are excited about our strategic alliance and believe that our customers will benefit from the combined strength of both Bluewolf and BigMachines."

The alliance will cover business in North America, Europe, the Middle East and Africa where both Bluewolf and BigMachines have local presences.