As has been covered in some detail on this blog, Gartner published their first-ever Critical Capabilities report for Configure, Price and Quote (CPQ) Application Suites, a companion report to its Gartner Magic Quadrant for CPQ. Gartner Critical Capabilities for CPQ...
Contract management is more than just taking care of some documents. At its most basic level, contract management software might be little more than an electronic version of a filing cabinet. But a filing cabinet doesn’t help you understand what’s inside it—or help...
“Contract Management” is more than just the management of documents filled with lots of legalese, some terms and conditions and a few signatures. Sure, taken individually, each contract can be viewed as just that, a collection of the rights and obligations of each...
“Contract Management” is more than just the management of documents filled with lots of legalese, some terms and conditions and a few signatures. Sure, taken individually, each contract can be viewed as just that, a collection of the rights and obligations of each...
“Contract Management” is more than just the management of documents filled with lots of legalese, some terms and conditions and a few signatures. Sure, taken individually, each contract can be viewed as just that, a collection of the rights and obligations of each...
On this blog we consistently talk about the benefits of effective contract management – reduced risk, increased compliance, accelerated deals, time back in the corporate counsel’s day – the list goes on. In this particular case, we want to point out an instance where...
The Apttus Accelerate keynote hall featured mammoth screens, jam packed audiences and a star studded roster of speakers and announcements. On the the opening day, CEO Kirk Krappe announced The Apttus Intelligent Middle Office platform. Nick McCoy demonstrated the...
Apttus Accelerate is back – ever growing and ever exciting. The team in green took over the scenic Palace of Fine Arts for two days of thought leadership, best practices, exclusive networking, and insightful keynotes. The afternoon was filled with a panel of breakout...
The price quote is really the first chance you have to make a good impression on a customer. Delivering an accurate and professional sales quote within a customer’s time frame is the first indication that you are responsive, easy to work with and that you value...
Yesterday kicked off the fifth annual Accelerate conference. Four thousand sales, legal, ops and IT professionals gathered at Pier 48 along the sun stroked bay front. The day was highlighted by various breakout sessions, Pinkberry frozen Yogurt, a Puppy Pen and of...
For some, it’s hard to believe it’s already December and holiday shopping is now a looming priority. For others, they’ve been eagerly awaiting it for months. Of course, the holiday season kicks off with its usual consumer extravaganza, the three-headed dog of Black...
What is CPQ (Configure Price Quote)? CPQ, or Configure Price Quote Software is a sales tool designed to help companies produce accurate and highly configured quotes making all of the complex product, pricing, and business rules centralized, automatic and available in...
This month, over 150 executives were surveyed by a third party on the impact of Quote-to-Cash business transformation projects in their organization. The study provided some resounding statistics and quantifiable benefits of Quote-to-Cash that we couldn’t wait to...
The Apttus founder and Chief Executive Officer, Kirk Krappe, stood center-stage in front of an audience of 3,000, back-dropped by luminous shades of blue and bright green. His keynote kicked off Accelerate 2016. This year’s Quote-to-Cash Event of the Year featured a...
As we countdown the days to Accelerate 2016, the Quote-to-Cash event of the year, that will take place at Pier 48 in San Francisco on April 12-14, we will be highlighting different aspects of the event every week in a series we call The Road to Accelerate. Each week...
Apttus conducted a month long, global Legal Survey to assess the developing technological trends within Legal departments. The survey consisted of 40 questions and respondents came from small firms, Fortune 1000 companies and a wide spectrum of industries. The goal...
Last week I had the pleasure to attend Sales Hacker’s Sales Stack 2015 conference located right on the saffron blue San Francisco bay. Several hundred sales leaders joined to network, explore new solutions, learn, and participate in active panel discussions led...
At Dreamforce, Apttus could have given away many things to inspire the attendees, Apple Watches, mono-rovers, or Oculus Virtual reality. We decided to choose a unique product, from an even more unique brand, Tesla, whose bold vision, innovation, and complete disregard...
In his keynote, Marc Benioff discussed the power of customer engagement, as we move towards a new and evolving world he called the Internet of Customers. You have to deliver the customer experience that you promise. And customer expectations are increasingly high. If...
The Dreamforce keynote delivered much of the pomp and magic we’ve come to expect and love. Marc Benioff showed off a pair of his geek-chic shoes, Lightning Man struck for a second time, Stevie Wonder surprised us with a musical performance with a breakdown of...
Day one of #DF15 is in the books. By now you’ve got your pass, roamed the campus, checked out out the Admin, SMB, Industry, and Dev Zones in Moscone West, made it to some sessions, heard the Safe Harbor Statement at nauseum, networked, partied, had your badge...
Dreamforce is known as the Mardi Gras of cloud computing. That’s because after long days of sessions, meetings, networking and navigating the campus, a bulk of the attendees love to unwind with a drink (or a few). And lucky for them, many of the companies...
We are pleased to have a new addition to The Celebrities of Dreamforce series, in which we’ve interviewed some of the most recognizable faces of DF15 and Dreamforces past. They are the stars that make Dreamforce the most memorable event of the year, the reason...
We are pleased to have a new addition to The Celebrities of Dreamforce series, in which we’ve interviewed some of the most recognizable faces of DF15 and Dreamforces past. They are the stars that make Dreamforce the most memorable event of the year, the reason...
We are pleased to have a new addition to The Celebrities of Dreamforce series, in which we’ve interviewed some of the most recognizable faces of DF15 and Dreamforces past. They are the stars that make Dreamforce the most memorable event of the year, the reason...
We are happy to announce a brand new feature on the Apttus blog, The Celebrities of Dreamforce in which we’ve interviewed some of the most recognizable faces of DF15 and Dreamforces past. They are the stars that make Dreamforce the most memorable event of the...
While all the excitement of Dreamforce usually centers on the gala performer, Expo giveaways, and the bountiful lineup of parties, the true benefit are the sessions. It’s in the breakouts that attendees can explore the myriad of ways to extend their Salesforce...
DF15 Each year Dreamforce tops itself as the planet’s, nay the galaxy’s most attended, most exciting cloud conference. We are exactly 50 days away from Dreamforce 2015! Time keeps ticking and the anticipation continues to mount. Here is a look at our 14...
July 2015 Apttus is extremely excited to launch it’s new Salesforce MVP of the Month program, in which we spotlight the exceptional leaders of the Salesforce Ecosystem that have lent us their expertise, knowledge, and ongoing contributions, ensuring both our...
Earlier this week a hundred attendees crammed into in San Francisco’s Geekdom, for a night of drinks and dashboards, pizza and predictive analytics, networking and next-gen business intelligence. A night perfectly suited for the Salesforce Data Analytics Meetup....
