BigMachines
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| Type | Private |
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| Industry | Computer software IT Services |
| Founded | 2000 |
| Headquarters | Deerfield, Illinois, USA |
| Number of locations | 7 |
| Key people | Godard Abel, Co-founder & CEO |
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| Revenue | 18.7 million USD (2009)[1] |
| Website | http://www.bigmachines.com |
BigMachines is a software company.[2]
BigMachines, Inc. was founded in 2000 by Godard Abel and Christopher Shutts[3] and is headquartered in Deerfield, Illinois, United States[2] with development offices in San Mateo, California and Hyderabad, India. BigMachines also has European operations with offices in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, and London served by BigMachines AG as well as offices in Singapore, Tokyo, and Sydney, serving Asia-pacific. The company's software is designed to integrate with existing ERP (Enterprise resource planning), CRM (Customer relationship management), and other business systems.[4]
Vista Equity Partners, a private equity firm based in San Francisco, acquired majority ownership of BigMachines through several transactions starting January 2001. Vista Equity acquired majority ownership of the company in December 2010.[5]
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[edit] Partners
The company has partnered with Salesforce.com,[6] Oracle[7] CRM On-Demand, Vendavo,[8] and PROS[9] to provide software applications to these CRM systems.
[edit] Awards
- 2010 CODiE Award Winner - Best Business Productivity Solution[10]
- 2010 Sales 2.0 Awards – Best Sales Enablement Program[11]
- 2010 AlwaysOn Top 100 OnDemand – Top 100 Software Companies[12]
- 2009 Illinois Technology Association - CityLIGHTS Lighthouse Award Finalist
- 2009, 2010 JMP Hot 100 Software Companies - Best Privately Owned Software Companies[13]
- 2008, 2009, 2010 Inc 5000 three year consecutive Award Winner[14][15]
- 2008, 2009, 2010 AppExchange - Best Quoting Tool[6]
- 2008 Gartner & 1to1 - Customer Award for Enterprise CRM Optimization[16]
- 2005, 2007 Manufacturing Business Technology – Top 40 Emerging Software Venders[13]
- 2004,[17] 2006,[18] 2007[19] Supply & Demand Chain - Supply & Demand Chain Executive Top 100
- 2003 Start Magazine - Technology & Business Award[20]
- 2002 APICS International Conference – Best in Show
- 2002 Forbes.com - Best of the Web Winner[13]
[edit] External links
[edit] References
- ^ Inc magazine BigMachines profile
- ^ a b "Vista Equity Partners". http://www.vistaequitypartners.com/?q=company/bigmachines. Retrieved 2011-04-12.
- ^ "Chunchbase". http://www.crunchbase.com/company/bigmachines. Retrieved 2011-04-12.
- ^ "BigMachines Achieves Record Growth in First Half of 2010". Denverpost.com. 2010-08-05. http://finance.denverpost.com/mng-denver.denverpost/news/read?GUID=14165850. Retrieved 2011-04-12.
- ^ Melanie Austria Farmer (2001-03-19). "BigMachines reels in $29 million". CNET. http://news.cnet.com/BigMachines-reels-in-29-million/2110-1017_3-254310.html. Retrieved 2011-04-12.
- ^ a b "SalesForce". http://appexchange.salesforce.com/listingDetail?listingId=a0330000001GDyTAAW. Retrieved 2011-04-12.
- ^ "Oracle Partner Network". http://solutions.oracle.com/partners/bigmachines. Retrieved 2011-04-12.
- ^ "Vendavo and BigMachines Announce Partnership". Vendavo. 2010-06-16. http://www.vendavo.com/pr_061610.html. Retrieved 2011-04-12.
- ^ "PROS and BigMachines Announce Partnership". 2011-01-11. http://www.bigmachines.com/pros-bigmachines-announce-partnership.php. Retrieved 2011-04-12.
- ^ "2010 CODiE Finalists". http://www.siia.net/CODiEs/2010/finalist_list.asp. Retrieved 2011-04-12.
- ^ "Inside View Customers Dominate Sales and Marketing 2.0 Awards". 2010-11-11. http://www.insideview.com/NEWS-PRESS/press-11112010-SalesMarketing.html. Retrieved 2011-04-12.
- ^ "The 2010 OnDemand Top 100 Private Companies". 2010-05-22. http://www.aonetwork.com/2010/OnDemand-Top-100-Competiton. Retrieved 2011-04-12.
- ^ a b c "BigMachines Awards". http://www.bigmachines.com/awards.php. Retrieved 2011-04-12.
- ^ "Inc 500". http://www.inc.com/inc5000/profile/bigmachines. Retrieved 2011-04-12.
- ^ "BigMachines Featured in Inc. 5000 List of America’s Fastest Growing Companies for Third Consecutive Year". Pymnts.com. 2010-08-25. http://www.pymnts.com/bigmachines-featured-in-inc-5000-list-of-americas-fastest-growing-companies-for-third-consecutive-year-20100825005271/. Retrieved 2011-04-12.
- ^ Jeremy Nedelka (2008-09-08). "Gartner and 1to1 Customer Award Winners: Enterprise CRM Optimization". 1to1 Media. http://www.1to1media.com/View.aspx?DocID=31105. Retrieved 2011-04-11.
- ^ "BigMachines, Inc. Named to the Supply & Demand Chain Executive Top 100". http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20040630005618/en/BigMachines-Named-Supply-Demand-Chain-Executive-Top. Retrieved 2011-04-12.
- ^ "2006 Supply & Demand Chain Executive 100". http://www.sdcexec.com/online/article.jsp?id=8554&pageNum=3. Retrieved 2011-04-12.
- ^ "2007 Supply & Demand Chain Executive 100". http://www.sdcexec.com/publication/article.jsp?pubId=1&id=9672&pageNum=2. Retrieved 2011-04-12.
- ^ "BigMachines, Inc. wins Start Magazine's Technology & Business Award as Technology Enabler for 2003". http://www.bigmachines.com/start2003.php. Retrieved 2011-04-12.
