REDWOOD CITY, Calif. -- Comergent Technologies(R), Inc., today announced that it was named "a leader" in B2B sites in "The Forrester Wave(TM): Commerce Platforms, Q3 2006." In this evaluation by Tamara Mendelsohn, Comergent took Forrester's top spot in current offerings for B2B sites with a flexible platform that supports sophisticated B2B relationships and complex integrations. Comergent received top scores for order management and product strategy.(1)

Comergent's best of breed B2B commerce platform, combined with its increased B2C focus, earned Comergent a place in this year's Forrester Wave evaluation of commerce platforms. According to Forrester, "Comergent provides one of the most flexible platforms for supporting multiple selling models in a single infrastructure, making it a good fit for firms that sell to partners, resellers and distributors."(2)

In addition to its strength in order management for supporting inventory integration and in-store pickup and ATP scenarios, Forrester also cited Comergent's strengths in product configuration and contract management and enforcement to help firms manage B2B relationships.(3)

The report went on to note that, "Comergent is a sophisticated alternative to the basic commerce platform extensions of many ERP or CRM systems. It is architected to support the more complex integrations that accommodate legacy back-end systems with full support for Web services and a service-oriented architecture."(4)

In its report, Forrester evaluated eight leading commerce players across 175 criteria. Forrester conducted extensive research including hands-on lab evaluations, questionnaires, demos and discussions with client references.

"It is an honor to be named by Forrester as a leader for commerce platforms and doubly gratifying in light of Forrester's naming Comergent a leader in order management hubs earlier this year,"(5) said Jean Kovacs, Comergent president and CEO. "We believe that this latest Forrester report underscores the value and measurable sales results our customers gain when they automate customer and partner-facing operations with our eBusiness solution."

The Comergent eBusiness System, a suite of modular Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) applications, coordinates and unifies multiple sales and service touch points to drive measurable improvements in sales and channel efficiency and effectiveness. Partners and distributors are involved in the selling and delivery value chain while customers are provided with a seamless experience online, via the call center and directly with a corporate sales organization.

(1) The Forrester Wave(TM): Commerce Platforms, Q3 2006 by Tamara Mendelsohn (September 14, 2006), 1.

(2) Comergent Leads in B2B Commerce Platforms, The Forrester Wave(TM) Vendor Summary, Q3 2006 by Tamara Mendelsohn (September 14, 2006), 1.

(3) Comergent Leads in B2B Commerce Platforms, Mendelsohn, 1.

(4) Comergent Leads in B2B Commerce Platforms, Mendelsohn, 2.

(5) The Forrester Wave(TM): Order Hubs, Q2 2006 by R "Ray" Wang (April 20, 2006)

About Comergent

Comergent is the leading provider of eBusiness solutions for the extended enterprise. The Comergent eBusiness System(TM) orchestrates complex product, selling, and order management processes across multiple enterprise systems, business organizations, and sales channels. Comergent's customers are able to increase revenues while reducing the cost of sales by making it fast and easy for their customers to do business with them. Customers include industry leaders such as Applied Biosystems, Best Buy, Cisco Systems, Gates Corporation, InterContinental Hotels Group, J. C. Penney, NEC Solutions America, Pearson Education, Pitney Bowes, Symbol, The Toro Company and World Wide Technology. Comergent is privately held with headquarters in Redwood City, Calif.

For more information, visit www.comergent.com.

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