Base of System Integrators, Consultants Grows to the Benefit of Companies that Select Callidus as Their Solution for Incentive Compensation and Sales Performance Solutions: Callidus Software, the leader in Enterprise Incentive Management (EIM), today announced strengthened momentum in its global business and alliance partnership program. With a robust network of industry-leading partners, Callidus further solidifies its clear leadership in the EIM and sales performance management markets. Callidus partners including Accenture, IBM, Deloitte Consulting LLP, Compensation Technologies, and Iconixx Corporation are presenting during the sixth annual Callidus TrueConnection User Conference 2006 (CTC) in Phoenix, Arizona from Monday, October 30 to Wednesday, November 1, 2006. Callidus partnerships dominate the EIM industry Callidus Software's global and alliance partnerships continue to grow in strength and number and today include some of the world's leading systems integrators, consulting and technology groups and software solution providers. The partner base includes Accenture, Actuate Corporation, The Alexander Group, Atos Origin, Axis Group, BEA Systems, CelFocus, Compensation Technologies, Hexaware Technologies, HP, IBM, Iconixx Corporation, Informatica Corporation, Oracle, Saama Technologies, SAP and Sopra Group, among others. "Our continued partnership momentum clearly demonstrates Callidus as the undisputed leader in the EIM industry," said Robert Youngjohns, president and CEO of Callidus Software. "We would like to thank all of our partners and customers for helping to communicate the power of incentives to today's leading businesses. This year's Callidus CTC conference will give our customers and partners the opportunity to share their experience on how their EIM solutions have aligned sales with corporate strategies to drive revenue and grow shareholder value." Actuate Corporation Actuate Corporation is the world leader in Enterprise Reporting Applications, a Callidus Alliance Partner, will be leading a breakout session at the Callidus CTC user conference entitled, "Meeting 100% of Your Reporting Needs" highlighting best practices around incentives, compensation and other sales performance reporting metrics. "Incentives are one of the most powerful levers for managing overall corporate performance. By partnering with Callidus, we can ensure that organizations have visibility into how their EIM efforts ultimately impact performance," said Nobby Akiha, SVP of Marketing at Actuate Corporation. "Together, we are able to provide customers with deep industry expertise, technical innovation and tight integration with key platforms." Hexaware Technologies Hexaware is a leading global provider of IT and BPO services, with a client base that includes over 40 Fortune 500 companies. Hexaware focuses on delivering real business results from technology solutions and specializes in Business Analytics, Enterprise Applications and Legacy Modernization. "Building industry-specific solutions on open platforms allows our customers to increase flexibility and responsiveness to new challenges," said Hari Murthy, president at Hexaware Technologies. "By working closely with Callidus, we are able to provide customers with deep industry expertise, technical innovation and tight integration with key platforms." IBM IBM is the world's leading e-business company, offering a wide range of services, solutions and technologies that help businesses take full advantage of emerging innovation. Since 2003, Callidus Software and IBM have maintained a global strategic alliance to deliver comprehensive incentive compensation management solutions. IBM selected Callidus Software to meet its customers' need for flexible and scalable compensation management solutions. "We are pleased to see the Callidus EIM solution being delivered on IBM System p5 servers to meet critical client needs," said Per Larsen, IBM System p vice president of marketing and strategy. "System p5 servers offer on demand computing without compromising availability, flexibility or security features. These technological and operational features, coupled with competitive pricing, make System p5 servers an outstanding choice for enterprises working with Callidus Software, one of IBM's premier-level software partners." Iconixx Iconixx, is a global strategic consulting and technology integration firm that partners with clients to build and execute strategic roadmaps for implementation of state-of-the-art compensation and performance management solutions. "As companies look to optimize their existing infrastructures and enable business process innovation, customers increasingly recognize the benefits and competitive advantage of adopting leading sales performance and enterprise incentive management solutions," said Derrik Deyhimi, CEO at Iconixx. "In all of our partnerships, we are working closely together to leverage the power of our own and our partners' expertise in a tightly integrated fashion to maximize the advantages for our joint customers." Saama Technologies Founded in 1997, Saama is a consulting and systems integration firm with focused expertise in providing actionable business intelligence for enterprises and innovative outsourcing services for software product companies. "With our expertise focused on turning raw data into actionable business intelligence, product engineering and system integration, we change the way organizations function by providing greater efficiency through the effective use of technology," stated Suresh Katta, CEO at Saama Technologies. "By working closely with Callidus Software's Engineering and Professional Services, together we leverage our deep expertise, in integrating EIM systems with the enterprise applications in building business intelligence to provide a comprehensive view of business for our joint customers." Callidus EIM Partner Highlights Ten of the 30 Dow Industrial companies have chosen EIM from Callidus Software. Callidus Software's Partner Programs ensure successful implementation and fast ROI for these companies as well as for all of Callidus Software's 112 customers. World-renowned consulting services firms and system integrators work with Callidus to add strategic value in sales performance management and provide excellent integration, evaluation, strategic outsourcing and hosting services. Independent software vendors and technology platform providers successfully integrate Callidus Software solutions with applications and platforms to maximize customer benefit and help build revenue. More information on the Callidus Global Business and Alliance Partner Programs and how to join the circle of Callidus partners is available at its Web site.