BigMachines, Inc. Announces Conference Agenda and Event Sponsors for BigIdeas 2007

Accenture, Salesforce.com, MicroStrategy and other industry leaders gather in Chicago to discuss best practices and industry trends

CHICAGO -- BigMachines, Inc., a leading provider of web-based configuration, quote, and proposal selling tools, today announced the agenda and sponsors for its BigIdeas 2007 annual conference. The exclusive two-day event, scheduled for October 7 - 9, 2007 at the Hard Rock Hotel in Chicago, will provide a forum for customers, partners and industry experts to discuss innovative business strategies and how best practices in guided selling and product configuration can increase revenues, improve sales efficiency, and reduce cost.

Day 1 speakers will include:

• Don Tapscott, Author, Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything
• Panel Discussion: Best Practices for Lean Front-End(R) Implementation, delivered by a panel of BigMachines customers
• Experts from leading companies such as AMICAS, SPX Corporation, Kodak, ShoreTel, and Colfax Corporation will share best practices for establishing lean selling processes using web-based technology.
  

Day 2 speakers will include:

• Executives from Accenture and Salesforce.com
• A series of breakout sessions in Executive and Technical tracks. These sessions will highlight best practices in areas such as Ensuring Successful User Adoption, Leveraging Project Reporting, Driving Partner Sales using Channel Portals, and Optimizing Product Configuration Rules.

Sponsors for the event include Accenture (NYSE: ACN), Salesforce.com, MicroStrategy and eLogic Group.

The latest information for attendees, media and sponsors including more details on the specific breakout sessions can be found at www.bigmachines.com/bigideas07.

"We are again honored to have industry leaders including Accenture and Salesforce.com participate in the BigIdeas Conference," said Godard Abel, CEO of BigMachines. "We have created the content for this year's conference based on customer interest and market trends. We look forward to interacting with our customers, partners, and sponsors to help us continually improve the products and services we deliver, all to help our customers deliver breakthrough results."

About Accenture

Accenture is a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company. Committed to delivering innovation, Accenture collaborates with its clients to help them become high-performance businesses and governments. With deep industry and business process expertise, broad global resources and a proven track record, Accenture can mobilize the right people, skills and technologies to help clients improve their performance. With more than 152,000 people in 49 countries, the company generated net revenues of US$16.65 billion for the fiscal year ended Aug. 31, 2006. Its home page is www.accenture.com.

About BigMachines, Inc.

BigMachines, Inc. founded in 1999 (www.bigmachines.com) provides web-based configurator, quoting, and proposal software to help companies streamline their selling processes from customer inquiry-to-order. BigMachines Lean Front-End(R) (LFE) solution digitizes complex selling processes and captures an organization's tribal knowledge to provide online product selection, configurator, quoting, and ordering capabilities for new products and aftermarket parts. BigMachines provides in-depth sales reporting capabilities and easily integrates to existing ERP and CRM systems.