BigMachines, Inc. Named as a Top 40 Emerging Software Vendor by Manufacturing Business Technology Magazine

BigMachines, Inc., the premier provider of on-demand product configurator and quoting software, today announced that they have been named to the 40 Emerging Software Vendor by Manufacturing Business Technology Magazine (MBT).

According to Roberto Michel Editor of MBT, “emerging vendors continue to develop unique capabilities that meet a vertical-industry need, or target functions at which large enterprise system vendors have tended to lag. But functionality isn't the whole story. A new vendor can align its entire sales model around on-demand software delivery, or focus on multicompany collaboration rather than expand into it. The big may be getting bigger, but there remains a place for the niche vendor, say analysts, users, and other industry observers.”

“It's typically the start-ups that have the entrepreneurial capability to come at with functionality that clients of ours and others in the marketplace are hoping to adopt," says Jim Harms, a manufacturing practice director for New York-based services firm Deloitte Consulting. "The place the niche vendors are in today is not the prototypical area of functionality of the large ERP vendors. It tends to be in new and enticing functions the ERP vendors don't have."

“We are delighted to be selected as a part of such a prestigious group as the Manufacturing Business Technology 40 Emerging Software vendors,” stated Godard Abel, co-founder and chief executive officer of BigMachines. “The recognition further illustrates the important role that the BigMachines Lean Front-End on-demand solution is playing in helping leading manufacturers address their sales process and channel management challenges by automating configuration, quoting, and ordering processes to achieve operational excellence.”

The MBT 2005 Top 40 Emerging Software Vendors is featured on the cover of the October issue of the magazine and can be viewed in its entirety at http://www.mbtmag.com.

About MBT Magazine
MBT was established in1984 and written for corporate, operations, and information technology managers who use information technology (IT) to improve productivity in the discrete and process manufacturing industries. The magazine covers e-business and e-manufacturing software applications, thereby extending enterprise functionality to customers, suppliers, and employees. Chronicles and analyzes a wide range of processes and technologies relevant to plan, source, make, and deliver products and systems.

About BigMachines, Inc.
BigMachines, Inc., founded 1999, ( www.bigmachines.com ) provides on-demand configurator and quoting software to help companies streamline their selling processes from customer inquiry-to-order. BigMachines Lean Front-End® (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 services. BigMachines LFE provides in-depth sales reporting capabilities and easily integrates to existing ERP, CRM, and CAD systems.