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Callidus Software Selects Sun Platform for Its On-Demand Sales Performance Management Solution

Posted on: Thursday, 28 June 2007, 09:00 CDT

Callidus Software Inc. (NASDAQ: CALD), the leader in Sales Performance Management (SPM), today announced that it is extending its relationship with Sun Microsystems to provide and manage Callidus Software(R) On-Demand service solutions. With over 8,500 subscribers since the launch of Callidus On-Demand in 2006, Callidus is now expanding its relationship with Sun into Europe. Callidus will offer a Sun-managed data center in Europe to serve its clients in EMEA with the next generation of mission-critical on-demand enterprise applications. The Sun solution provides greater security, scalability and reliability than traditional on-demand offerings.

"Callidus has consistently demonstrated innovative thinking when it comes to building best-of-breed compensation management solutions," said Juan Carlos Soto, vice president, market development at Sun Microsystems. "We are excited to provide Callidus with the robust infrastructure and management services that are needed to create its reliable, stable, and secure on-demand solution offering. With the Solaris 10 Operating System, Callidus also gains superior server virtualization capabilities providing the highest level of customer security and scalability available for multi-tenant offerings."

Callidus On-Demand delivers the exact same capability and functionality as the industry-leading on-premise Callidus software solutions TrueComp(R),

TrueInformation(R), Callidus TrueAnalytics(TM), TrueProducer(TM) and TrueResolution(R). Deployment times average less than 100 days. The Callidus solution is the only SPM offering that offers portability between on-demand and on-premise environments. The on-demand version is targeted at organizations from 200 to 3,000 payees but can scale to much higher levels. It provides companies with the rapid deployment, flexibility, security and reliability they need at an estimated 25 percent to 40 percent below the cost of the typical on-premise enterprise implementation. By choosing Callidus On-Demand, companies can rely on the proven expertise of the industry-leading SPM solution. Customers benefit from high-availability, security, privacy and top-performance computing technology within the acclaimed TrueComp(R) Grid architecture.

Callidus On-Demand deploys with Sun Managed Operations which offers a high level of customer security by providing complete customer segregation via the server virtualization made possible by the Solaris 10 Operating System and its advanced features including the Solaris(TM) Containers. In addition, Sun Managed Operations provides 7x24x365 monitoring service for the operating system and network layers. It ensures system availability and business continuity for Callidus On-Demand customers and supports a high level of security featuring SAS-70 Type II compliance.

"Sun supplies the flexibility, superior system management capabilities and proven track record that our customers expect from the industry-leading on-demand solution for SPM," said Robert Youngjohns, president and CEO at Callidus Software. "Sun's utility computing feature provides our on-demand customers with the scalability, security, performance, high-availability, and low cost only possible through a virtualized architecture. The combination of on-demand's rapidly deployable environment and the infrastructure from Sun's utility computing truly represents the next generation of on-demand solutions."

Customers also get the benefit of scalable performance and high-availability with multi-tenanted grid architecture. As a result, enterprises can expand the Callidus solution around their business needs, whereas on-demand applications from other SPM vendors lack the scalability and accompanying security. Callidus customers can be confident that as their needs grow, Callidus Software's product suite grows with their requirements.

About Callidus Software(R)

Callidus Software (www.callidussoftware.com) (NASDAQ: CALD) is a leading provider of on-premise and on-demand Sales Performance Management (SPM) solutions to global companies across multiple industries. Callidus' products allow enterprises to strategically manage incentive compensation, establish quota targets, and align territories, resulting in improved sales and distribution performance. Customers/Partners include 7-Eleven, Accenture, CUNA Mutual, HP, IBM, Philips Medical Systems, Sun Microsystems and Wachovia.

Copyright 2007 Callidus Software Inc. All rights reserved. Callidus Software, the Callidus Software logo, Callidus TrueAnalytics, TrueChannel, TrueComp, TrueComp Datamart, TrueComp Grid, TrueComp Manager, TrueFoundation, TrueInformation, TrueIntegration, TruePerformance, TrueProducer, TrueQuota, TrueReferral, TrueResolution, TrueService and TrueSupport are trademarks of Callidus Software Inc. in the United States and other countries. All other brand, service or product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies or owners.

Sun, Sun Microsystems and Solaris are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United States and other countries.

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 Press Contact: Jock Breitwieser Callidus Software Inc. (408) 975-6683 pr@callidussoftware.com

SOURCE: Callidus Software Inc.

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