The Industry’s Leading Outlook-Based Customer Relationship Management Tool Now Available for BlackBerry Users

REDMOND, Wash.–Avidian Technologies today announced the launch of Prophet Mobile for BlackBerry, the newest addition to the company’s leading Microsoft Outlook-based customer relationship management (CRM) software product line.

“With an increasingly mobile workforce, the need to manage customer sales information on-the-go is no longer a nice-to-have feature, it’s a must have,” said Tim Nguyen, co-founder and chief information officer, Avidian Technologies. “Prophet Mobile for BlackBerry is the industry standard Outlook-based CRM for BlackBerry devices.”

Prophet Mobile for BlackBerry is an add-on to the stand-alone and server editions of Prophet. It lets users manage and share sales opportunity data using both a BlackBerry handheld device and a PC. The BlackBerry and PC versions of the product sync together, allowing for an easy transition between devices. Prophet for BlackBerry mirrors all the current functionality of Prophet for Palm and Prophet for Windows Mobile applications.

Capabilities:

• Sync contacts, companies and opportunity data from Prophet to BlackBerry
• Update the native BlackBerry contacts on the device by syncing from Prophet
• View, create or edit opportunities
• Add date/time stamp notes
• Track activity types associated with a note
• Add or edit products and services associated with an opportunity
• Schedule tasks and appointments for contacts
• Call/email contacts directly from within an opportunity

Pricing, Availability and Technical Requirements

Pricing is $9.95 per user per month and is currently available globally. To order go to www.avidian.com/prophet-for-blackberry.aspx .  Prophet for BlackBerry works on BlackBerry Curve, Bold, Pearl, 8820, 8830 and 8703e. Prophet client is not required but highly recommended.

About Prophet

Prophet, developed by Avidian on the .NET 2.0 platform, is the leading contact management and customer relationship management (CRM) software built inside Microsoft Outlook. Prophet leverages Outlook’s existing data and functionality and transforms it into a full-featured sales and contact management system. Prophet takes Outlook beyond tasks, calendaring and e-mail with centralized and secure contact management, sales opportunity management, flexible reporting and easy sharing and controlling of customer information. Prophet requires far less training, virtually no integration/maintenance hassles and is very cost effective when compared to other “big iron” solutions. Prophet helps small- to medium-sized businesses be more organized with their customer data, give better visibility to sales activities and achieve their company sales goals. Prophet is available in both on-premise and cloud-based versions.

About Avidian Technologies

Avidian Technologies is a software company specializing in creating both cloud-based and on-premise software solutions for users of Outlook and Exchange. Prophet, developed by Avidian Technologies on the .NET platform, is the leading contact management and CRM software built inside Microsoft Outlook. The company is headquartered in Redmond, Washington. For more information, please visit www.avidian.com and twitter.com/ProphetCRM.