Varicent Kicks off Annual User Conference Uniting Global Customers and Partners with Industry Experts and Thought Leaders

Conference Highlights Include Keynotes from Gartner Research and Deloitte, Sales Performance Management Best Practices and Varicent Product Roadmap

TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Varicent Software Incorporated, an innovator and global leader in incentive compensation management and sales performance management (SPM) solutions, kicked off its annual customer and partner gathering, INSIGHT11, in Boston, MA. INSIGHT11 attracted record attendance and has become an important sales performance management resource for customers. The conference provides the ability for customers to share Varicent best practices and also hear from Varicent’s partners, industry experts and thought leaders.

Michael Dunne, Research Vice President, Gartner will present the featured keynote address, “The Unfolding Momentum of SPM” which will explore insights and new trends in SPM. Additional keynote sessions will be presented by Brandon Kulik, Senior Manager, Sales Performance Effectiveness Practice at Deloitte, who will speak about the integration of administrative and technology functions into plan process design.

This year’s conference offers presentations from Varicent customers and partners, covering a range of topics around sales performance management and the Varicent solution including:

• Product roadmap and future functionality
• Maximizing sales results with territory management and optimization
• Managing sales compensation with complex crediting processes
• Extending and managing SPM across divisions, geographies, multi-language and multi-currency
• Leveraging pre-built sales performance management components with the Varicent Library

INSIGHT11 will also provide customers the opportunity to network with peers and meet with key Varicent experts and executive team members.

“INSIGHT11 connects our customers, employees and partners, and provides them with the opportunity to meet, share ideas and learn from each other,” said Dan Shimmerman, President and CEO, Varicent. “It also provides our customers with a forum to discover how others are using Varicent, to explore the latest in SPM trends, and to have conversations with the Varicent team.”

INSIGHT11 runs from May 15 – 18, 2011. Sponsors include Deloitte, Arcadia Solutions, OpenSymmetry, Accenture, Better Sales Comp Consultants, I Love Rewards, Microsoft and TerrAlign. For INSIGHT11 updates follow the conversation:

• Twitter: @Varicent #INSIGHT11
• Varicent blog: http://blog.varicent.com/

For more information, visit http://www.varicent.com/insight/.

About Varicent Software Incorporated

Varicent Software Incorporated is an innovative software solutions provider delivering measurable improvements to its clients businesses through its industry-leading sales performance management solution Varicent SPM. Varicent's customers are high-performing companies representing a variety of industries and include Tribune, Sherwin-Williams, Bank of the West, Farmers Insurance, ING, Manpower, Dex One, Maritz, Sun Hung Kai Financial, and many others. For more information, please visit www.varicent.com.

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