Aspire Teams with Dutch IMerge

Aspire Technologies, a vendor of sales quoting software products for small and midmarket customers, has announced that it has teamed with iMerge BV, the Netherlands based publisher of product data, to provide real-time product data via iMerge’s Open ICEcat.biz Web service, to its QuoteWerks user base.

 

QuoteWerks provides sales quoting products for companies. The product offers real-time price and availability data on products distributed to the IT channel through industry focused distributors D&H, Ingram Micro, Synnex, and Tech Data (News - Alert).

 

Earlier this year the company announced it was expanding its real-time price and availability offering to businesses in all industries through the launch of the QuoteWerks Real-time Server application. The latest offering, released with Build 43 for QuoteWerks version 4.0, extends the real-time data to include product content including customer-centric product descriptions, product data sheets, and product images for approximately 160 brands including 3M (News - Alert), Canon, HP, IBM and others.

 

With products in native QuoteWerks databases, the user can opt to update the product with the real-time content, including spec sheets and images, to make the enhanced data available for future use within QuoteWerks.

 

“Finding useful product descriptions, spec sheets, and pictures for the products our customers are quoting often takes longer that it takes to actually the create the quote itself,” says Brian Laufer, Vice President of Operations for Aspire. “The fundamental benefit of QuoteWerks is the speed in which a quote can be created.”

 

The real-time product content feature is currently shipping to new users. Existing customers who wish to obtain this feature must download and install Build 43 for QuoteWerks 4.0.

 

This summer Aspire attained Gold Certified Partner status in the Microsoft (News - Alert) Partner Program. The vendor also maintained its Microsoft ISV/Software Solutions competency.

 

"Having demonstrated expertise with Microsoft technologies," Aspire officials said at the time, the Orlando-based company can "capitalize on the benefits Microsoft reserves for Gold Certified Partners including access, training and support."

 

Earlier in the summer Aspire also announced the open beta test of its real-time server application, described by company officials as "a free offering for manufacturers or distributors in the United States who wish to offer real-time pricing and availability to their field sales force."