SugarCRM Recognized by CRN Magazine for Achievements in the Channel

SugarCRM Recognized for its Product Excellence, Channel Leadership and Solid Partner Program by Everything Channel CRN Magazine

CUPERTINO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SugarCRM, the world's leading provider of open source customer relationship management (CRM) software, today announced that the company has been recognized by Everything Channel’s CRN Magazine as one of the “100 Coolest Cloud Computing Products” and named Vice President of Sales Jeff Campbell as a CRN “Channel Chief.”

“SugarCRM offers partners the ability to build a cloud business with a predictable revenue stream, industry-leading product and world-class support from SugarCRM.”

Since its founding, SugarCRM has worked closely with a global network of value added resellers, partners and developers to create and deliver CRM solutions for customers around the world. Today, SugarCRM works with over 250 partners around the world to design, implement and support customers across a broad range of industries and geographies.

Everything Channel’s CRN Magazine named SugarCRM winner of the following awards:

• Everything Channel’s CRN 100 Coolest Cloud Computing Products—SugarCRM was named a winner in the category of “20 Coolest Cloud Productivity App Vendors.” The list was based on nominations from Solution Providers rating technology, channel influence, effectiveness and visibility along with business and sales impact. The final selections were made by a panel of Everything Channel Editors.
• Everything Channel’s 2009 CRN Channel Chiefs—Vice President of Sales Jeff Campbell was named a winner for his leadership of the SugarCRM channel program. CRN describes its Channel Chief award as going to influential executives who consistently defend, promote and execute superior channel partner programs and strategies. With close to 20 years of experience in the software industry, Campbell is responsible for managing and scaling SugarCRM across its partner and direct sales operations. As one of the earliest employees at SugarCRM, Campbell has played an integral role in the company's growth over the past five years. Prior to his current role, Campbell built and grew SugarCRM's channel sales organization into a worldwide network of more than 250 resellers, consulting and OEM partners.

“It is an honor to be recognized by the Everything Channel and is a testament to the quality and value SugarCRM and its global network of partners are delivering to customers,” said Jeff Campbell, vice president of sales at SugarCRM. “SugarCRM offers partners the ability to build a cloud business with a predictable revenue stream, industry-leading product and world-class support from SugarCRM.”

To learn more about the SugarCRM award-winning partner program and how to become a partners, please visit http://www.sugarcrm.com/crm/partners/partner-programs.html.

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About SugarCRM

SugarCRM is the world's leading provider of open source customer relationship management (CRM) software. Over 6,000 customers and more than half a million users rely on SugarCRM to execute marketing programs, grow sales, retain customers and create custom business applications. Leading publications such as CRM Magazine, InfoWorld and eWeek praise SugarCRM for its ease-of-use, flexibility and open design. SugarCRM runs on the leading cloud computing platforms, including Amazon EC2, Microsoft Azure, Sugar On-Demand and Private Clouds, offering customers unparalleled choice and control of their data and deployments.

For more information, call [phone] or 1 87 SUGARCRM toll-free in the US, email [e-mail], or visit http://www.sugarcrm.com.

About Everything Channel (www.everythingchannel.com, www.channelweb.com)

Everything Channel, headquartered in Framingham, MA, is a technology marketing and sales solutions company. Through its "Complete Technology Channel Solution," Everything Channel offers the right business tools to accelerate technology sales. From branding and recruiting to marketing and sales, Everything Channel offers technology marketers the unmatched breadth and depth of global brands and market intelligence combined with unparalleled audience loyalty and credibility serving all technology sales channels through an extensive database. Everything Channel provides innovative field sales and marketing solutions to the sellers of technology to achieve measurable and significant results.