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TMCNet:  Merced Systems Solution Now Rated “Avaya Compliant”

[November 23, 2009]

Merced Systems Solution Now Rated “Avaya Compliant”

The Merced Performance Suite Platform is compatible with key Avaya Call Management System solution, helping businesses become better-aligned, higher-performing, and more customer-focused Redwood Shores, CA (News - Alert), November 23rd, 2009 Merced Systems, the leader in Sales and Service Performance Management software solutions, today announced that Merced Performance Suite is compliant with key Call Management System R14 solutions from Avaya (News - Alert), a leading global provider of business communications applications, systems and services.

Merced Performance Suite helps customer-facing organizations, such as contact centers, field sales, retail sales, partner operations, back office functions, and field service groups align front-line employee performance with strategic operational objectives through coaching and other performance-related workflow, incentive compensation management, and reporting and analytics. The application now is compliance-tested by Avaya for compatibility with Avaya CMS.

“Achieving Avaya compliance is a key step in delivering further business impact to our customers through performance management,” said Matt Glickman, CEO of Merced Systems (News - Alert). “The combination of our Sales and Service Performance Management solutions and Avaya’s CMS platform help our customers innovate and drive performance improvement across the organization.” Merced Systems is a member of the Avaya DevConnect (News - Alert) program an initiative to develop, market and sell innovative third-party products that interoperate with Avaya technology and extend the value of a company’s investment in its network.

As a Gold member of the program, Merced Systems is eligible to submit products for compatibility testing by the Avaya Solution Interoperability and Test Lab in Basking Ridge, N.J. There a team of Avaya engineers develops a comprehensive test plan for each application to verify whether it is Avaya compliant. Doing so ensures businesses can confidently add best-in-class capabilities to their network without having to replace their existing infrastructure speeding deployment of new applications and reducing both network complexity and implementation costs.

“By offering compliance testing to the many innovative companies like Merced Systems who are members of our DevConnect program, Avaya promotes fully interoperable solutions that help businesses unleash powerful new possibilities,” said Eric Rossman, vice president, developer relations and technical alliances, Avaya. “They are able to use Unified Communications (News - Alert) to connect employees and customers to information from wherever they are, over whatever device they have available – getting more out of their multivendor network and delivering new value to their bottom line.” About Avaya Avaya is a global leader in enterprise communications systems. The company provides unified communications, contact centers, and related services directly and through its channel partners to leading businesses and organizations around the world. Enterprises of all sizes depend on Avaya for state-of-the-art communications that improve efficiency, collaboration, customer service and competitiveness. For more information please visit www.avaya.com. For more information on the Avaya DevConnect program, visit www.avaya.com/devconnect.

About Merced Systems Merced Systems is the leading provider of Sales and Service Performance Management applications focused on improving operational effectiveness of sales forces and service organizations across a range of vertical industries. Merced Systems' award-winning products serve Global 2000 customers, and include advanced analytics and reporting, incentive compensation management, coaching, and other performance execution applications. With a strong track record of growth and delivering business impact to its customers, Merced Systems has been profitable for the past 6 years. Merced Systems is a privately held venture capital-based company headquartered in Redwood City, CA, with major operations in the UK. For more information on Merced Systems, please visit www.mercedsystems.com.

Media Inquiries: Mark Gally, Merced Systems mgally@mercedsystems.com 650-486-4052 Lynn Buckley, Avaya lynnnewman@avaya.com 908-953-8692

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