Dell Cloud Business Applications Helps Schoolwires

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Dell Cloud Business Applications Helps Schoolwires Tap into the Power of Integrated CRM

Date : 2/2/2012
Round Rock, Texas

Schoolwires is integrating salesforce.com’s Sales Cloud with on-premise applications
Dell Cloud Business Applications provides Schoolwires scalability and one, trusted partner with turnkey, end-to-end services

Schoolwires, a leading provider of Web-based solutions designed to help districts engage more effectively with all members of their K-12 communities to support student, teacher and district success, has chosen Dell Cloud Business Applications’ integrated CRM solution to seamlessly connect salesforce.com’s Sales Cloud to current on-premise applications.

Schoolwires needed a cloud-based CRM solution to help improve efficiencies across the sales organization and integrate salesforce.com’s Sales Cloud with Microsoft Dynamics, which is being used by its customer support organization. Schoolwires evaluated various CRM and integration offerings and determined that the Dell integrated CRM solution offered a scalable and cost effective solution. Schoolwires chose Dell for its comprehensive, end-to-end Dell services and Dell Boomi integration.

“We are one of the fastest growing private companies serving the K-12 education community, supporting more than 1,300 customers. Dell’s integrated CRM solutions with salesforce.com’s Sales Cloud and Dell Boomi will allow us to seamlessly integrate our sales and Professional Services Organizations to better serve the needs of our growing customer base,” said Doug Eicher, Vice President of Sales at Schoolwires. “The integration also will give our account team members access to real-time data that will help them identify additional school districts that would benefit from our solutions. Being able to rely on Dell to deliver and support the entire solution from implementation to ongoing maintenance is a tremendous advantage.”

“We are thrilled to help Schoolwires continue to grow their business and better support the critical needs of our K-12 education community,” said Paulette Altmaier, VP and GM of Global Small and Medium Business Solutions, Dell. “Their selection of our integrated CRM offer with turnkey end-to-end services validates the growing market need for total cloud solutions.”

About Dell Cloud Business Applications
Dell Cloud Business Applications offers a family of integrated cloud applications and services that enable new business processes while leveraging existing software and technology investments. Dell Integrated CRM is a cloud service uniquely packaged to meet the needs of growing companies, delivering Salesforce CRM integrated to existing infrastructure along with reporting, analytics, turnkey Dell services, and support. For more information, visit www.dellcloudapplications.com.

About Dell
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About Schoolwires, Inc.
Schoolwires is a leading provider of community-based solutions and safe social learning environments designed to accelerate K-12 district and student success. Centricity2 is its unifying content management system designed to help K-12 districts more deeply connect and engage with their communities. Schoolwires Nimbus supports a collaborative and blended learning environment where teachers can foster student engagement and develop critical 21st century learning skills. Through its numerous, long-term district relationships, Schoolwires works with an estimated 8 million users across the nation. Schoolwires was recognized by Inc magazine as one of the Top Education Companies on the 2011 Inc 500|5000 for the fifth consecutive year. Schoolwires Inc. (www.schoolwires.com) is headquartered in State College, Pennsylvania, USA.