Purple Solutions Ships PurpleCRM 1.7.1 Product Upgrade

Purple Solutions, provider of customer relationship management solutions for managing sales force automation functions, announced shipment of the latest version of PurpleCRM with the release of PurpleCRM 1.7.1 product upgrade.

PurpleCRM provides sales staff and management teams with dynamic contact and enterprise management tools, powerful analytics, forecasting capabilities and customizable reports to manage all aspects of customer sales functions. PurpleCRM runs on Microsoft Exchange and SQL Server and features an interface layered into Outlook that provides sales staff with a recognizable, easy-to-use product that instantly increases productivity.

"We're excited to release PurpleCRM 1.7.1 as the latest version of our award winning sales force automation solution. This release features additional functionality, advanced options and expanded tasks to increase sales force functions for our expanding customer base," said Terry Benish, CEO of Purple Solutions. "We're going to continue to push the envelope on SFA software development to meet the needs of our medium and Global 1000 customers."

PurpleCRM 1.7.1

Journaling functionality is enhanced in PurpleCRM 1.7.1 including journaling incoming emails against contacts and importing journal and task/activities into PurpleCRM forms. In addition, new functionality to create and record task information and integrate the information into personal task lists or PurpleCRM group task lists is available. Tasking activity is also functional in all journal entries.

Composition of email notes from within PurpleCRM 1.7.1 now allows users the flexibility of being able to gather information from a wide variety of sources for inclusion in messages. Actions within PurpleCRM 1.7.1 can also be customized to include new user specific functionality. The overall user experience with PurpleCRM 1.7.1 results in greater ease-of-use, combined with added flexibility and a more powerful solution to task sales force functions.

About Purple Solutions Inc

Purple Solutions develops customer relationship management (CRM) solutions for managing enterprise sales force automation (SFA) functions. PurpleCRM is Outlook-based software that provides intuitive, easy-to-use sales tools that combine powerful analytics, forecasting capabilities, customizable reporting and is scalable for small, medium and Global 1000 enterprises. On the back end, PurpleCRM runs on Windows NT Server 4.0 and Windows 2000 Server and integrates with Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server and SQL Server 2000. PurpleCRM was recently awarded the Best Outlook-Based CRM Award for 2001 from the Denali Group.

Purple Solutions is a privately held corporation with headquarters in Seattle, WA. For further information about the company and its products, visit www.purpleinc.com or call 206-691-7775.

Contact Keith Lashley of Purple Solutions Inc, 206-691-7715, or keithl@purpleinc.com.