Callidus Software Reports Strong Momentum in Telecom Industry

Market Leader Continues Growth and Gains Global Telecom Customers as the Demand for SPM Expands

Callidus Software Inc. (NASDAQ: CALD), the leader in Sales Performance Management (SPM), today announced continued momentum in the telecommunications industry. Globally, Callidus' telecom customer base is growing with industry-leading customers such as Embarq, SFR, Tellabs and Belgacom. In 2008 alone, Callidus has signed various new telecommunications customers, including Vodafone New Zealand, Ventelo and Orascom, to name a few. Callidus provides telecom companies with advanced SPM solutions that improve productivity and efficiency for any sized company.

As the telecommunications market grows increasingly competitive, providers identify ways to drives sales and improve overall effectiveness to maintain leadership in this fierce market. Callidus' SPM and Pervasive Performance Management solutions offer a variety of useful tools to provide telecommunications companies with accurate sales metrics and data that give them a competitive edge in the market. SPM also delivers added benefits such as automated commission processes and quota and territory management that businesses can leverage to increase margins and drive profits.

"Telecommunications companies recognize the business value of effective sales performance management," said Steve Apfelberg, senior vice president of marketing and business development at Callidus Software. "When utilized strategically, incentive compensation, quota management, and territory optimization are powerful tools to increase market share as well as revenue. With over 35 telecommunications customers globally, our solutions have a proven success record in the telecom industry."

Callidus enables enterprises of all sizes to maximize profits through effective pay-for-performance incentives for salespeople, distributors, retailers, and other participants in the sales channel. By allowing companies to provide appropriate incentives, customers are able to increase shareholder value by aligning business processes with overall corporate goals. Due to their scalability and accuracy, Callidus' solutions quickly become the system of trust for managing sales performance in a broad range of industries, ranging from telecom to financial services, high-tech, life sciences and manufacturing.

Callidus' grid computing platform is specifically designed to address the needs of transaction and sales-heavy organizations like telecom companies. Its rules-based architecture facilitates fluid change management for compensation plan updates, while its web-based implementation helps retain a low investment model over time.

About Callidus Software®

Callidus Software (www.callidussoftware.com) (NASDAQ: CALD) is the market and technology leader in Sales Performance Management (SPM). Performance-based compensation is one of the largest investments for all companies. Callidus' customers gain a competitive advantage by maximizing the return on this strategic asset. Our award-winning Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) applications set the standard for pervasive performance management across the enterprise. Over 1.9 million employees and channel partners have their performance managed by Callidus Software.

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