On-Demand Application utilizes Sales 2.0 approach.

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Based on WebEx Connect platform, Landslide Victory helps organizations consistently achieve revenue objectives by establishing unified sales process and ensuring use of sales best-practices and prescribed sales messaging. Included iOChannel provides collaborative workspace for exchanging information and lets salespeople track buyer activities/interest. Also included, Landslide VIP lets salespeople offload data entry, administration, and sales support tasks to live personal assistant.



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Landslide Technologies Announce Development of a New WebEx Connect On-Demand Solution for Sales 2.0 Market



WebEx Connect Brings Together People, Process and Applications in a Collaborative Workspace Designed for the Way Business People Work Today

PITTSBURGH and SAN JOSE, Calif., March 26 -- Landslide Technologies and on-demand collaboration applications leader WebEx, now part of Cisco (NASDAQ:CSCO), today announced, Landslide Victory, a new sales application based on the WebEx Connect platform designed to help salespeople stay focused on moving deals through their pipeline and improving sales production. Landslide's sales software helps organizations consistently achieve their revenue objectives by establishing a unified sales process and ensuring usage of sales best-practices and prescribed sales messaging.

Landslide's sales software is a cornerstone of the Sales 2.0 approach. Landslide's iOChannel, a collaborative workspace for exchanging information, creates a unique and compelling buying experience for prospects and allows salespeople to track a buyer's activities and interest levels. Additionally, Landslide VIP is included with the service and allows salespeople to offload data entry, administration and sales support tasks to a live personal assistant via phone or e-mail, so they can focus on selling.

"Today's announcement underscores the company's Sales 2.0 strategy to leverage the communications and collaboration tools of WebEx in order to help salespeople engage and win in the marketplace more productively and effectively than ever before," said Razi Imam, CEO and founder, Landslide Technologies. "Businesses now have a highly collaborative sales platform deserving of their commitment to world-class selling. Today's announcement takes Landslide to the next level by extending the solution to the WebEx Connect community to connect sales with buyers around the globe and across technological and organizational boundaries."

"There is no better way to help our WebEx Connect customers grow their business than by closing more deals," said Shankar Iyer, vice president, WebEx Connect Ecosystem, Cisco WebEx. "Landslide's solution keeps salespeople focused on moving deals through their pipeline at a more consistent rate and providing great value in allowing our customers to connect and collaborate real-time with sales."

Landslide Victory is one of the many applications users will be able to access through WebEx Connect. WebEx Connect will enable users to integrate data from multiple applications into collaborative workspaces, custom designed for their particular workflows and business processes. WebEx Connect works seamlessly across firewalls and across platforms and unlike traditional transactional applications is designed to improve productivity by enhancing collaboration and interaction between individuals and provide contextual collaboration within a business process. By leveraging open Web 2.0 protocols and collaborative WebEx applications programming interfaces (APIs), WebEx Connect will make it easy to adapt on-demand, desktop, and enterprise applications to create composite, "mashup" applications.

WebEx Connect partner marketing services can help partners create and execute go-to-market strategies, promotions and even generate leads. To learn more about the WebEx Connect ecosystem, go to community.webex.com/connect .

About Landslide Technologies, Inc.

Landslide Technologies, Inc., a pioneer in Sales Workstyle Management, is the first company to directly address the software, collaboration, and support needs of individual salespeople. Built for salespeople by salespeople, Landslide enables BtoB sales teams to follow the best process for driving large complex deals through the pipeline in a consistent manner, provide access to sales tools that help engage buyers and removes data entry burden from the life of the salesperson. Landslide product line maximizes salespeoples' time, drives them to action, and delivers results. The company is privately held with headquarters in Pittsburgh, PA. Additional information can be found at www.landslide.com .

You can also sign up for a free trial at www.mylandslide.com .

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With 2.6 million registered users, WebEx, now part of Cisco, is the global leader in on-demand applications for collaborative business on the web. WebEx offers a full suite of web collaboration applications for specific business processes including marketing, sales, training, and support. Companies of every size gain strategic advantage by using WebEx to replace high-cost/high- touch interactions with efficient web-touch interactions. WebEx applications work across firewalls and across platforms, making them ideal for both internal and external collaboration. WebEx provides its services over the WebEx MediaTone Network, a secure global network specifically designed for on- demand applications. WebEx is based in Santa Clara, California and has regional headquarters in Europe, Asia and Australia. Please call toll free 877-509-3239 or visit webex.com/ for more information.

WebEx and MediaTone are registered trademarks or trademarks of Cisco Systems, Inc. and/or its affiliates in the U.S. and certain other countries. Other brands and products are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.

CONTACT: Jacqueline Pigliucci of Cisco, +1-408-853-6389, jpigliuc@cisco.com; or Saman Haqqi, VP, Marketing of Landslide Technologies, Inc., +1-412-489-1700, pr@landslide.com

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