ClearSlide Named "Cool Vendor" by Leading Analyst Firm

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. - July 17, 2014

ClearSlide, the leading sales engagement platform, today announced its inclusion in the list of "Cool Vendors" by Gartner, Inc. In the report, Gartner recommends that companies "invest in mobile-based presentation and analytic tools to improve effectiveness and outcomes of sales calls."

ClearSlide offers a complete suite of solutions to enable both inside and field sales people to seamlessly deliver presentations, monitor customer engagement, and communicate valuable sales analytics information to their team and sales management -- whether sales teams are at their desks or on the road. ClearSlide offers web-based and mobile solutions including: ClearSlide Remote, ClearSlide Outside, and ClearSlide Connect.

"We believe our inclusion in the Cool Vendor report by Gartner is a strong validation of the services ClearSlide provides and the team behind it," said Al Lieb, CEO and Co-Founder of ClearSlide. "We continue to innovate and build sales productivity offerings in our pipeline that arm salespeople with the ability to communicate and sell anywhere."

The ClearSlide platform gives sales leaders insight into the real-time activity of their teams and provides deep analytics about the types of content that ultimately are the most impactful with customers. For sales leaders, ClearSlide's activity analytics enable them to identify successful behaviors and coach reps to higher productivity. For sales professionals, ClearSlide allows for authentic interactions with customers and prospects, whether online or in-person, using ClearSlide's web-based or mobile applications.

About ClearSlide:

ClearSlide is the leading sales engagement platform that powers valuable, genuine business conversations and enables sales teams to close more business. ClearSlide improves customer-facing interactions (phone, email, face-to-face) by providing real-time visibility and analytics for both sellers and sales leaders. As a result, customers achieve higher seller productivity, increased sales management effectiveness, and stronger customer-facing messaging. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in San Francisco, ClearSlide serves thousands of customers, including Rackspace, Thomson Reuters, LinkedIn, AOL, LexisNexis, and more.

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[i] Gartner Cool Vendors in CRM Sales by Robert P. Desisto, Ed Thompson, 18 March 2014.