Symphony Metreo Enhances Its Pricing Intelligence Application With Dynamic Visualization...

Symphony Metreo Enhances Its Pricing Intelligence Application With Dynamic Visualization and Data Analysis Features

Greater Information Access and Reporting Flexibility Make Metreo
Vision 3.2 a Popular Choice Across Sales, Marketing and Pricing Teams,
Enabling Them to Easily View and Act On Job-Relevant Data
LAS VEGAS--(Business Wire)--
Symphony Metreo, Inc., a leading provider of enterprise pricing
and operations management solutions, today announced enhancements to
its pricing intelligence application, Metreo Vision(TM). New features
including a customizable dashboard and deeper data analysis
capabilities deliver improved visibility into pricing processes and
better decision-making across the enterprise. Symphony Metreo will
demonstrate Vision 3.2 enhancements at the Professional Pricing
Society's 19th Annual Spring Conference, of which Symphony Metreo is a
Technology Sponsor.

Metreo Vision measures the pricing performance of companies'
products, customers and channels; analyzes pricing trends; identifies
profit improvement opportunities; and derives understanding to help
make better pricing decisions. Vision 3.2 makes pricing intelligence
more accessible for multiple stakeholders including business analysts,
product managers and sales executives, each of whom look at pricing
from a slightly different perspective. Focusing on driving core
usability improvements and more actionable analysis, Vision
enhancements provide:

-- Better visibility into pricing variances across product
categories, regions and even salespeople using deep root cause
analysis capabilities that help translate the impact of those
variances on future planning and decision-making

-- Easy-to-create, customize and export dashboards that provide
users with access to the pricing data they want, in a format
that makes sense for their specific job requirements

-- Enhanced data visualization capabilities through more in-depth
analysis summaries and flexible charting options, including
scatterplot and box plot charts, that allow users to better
understand who the customer is, what products they are
purchasing, and how to rein in wide product and price
variances

"Customers using Vision 3.2 have praised the new visualization and
reporting capabilities. Specifically, the customizable dashboard and
ability to view pricing data from a number of different perspectives
make true pricing intelligence a reality for novice and power users
alike," said Bennett Indart, vice president of marketing and business
development, Symphony Metreo, Inc. "Getting a handle on all the
factors that contribute to pricing variances can be a daunting process
if you don't have the right tools in place. Our goal is to take the
mystery out of pricing, and empower companies to view it as a
strategic business application that can have a real impact on margins
and future revenues. With Vision 3.2, we are quickly achieving that
goal."

Availability and Special Promotions

Vision 3.2 is available immediately as a hosted or on-premise
solution. Companies interested in a low-risk opportunity to try a
hosted pricing solution can take advantage of Symphony Metreo's
"Vision for 60 Days" promotion that allows them to utilize Vision for
60 days before making a buying decision. Additionally, Vision operates
with a 64-bit architecture that supports tremendous data scalability
and speeds inquiry response times.

About Symphony Metreo

Symphony Metreo helps organizations meet their financial goals of
Revenue and Margin with innovative solutions that align and
synchronize top-down planning with bottom-up execution by focusing on
the strategic levers of Price, Volume and Cost. Symphony Metreo serves
global enterprises with innovative award winning applications in the
areas of Enterprise Pricing, Operations Management and Performance
Management. Headquartered in Palo Alto, Calif., Symphony Metreo is a
wholly-owned subsidiary of the Symphony Technology Group, a $2.1
billion strategic holding company. For additional information, visit
http://www.symphony-metreo.com.

Copyright (C) 2008 Symphony Metreo, Inc. All Rights Reserved. All
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