Cloud9 Analytics Launches in Asia Pacific Region

On-demand business intelligence leader teams with Acelarus
SAN MATEO, Calif.--(Business Wire)--
Cloud9 Analytics, the leading provider of on-demand business
intelligence (BI) applications, today announced it is taking its
role-based BI solutions global with new availability in Australia, New
Zealand and Singapore. Cloud9's strategic partnership with Acelarus, a
firm focused on launching high-growth technology companies in Asia
Pacific, will help fuel this expansion. Cloud9 now provides the global
market with on-demand BI applications that help sales and marketing
managers get the information they need from CRM systems to improve
performance, without the need for expensive IT projects.

Cloud9's partnership with Acelarus marks the start of the
company's global expansion initiative, which is in direct response to
increasing demand for the company's solutions. Cloud9's Pipeline
Management Suite unleashes the true value of CRM investment by
capitalizing on an unaddressed asset - historical pipeline and
forecast data - and its potential to drive more revenue, something
especially top-of-mind amidst today's prevailing economic
uncertainties. Cloud9 is building on its momentum in the US, Canada
and the United Kingdom and demonstrating a commitment to providing
best-in-class user experience for a growing roster of global
customers.

"The Asia Pacific region is an important market for
salesforce.com," said Clarence So, chief marketing officer,
salesforce.com. "Cloud9 Analytics' expansion to the same market will
help customers in the region extend the value of their Salesforce CRM
implementations and reap the benefits of deploying additional SaaS
applications in their enterprises."

"A sales manager in Sydney struggles with the same challenges as a
sales manager in San Francisco, and because we provide solutions, not
tools, we're uniquely positioned to bring sanity to the spreadsheet
data nightmare that exists in most companies today," said Cloud9
Analytics CEO Swayne Hill. "We're thrilled to partner with Acelarus,
and together we're looking forward to expanding the community of
successful Cloud9 customers into Asia Pacific."

Acelarus was founded by SaaS industry veterans Alison
Higgins-Miller, former vice president of RightNow, and Daniel
Marshall, former sales director for Siebel OnDemand. Cloud9 will count
on the team's 50-plus years of collective senior management experience
to help it extend its leadership position to the region.

"We look for companies that are really enhancing the business
value of systems customers already have in place. Cloud9's philosophy
of solving real business problems, rather than simply enabling users,
fits that bill better than any other vendor in the space." said
Higgins-Miller. "Cloud9 truly delivers by helping customers get the
maximum return on their CRM investments. That's the value of their
next-generation BI applications and 'solutions, not tools' approach."

About Cloud9 Analytics

Cloud9 Analytics delivers easy-to-use business intelligence
applications directly to sales, marketing, and support organizations
as a service over the Internet. The Cloud9 Pipeline Management Suite
reduces revenue risk, increases team productivity and provides shared
visibility for collaboration at every level of the sales organization.
The Cloud9 Reporting Suite simplifies report creation and
distribution, ensuring that business-critical information gets to the
right users at the right time. Powered by the industry's first truly
on-demand analytics platform, Cloud9's applications deliver value in
just 24 hours and require zero installation, zero maintenance and zero
IT support. Cloud9 Analytics' customers include market leaders such as
Ryder, Data Domain, Coremetrics and GENBAND. The company is
headquartered in San Mateo, California. For more information, please
visit www.cloud9analytics.com.

About Acelarus

Acelarus is a private enterprise focused on progressively
launching international technology companies into the Australian, New
Zealand and Asia Pacific markets. Acelarus professionals understand
the strategic challenges and opportunities of building an Asia Pacific
operation by offering their clients a cost effective and incremental
approach to access the right clients. Our experienced team leverage
their extensive knowledge and resources to launch products and
services successfully and economically.

For more information please visit www.acelarus.com or contact us
at inquiries@acelarus.com.

Greenough Communications
Susan Wise, 650-646-3268 x11
swise@greenoughcom.com

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