Leading Analyst Firm Identifies BabbleWare as a "Cool Vendor" in 2011

Online, April 28, 2011 (Newswire.com) - BabbleWare featured in the Gartner Cool Vendor- Manufacturing Operations report

Milwaukee, WI

BabbleWare, the Social Supply Chain Company, today announced that it has been included in the Gartner, Inc. "Cool Vendors in Manufacturing Operations, 2011" report.

According to the report, published by Leif Eriksen and Simon Jacobson on April 13, 2011, "This year's Cool Vendors in manufacturing operations research proves that innovative vendors in seemingly mature markets or niche markets are embracing Manufacturing 2.0 in ways that create impressive value for multiple styles of manufacturing and potential for rapid growth."

BabbleWare's game-changing enterprise technology delivers immediate solutions to every industry. BabbleWare's "Innovate in a Week" program delivers targeted improvements in revenue, margins, productivity, accuracy and collaboration. Customers are able to improve their operation with agile, powerful and quick enhancements that mitigate the erosive effects of changes in regulations, competition, markets and global economics. Corporate strategies and initiatives can now be effortlessly pursued and measured without the cost, risk and disruption of modifying, integrating or replacing existing ERP or Best of Breed software.

"We consider BabbleWare's inclusion among the five companies featured in the Gartner Cool Vendor report confirmation of our innovative approach to solving decades old problems that plague business," said Steve Christensen, BabbleWare's CEO. "Businesses spend $232B a year on Old-school Enterprise Applications that stifle competitive advantage and erode financial performance. We've solved that problem and Gartner's recognition validates our obsession with providing simple, powerful and agile enterprise technology.

About BabbleWare

BabbleWare is the Social Supply Chain Company, providing software products and consulting services that enable businesses to transform their performance in hours without the resource, budget, political, risk or IT barriers. BabbleWare's Cloud, Mobile and SaaS solution can be designed, deployed and measured before investment is required and without modifying, integrating or replacing existing IT investments.

Customers include Toyota, Owens & Minor, Barton G and others. The Toyota implementation won 2010 Best in Supply Chain/DSD award from Mobile Enterprise Magazine (http://www.babblewareinc.com/?p=2069).

BabbleWare is headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. For more information, visit http://www.babblewareinc.com.
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About Gartner's Cool Vendors Selection Process

Gartner's listing does not constitute an exhaustive list of vendors in any given technology area, but rather is designed to highlight interesting, new and innovative vendors, products and services. Gartner disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness of a particular purpose.

Gartner defines a cool vendor as a company that offers technologies or solutions that are: Innovative, enable users to do things they couldn't do before; Impactful, have, or will have, business impact (not just technology for the sake of technology); Intriguing, have caught Gartner's interest or curiosity in approximately the past six months.