PITTSBURGH, May 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ – CombineNet, Inc., the leading provider of best-in-class strategic sourcing technology solutions for global supply chains, announced today it has released new capabilities to help procurement and sourcing teams address enterprise-wide E-Sourcing event needs in a single platform, with the addition of next-generation E-Auctions powered by robust optimization technology.  This new release of CombineNet ASAP® delivers the industry’s first optimization-enabled E-Auctions, which, together with CombineNet’s industry-leading Expressive Bidding®, results in the most robust and scalable E-Sourcing application for online sourcing events.

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The cloud-based CombineNet ASAP solution now provides customers with the ability to manage E-Sourcing events for their entire range of addressable spend, from the simple and routine to the largest and most complex of spend categories.  Companies looking for a single platform to support both E-Auctions and sealed-bid RFPs, as well as a combination of sourcing event types, can now benefit from the ease of use and advanced configurability of CombineNet ASAP.  When coupled with CombineNet’s Spend Analysis and Contract Management applications, CombineNet ASAP gives the procurement organization a breadth of best-of-breed technologies to support the entire sourcing lifecycle.

“CombineNet ASAP provides sourcing professionals with unprecedented benefits in terms of options, flexibility and usability,” said Rich Wilson, CEO of CombineNet. “Our customers have asked us to bring together the benefits of our Expressive Bidding and optimized bid analysis with the real-time competitiveness of E-Auctions, and the time is right today to deliver on that call to action. This latest release builds upon ASAP’s leading analytic capabilities- resulting in more realistic, highly implementable final awards and greater coverage of spend managed.”

CombineNet ASAP is used by Global 2000 companies to source everything from office supplies to transportation and complex services.  With the latest release of CombineNet ASAP, users may choose from multiple event types when creating a new sourcing event: Request for Information (RFI); Sealed-bid Request for Proposal/Tender (RFP); or Reverse E-Auction, with options for Standard, Japanese and Dutch Reverse Auctions. No specialized training is required to use CombineNet’s E-Auctions and its optimization capabilities, because the wizard-driven simple interface walks users easily through all the necessary steps.

Additional features of this new E-Sourcing software release also include the following:

• Supplier-Item Visibility: enables users to limit a supplier’s visibility to specific items within a sourcing event, providing buyers with greater flexibility to control how suppliers participate in CombineNet sourcing events.
• Event Reset: provides the ability to reset an event back to its original state, as if the first bid round had not started. This feature will greatly simplify the event creation-through-launch process.
• More Features for Microsoft Excel Integration: enables rapid upload processing of Excel-based bid sheets to streamline supplier bidding.

For more information about the CombineNet ASAP product for E-Sourcing, including the new E-Auctions capabilities, please visit: http://www.combinenet.com/products/esourcing-product

About CombineNet

CombineNet, Inc. delivers award-winning best-in-class E-Sourcing software solutions through its products CombineNet ASAP^® for advanced E-Sourcing, CombineNet Spend Analysis, and CombineNet Contract Management. Using these Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)-based sourcing products, CombineNet customers can rapidly adopt proven solutions for increasing spend under management and improving enterprise spend insights. Now in its twelfth year in business, CombineNet is known for its track record in driving significant bottom-line and productivity savings for its clientele which includes: Procter & Gamble, General Mills, Sears, Johnson & Johnson, A.P. Moller-Maersk, Bayer, Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, Reckitt Benckiser, AstraZeneca, and many more Global 2000 firms.

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Nonprofits Can Now Empower Individual Supporters to become Dynamic Fundraising Networks While Maintaining Complete Control over Branding and Messaging

Sunrise, FL (PRWEB) May 14, 2012

DonorCommunity, Inc., developers of the leading cloud computing software platform for nonprofit fundraising and advocacy, announced today the release of DonorCommunity Viral Fundraising Manager (D-VF), an innovative new social and viral fundraising application. All DonorCommunity clients will receive free unlimited access to D-VF along with their existing applications for CRM, Online Marketing, Online Donations, Online Auctions, Event Management, Social Networking and Website Content Management. The DonorCommunity platform is offered on an annual subscription basis that also includes free Website hosting and unlimited training and support.

“Every major study of the nonprofit marketplace shows that online giving is growing faster than any other method and that social networks and viral fundraising are the main drivers, especially among the mid-sized nonprofits we serve,” said David Blyer, DonorCommunity founder and CEO. “Individuals who use viral fundraising tools and personalize their campaign pages raise six times more than those who use offline methods only.”

Until now, however, it’s been difficult or impossible to seamlessly integrate, manage and monitor viral activity with other types of fundraising campaigns. “Viral Fundraising Manager is a game changer because it empowers friend-to-friend fundraising and automatically adds donors from viral campaigns to the constituent database, where they can be tracked and managed in conjunction with other campaigns,” adds Blyer. “What’s more, all of the online campaign materials must be pre-approved by the nonprofit, so branding and messaging remain accurate and consistent. Of course, individuals can still incorporate their personal messages too.”

How It Works

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Any online visitor can host a fundraiser on behalf of the nonprofit after completing a simple registration process. They begin by setting up their personal fundraiser Web page, which includes the nonprofit’s branding along with pre-defined content. After adding their personal messages, individuals must submit the page for approval, generating an automatic notification to the nonprofit. Once approved, the fundraiser can immediately launch the campaign and use DonorCommunity’s “Tell-A-Friend” feature to spread the word. Viral Fundraising Manager automatically tracks the results of individual campaigns, sends acknowledgements to donors, and adds new donors to the constituent database for subsequent cultivation. Click here to view some examples of personal fundraising pages.

Availability of DonorCommunity Viral Fundraising Manager

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DonorCommunity Viral Fundraising Manager is available immediately to all DonorCommunity subscribers at no additional cost.

About DonorCommunity

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DonorCommunity, Inc. is a cloud computing Software as a Service firm that helps nonprofit organizations cultivate donors, forge closer relationships with stakeholders, engage their communities and raise funds year-round. DonorCommunity offers a suite of fully-integrated Web applications for constituent relationship management, online auctions, online marketing, online donations, event management, viral fundraising, social networking and Web content management. The entire platform is furnished on a fixed-fee, annual subscription basis that includes unlimited users, unlimited records, unlimited training, unlimited support as well as free Website hosting. For more information, visit http://www.DonorCommunity.com.

David Blyer
DonorComnununity, Inc
(305) 992-6041
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