As a result, Selectica mobile users will be able to efficiently receive and distribute the most current applications and product information in a secure and reliable environment.

By teaming with Marimba, we are leveraging Marimba’s software reliability, built-in bandwidth efficiency, and security with our market-proven ISS functionalities to deliver a complete mobile solution that is easy to deploy and maintain, said Dr. Sanjay Mittal, executive vice president of engineering and CTO of Selectica. Selectica is committed to providing our customers with a comprehensive and flexible e-business solution.

Leverage Core Competency

Selectica’s ACE Mobile provides companies with a set of configuration tools that allows them to sell and support complex products and services through untethered devices such as laptops and kiosks. The integration will extend Selectica’s existing needs assessment capabilities, feature comparisons, product configuration, pricing and quoting services with Marimba’s remote management and software updating capabilities. Using Marimba’s desktop and mobile solution, all updates to the software can be completed in an automatic, transparent, and bandwidth-efficient manner. By relying on this combined solution, Selectica customers can provide their worldwide users with the most current product information on their desktops and laptops, effectively providing information integrity across the enterprise.

Providing premier tools to IT professionals is critical in our customers’ efforts to achieve top performance with their systems management software, said Rich Wyckoff, senior vice president of worldwide marketing for Marimba. Selectica’s application suite, combined with Marimba’s desktop and mobile management technology, will enable Selectica to extend its Web services, and allow customers to better manage applications and content to remote users.