BizSphere was accepted as member of 'IBM Global Entrepreneur' / In line with the Smarter Planet concept IBM supports the software and consulting company

Wiesbaden (ots) - The software and consulting company BizSphere
became the latest member of the IBM Global Entrepreneur initiative.
With this program IBM and partners help the 'next generation of
entrepreneurs', who develop software based innovations to capture
emerging business opportunities. As part of the IBM Smarter Planet
program the global campaign started last year in the United States
and 2011 in Germany. The IBM Smarter Planet agenda develops
intelligent and environment-friendly solutions. IBM Global
Entrepreneur members receive no-charge access to IBM's software
portfolio and support from IBM experts. Selected companies also have
the opportunity to benefit from the IBM network of decision makers in
industry, government, research and development.

"With its innovative knowledge management solution for sales
optimization BizSphere is an excellent candidate for our initiative
which aims to identify and integrate solutions that help solving
today`s challenges in the context of IBM's vision of a Smarter
Planet", said Wieland Köbler, Leader Global Entrepreneur Deutschland
and Director ISV Sales and Development at IBM. "We are very proud
that we have been selected to the IBM Global Entrepreneur initiative.
Our solution structures and manages information in an 'intelligent
way', and adds additional value to the data by placing content in the
right context", states Jochen Moll, CEO at BizSphere. "The BizSphere
Sales Enablement platform is used for sales optimization. Existing
web portals, fileserver, CM, CRM and DM systems can be integrated and
consolidated within the BizSphere Solution."

In Germany the initiative was kicked-off at CeBIT 2011 in
Hannover. Up to now, five companies, specialized in e-Commerce, event
and fundraising, process management, marketing and communication
asset management as well as knowledge management have been selected.
Launch partners in Germany are, for example, the Venture Capital
companies Wellington Partners and Earlybird.

BizSphere AG is a software and consulting company with its
headquarters in Stuttgart, Germany. In 2006 "BizSphere" was
established as a business unit within SVA GmbH, one of the leading
system integrators in Germany. In 2007 this business unit became an
independent legal entity as SVA-BizSphere AG, which is doing business
under the name of BizSphere AG since October 2010. The company is
located in Germany with offices in Mainz and Stuttgart and operates
with an international network of staff and consultants. BizSphere has
developed a software platform and consulting framework supporting
companies in solving their Sales Enablement challenges. BizSphere
Sales Enablement Solution optimizes costs and the quality of existing
information by effective structured content. With this solution,
sales representatives are able to use the information they need
according to their requirements and companies will be able to serve
and fulfill constantly changing customer needs within reduced
response time. The platform combines know-how in the areas of
semantic and social web (Web 2.0/3.0), as well as innovative user
interface design.

For further information:
www.ibm.com/isv/startup www.bizsphere.com

BizSphere AG
Tamara Vierling
+491723967686
+4961314970618
tamara.vierling@bizsphere.com

IBM External Relations
Christine Paulus
+498945041396
+4915114270446
christine.paulus@de.ibm.com