Upside Software Inc.

Upside Software Inc. is a provider of contract management software solutions. According to AMR, a leading research firm, "contract management is their domain expertise in complex spending categories, and their general bend-over-backwards attitude when it comes to making their customers successful."

According to the company's website, “Upside Software develops and markets Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) software, which is also known as Commitment Management, and related solutions to customers around the world.” According to a report by Aberdeen Group, published on Oct 26, 2006, "Upside continues to gain traction in various industries with an impressive list of customers, including 3M, NCR, HP, John Deere, JCPenny, Anheuser-Busch and others. Over the last five years, Upside has shown significant growth in both revenue and profit, which have grown by over 400%. In total, Upside Software has over 150 customers with approximately 500,000 users managing $500 billion in contracts."

Gartner, Inc., a leading independent provider of research and analysis on the global information technology industry, has positioned Upside Software as positive in its research report titled, “MarketScope for Contract Management, 2007.” Forrester Research, in its report entitled “The Forrester Wave™: Contract Life-Cycle Management Q1-2006” ranked Upside Software as #1 when considering both strategy and current offering.

Other competitors for contract management software include: I-Many, Ariba, Nextance, Selectica and Emptoris. Analysts that provide information on Upside Software and the forementioned competitors include: AMR Research, Gartner Group, Aberdeen Group and Forrester Research, amongst others.

Upside Software is headquartered in Edmonton, AB, Canada, and has partners all around the world in every continent. It has over 150 employees. The company was founded by Ashif Mawji, the company’s president and Chief Executive Officer, in 2000.

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