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I recently received a press release from Bellwether Software indicating that they are offering a trial of their SaaS eProcurement product for free. I\u2019d love to know if any of you take up this offer and what your experience is like. Here\u2019s the press release:<\/p>\n

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October 1, 2008
\nPress Release
\nLouisville, KY<\/em><\/p>\n

Bellwether Software
\n
\nBellwether Software says, \u201cTry Purchasing Management eXtra free for 30 days!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Bellwether Software\u2019s President and Chief Operating Officer, Sundeep (Sunny) Dronawat announced today that Bellwether Software will begin offering a no-obligation opportunity to try out its web-based purchasing software, Purchasing Management eXtra, ePMX. Dronawat said, \u201cWe want people to just try the product. ePMX offers tremendous functionality for such a reasonably priced product. We want people to see that for themselves by trying ePMX free for 30 days. All they need to do is call us or visit our web site, and we will provide them with the codes for access to ePMX. We are offering this as a SaaS (Software as a Service) delivery model, so there is really no set up or anything that is required from the user.\u201d
\nFor more information, contact Sunny Dronawat at 502-426-5463 or at sunny@bellwethercorp.com.<\/p>\n

Disclosure: Bellwether is a sponsor of the Purchasing Certification Blog.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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