WESTPORT, Conn., April 19, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Westport Software Group's Enterprise Incentive Management (EIM) platform Compensation Activity Tracking System (CATS(r)) was called "a low-cost but functionally rich application for managing complex compensation plans" in Gartner's MarketScope for Sales Incentive Compensation Software, 2006.
In its report, the highly regarded Gartner Group noted that CATS(r) EIM "encompasses broad functionality for designing plans and processing commissions, enabling users to configure and tailor pre-defined features to support implementations and reduce the need for custom coding."
CATS EIM "is focused on executing rapid implementations of complex plans within tight time frames," the report pointed out.
Developed in 1994 by the Westport Software Group, Inc., CATS(r) has since its inception continually represented the leading edge of incentive compensation software design and administration.
The Gartner report pointed out that overall demand for sales incentive compensation management software has been "stimulated by the emergence of software-as-a-service (SaaS) offerings." As the report noted, CATS(r) can be deployed on premise or hosted, making it one of the few applications available both as licensed software and hosted software-as-a-service. CATS SaaS enables mid-to-large size organizations and enterprise business units to benefit from a world-class EIM solution on a subscription basis.
According to the Gartner report, "Client feedback indicates that the Westport Software Group strives to ensure customer satisfaction."
"Organizations in North America seeking low-cost but functionally strong solutions based on Microsoft technology should evaluate the CATS 2005 product," the Gartner report concluded. CATS 2007, Westport Software's 7th major release since 1994, will be released in the second quarter of 2007.
"We are very pleased with this positive review by Gartner, which we believe recognizes us as a leader among incentive compensation management solutions," said John A. Laurino, CEO of the Westport Software Group. "We believe that incentive compensation management is a critical piece of any company's business strategy.
"Using CATS EIM, organizations can align their incentive compensation systems with their business goals to dramatically maximize revenue and profitability," said Laurino.
"We are also pleased that the report accurately characterized CATS EIM as 'low cost.' With the best total cost of ownership and best cost per participant among enterprise incentive management software, and driven by its unique unlimited user licensing feature, CATS has continually been the value leader in the EIM space since its inception 13 years ago," said Laurino.
About CATS(r)
CATS(r) has represented the leading edge of incentive compensation software design and administration since 1994. Since its inception CATS(r) has been helping to transform incentive compensation into a strategic tool that aligns and motivates people, partners and channels across the extended enterprise. As the only comprehensive EIM software solution that guarantees to administer any incentive compensation plan without the need for off-line data preprocessing or application customization, it is the value leader among EIM platforms. All installed CATS licenses are perpetual with unlimited users, administrators and plan participants, resulting in the best total cost of ownership and best cost per participant in the EIM space.
About Westport Software Group
Formed from the software group of Westport Consulting Group, Westport Software represents over 18 years of cutting edge relational database design for several mission critical sales and marketing applications. Starting in 1990 with Enterprise, the most highly regarded marketing 'front end' interface for community and regional banks with their service bureaus, WSG went on to develop PMAPS(r) the managed healthcare, legal, commercial and financial industry's proposal management standard...and finally CATS(r) the oldest and most successful family of incentive compensation applications for both designing and implementing complex plans for paying internal and external sales forces across the entire Fortune 5000 spectrum of companies. Additional information is available at www.westportsoftware.com.