averda International to Control Contract Processes

SAN MATEO, CA--(Marketwired - Apr 17, 2013) - Selectica ( NASDAQ : SLTC ), a provider of software that accelerates sales cycles and streamlines contract processes, today announced that averda International, a leading environmental solutions provider, has chosen Selectica Contract Lifecycle Management to automate their contract processes and ensure visibility into contract milestones.

"Plain and simple, we've outgrown using several methods on multi systems for managing our contracts," said Anthony Kurban, Averda Chief Information Officer. "With Selectica CLM, we'll have a flexible, automated system in place to keep track of renewals, deadlines, and time-sensitive contract activities, and ensure that we're maintaining pristine compliance with the internal and external regulations that are critical to our business."

averda International plans to take advantage of a number of key features within Selectica CLM in order to manage hundreds of contracts with both regional and global vendors, including contracts for procurement, finance, and equipment. With Selectica CLM, averda International will be able to set unique approval cycles for different types of contracts across geographies, standardize templates for their variety of contract types, and apply versioning and redlining controls during collaboration between their own legal team and end users.

"Of key importance for global companies like averda International is visibility into approvals processes and maintaining business continuity as it pertains to all contracts in the organization," said Kamal Ahluwalia, Selectica Chief Marketing Officer. "We're very much looking forward to helping averda International keep a firm grip on their contract processes as they continue to grow their business."

About Selectica Selectica ( NASDAQ : SLTC ) develops innovative software that the world's most successful companies rely on to improve the effectiveness of their sales and contracting processes. Our guided selling, sales configuration, and contract lifecycle management solutions support the Global 2000 and growing mid-size firms in closing billions of dollars' worth of business each year. Our patented technology, delivered through the cloud, makes it easy for customers in industries like high-tech, telecommunications, manufacturing, healthcare, financial services, and government contracting to overcome product and channel complexity, increase deal value, and accelerate time to revenue.

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About averda International averda International is the largest environmental solutions provider in the MENA region, specializing in integrated resources management. averda International is at the forefront of innovation in the regional market, providing sustainable solutions and more than 35 years of experience in the effective management of waste for both private and public sector clients across pedestrian, residential, commercial, and industrial areas.

The extensive portfolio of services covered by averda ranges from street cleaning through to waste collection, treatment, disposal and recycling, as well as including the full-scale development of sustainable solutions for water, wastewater and solid waste of public, residential, commercial, and industrial sectors, all within a framework that respects the natural environment. averda International also designs and implements full-scale solutions to recover valuable resources like paper, metals, and water.

With more than 7,500 employees serving millions of people everyday, averda operates in full compliance with international standards for quality control throughout Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Oman, Qatar, the United Kingdom, Ireland, France, Morocco, and Iraq.

For more information, please visit www.averda.com .

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