RCN Calls on Synygy for Sales Performance Management Software and Services

Chester, Pa.,  February 9, 2010—Synygy Inc., the largest and most experienced provider of sales performance management solutions, announced the company is providing sales compensation management software and implementation services to RCN Corporation (NASDAQ: RCNI), a leading provider of all-digital television, high-speed internet, and voice services. The five-year deal closed last quarter.

“Synygy’s software provides the best capabilities and the greatest value to RCN of all the products we considered,” said Edie Ashton, RCN’s vice president of IT. “Synygy’s product was the only software that was truly business-configurable, which will give us the ability to quickly adapt to our ever-changing marketplace. We’re also excited about increasing the motivation and productivity of our sales force by automating dispute management.” 

“For nearly twenty years, Synygy’s sales compensation management software has set the standard for functionality,” said Mark A. Stiffler, Synygy president and CEO. “Combine that with our domain expertise, experience in the telecom vertical, and industry-leading record of successful implementations and it’s clear why Synygy fit the bill. We’re pleased to have RCN join our list of clients, and look forward to equipping them to manage their sales compensation processes – with all of its changes – in the coming years.”

About RCN

  RCN Corporation, www.rcn.com, is a competitive broadband services provider delivering all- digital and high-definition video, high-speed internet and premium voice services to residential and small-medium business customers under the brand names of RCN and RCN Business Services, respectively. In addition, through its RCN Metro Optical Networks business unit, RCN delivers fiber-based high-capacity data transport services to large commercial customers, primarily large enterprises and carriers, targeting the metropolitan central business districts in the company's geographic markets. RCN's primary service areas include Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, Lehigh Valley (PA), New York City, Boston, and Chicago. (RCNI-G) 

  

 About Synygy 

  Synygy is the largest and most experienced provider of sales performance management (SPM) software and services. These include SPM solutions for: sales compensation management (incentive compensation; rewards and recognition; and total compensation); sales communications management (sales portals; reports, dashboards, and analytics; and analyses, alerts, and answers); sales goal management (territories and channels; quotas and objectives; and pipeline analysis and forecasting); and sales process management (recruiting, evaluating, and training; data repository and data processes; and workflow processes). Based in Chester, Pennsylvania, with extensive operations in Europe and Asia, Synygy has achieved 19 continuous years of success.