Experlogix Offers Tax Integration with AvaTax from Avalara

SANTA BARBARA, CA – January 25, 2008 – Experlogix, Inc., the leading developer of web-based sales and manufacturing configurator solutions, announced real-time integration with AvaTax from Avalara.

Experlogix empowers Microsoft Dynamics users to correctly customize complex products based on multiple options and item-specific business rules. The solutions combine to form a powerful engineering and product management system, automating bill-of-materials (BOMs), costing and routing information and dramatically cutting manufacturing lead times.

AvaTax is a web-based sales tax management service that works with Experlogix Standard or Pro versions. Experlogix validates a customer's address in Dynamics CRM and leverages AvaTax to provide a correct sales tax back to a CRM quote or order.

“The relationship we’ve built with Experlogix is a shining example of how two Microsoft ISV partners can offer customers their expertise, work together and ultimately deliver a stronger and more powerful solution,” said Marshal Kushniruk, Avalara’s executive vice president of customer experience and strategic accounts. “We are very pleased by the fact that this relationship has created a connection into the Microsoft Dynamics CRM community, bringing Avalara into a new market segment.”  

Experlogix said that partnering with Avalara was a strategic move to deliver better customer service. “We recognize the challenge that many of our clients face in determining sales taxes,” said Jeff Holway, director, sales and marketing with Experlogix. “By embedding Avalara’s AvaTax with our industry leading product configurator for Microsoft Dynamics CRM, we deliver, in real-time and completely seamlessly, a fast, cost-effective solution to resolve sales tax compliance needs for businesses that rely on Microsoft Dynamics CRM.” Holway added that Experlogix plans to continue to find new ways to optimize the business potential for customers. “We are pleased to partner with Avalara to deliver a solution for Microsoft Dynamics CRM that combines powerful guided selling and pricing automation with sales tax compliance.”

Customers are already enjoying the benefits of the partnership. “Determining sales tax for every quote used to be a time consuming, error-prone process for us,” said Juan Cuerva, director of technical services with Instant InfoSystems, a leading provider of enterprise message management solutions. “Using AvaTax with the Experlogix Configurator for Microsoft Dynamics CRM provides us with an affordable, accurate and completely automated way to handle all our sales tax needs during the quote development process.”

About Avalara:

Headquartered on Bainbridge Island near Seattle, Washington, Avalara is changing the sales and use tax landscape by delivering innovative and affordable solutions to small and medium businesses. Led by a team of industry experts in sales and use tax, and security and information technology, Avalara is focused on providing the easiest, most accurate and affordable way for businesses to address all their statutory sales and use tax requirements. Additional news and information are available at www.avalara.com.

About Experlogix

Experlogix, founded in 1997, is a Microsoft certified product configurator developer dedicated to providing fully integrated quote and order automation solutions for the Microsoft Dynamics platform. Available via the web or offline, Experlogix Configurators deliver the scalability and flexibility needed to handle virtually any complex quote and order requirement at a low total cost of ownership. More than 500 companies worldwide in a variety of industries rely on Experlogix. www.experlogix.com