Its recent inclusion in the JMP Securities' report, "Hot 100: The Best Privately Held Software Companies," has been announced today by the leading provider of price optimization and management software, Zilliant. As identified by the research team at JMP Securities, yhe report profiles 100 of the leading private software companies.

CEO of Zilliant, Greg Peters, declared: "In today's economic climate, a renewed focus on pricing is more important than ever." "Zilliant's price optimization technology eliminates 'leaving money on the table' during sales negotiations by replacing pricing guesswork with data-driven guidance and market insight. We are pleased that JMP Securities has recognized Zilliant for our ability to deliver industry-leading pricing software solutions, and millions of dollars to the bottom line for our customers."

Arbitrary discounting, cost-plus and other traditional pricing approaches are replaced by Zilliant with quantitative, data-driven price recommendations. To enable sales people to negotiate more profitable deals, Zilliant's suite of pricing applications is specifically designed for the B2B manufacturing and distribution environment. To determine what pricing should be on each individual deal, the software combines automated technology and pricing science with a company's transactional data. Significant margin gains of 10-15% that add up to millions of dollars of pure profit is the end result.

Zilliant is the leading provider of price optimization and price management applications for distribution, manufacturing, high-tech, and industrial service companies. To improve decisions across all facets of price analysis, setting and execution, Zilliant Precision Pricing Suite (ZPPS) uses existing transactional data. With easy-to-use business applications to help companies achieve the best pricing possible on every deal, increasing profits by tens of millions of dollars, ZPPS applications combine powerful price segmentation and optimization science.