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Many consultants, vendors, and analysts today define CRM in terms of being a customer-centric business strategy that is enabled
by a set of applications that support customer-facing functions and management decision making. That may capture the essence
of what CRM is, but it does not begin to capture why (...)
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Many consultants, vendors, and analysts today define CRM in terms of being a customer-centric business strategy that is enabled
by a set of applic...
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2004-11-08
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Although SAP’s recently announced tamed results for Q1 2002, which fit within the current market milieu, may add to some
challenges moving forward, particularly seen from sharply reduced license revenue, and while some may question SAP’s justification
of assimilating its two former subsidiaries, SAP (...)
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Although SAP’s recently announced tamed results for Q1 2002, which fit within the current market milieu, may add to some challenges
moving forward...
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2002-06-06
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Surado Solutions aims to provide a complete customer relationship management suite. We'll analyze Surado CRM 5.0 from the
perspectives of core functionality, its distinguishing factors, and the challenges users may face when considering the Surado
solution. (...)
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Surado Solutions aims to provide a complete customer relationship management suite. We'll analyze Surado CRM 5.0 from
the perspectives of core fun...
Published:
2006-08-17
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Having stemmed the tide of losses and returned to profitability in 2001, will in 2002 market witness Baan's return to former
ERP stardom given the company's recent product enhancements, new partnerships and customer base retention/expansion initiatives? (...)
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Having stemmed the tide of losses and returned to profitability in 2001, will in 2002 market witness Baan's return to
former ERP stardom given the...
Published:
2002-02-18
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By extending its traditional focus on project-based businesses into the closely related areas of PSA and CRM (i.e., the so-called
"Project-PLUS" marketing spin), Deltek remains well-entrenched in the territory that many companies aspire to control, but
have yet to penetrate. (...)
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By extending its traditional focus on project-based businesses into the closely related areas of PSA and CRM (ie, the so-called
"Project-PLUS" m...
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2004-01-07
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The new millennium has completely redrawn the IT industry map especially in the enterprise marketing management (EMM) sector.
The number of independent marketing automation vendors has significantly shrunk. Names such as Xchange, MarketFirst, Annuncio,
and Prime Response no longer exist. Amongst the few (...)
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The new millennium has completely redrawn the IT industry map especially in the enterprise marketing management (EMM) sector.
The number of indepe...
Published:
2004-05-06
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Commerce One and SAP announced that Commerce One will supply the marketplace infrastructure behind the mySAP portal. (...)
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... In theory SAPMarkets will do the heavy lifting of the integration, and the combined solution will be
sold by SAP's notably assertive sales force. ...
Published:
2000-07-05
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Winning ERP products will demonstrate deep industry functionality and tight integration with best-of-bread ‘bolt-on’ products
in a particular vertical. Users should focus on the handful of business objectives they need to achieve and the ways to measure
their success. (...)
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Winning ERP products will demonstrate deep industry functionality and tight integration with best-of-bread ‘bolt-on’ products
in a particular vert...
Published:
2001-10-15
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Two recent moves by Lawson Software have stunned the market: 1) it discontinued its in-house CRM development in favor for
partnering with Siebel Systems, and 2) it announced the intention to deliver its product also via 3rd-party Application Service
Providers (ASPs). We express our views in this regard. (...)
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Two recent moves by Lawson Software have stunned the market: 1) it discontinued its in-house CRM development in favor for
partnering with Siebel S...
Published:
2000-05-18
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While Microsoft’s zeal to deliver a market-ready CRM product may speak to the CRM market’s attractiveness, Applix’ exit may,
on the other hand, indicate that the niche CRM vendors without a clear differentiating value proposition have not much to
look for there in the long run. (...)
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While Microsoft’s zeal to deliver a market-ready CRM product may speak to the CRM market’s attractiveness, Applix’ exit may,
on the other hand, in...
Published:
2003-03-10
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A prospect is listening to many different people at the same time. While you are doing your best to influence the decision,
the prospect sees you as only a single input to decision-making. Prospects listen to many, with each type of influence having
a different degree of trust and therefore of influence. (...)
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A prospect is listening to many different people at the same time. While you are doing your best to influence the decision,
the prospect sees you ...
Published:
2004-11-15
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Having stemmed the tide of losses and returned to profitability in 2001, will in 2002 market witness Baan's return to former
ERP stardom given the company's recent product enhancements, new partnerships and customer base retention/expansion initiatives? (...)
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Having stemmed the tide of losses and returned to profitability in 2001, will in 2002 market witness Baan's return to
former ERP stardom given the...
Published:
2002-02-18
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The physical, e and wireless world continues to grow! The e channel for shoppers continues to grow, with so many nay-sayers
and doubters. You'd think this issue would die, with more and more shoppers buying from far flung vendors: Boston to the Nanga
Tribes for buying original crafts; Dallas to Huangshan (...)
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The physical, e and wireless world continues to grow! The e channel for shoppers continues to grow, with so many nay-sayers
and doubters. You'd th...
Published:
2005-03-18
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Customer relationship management is a sophisticated set of customer-facing tools; however, its technology has outpaced the
management strategy used to implement it. Moreover, murky definitions and objectives have caused varying degrees of success
and failure to emerge from the same initiative. Clearly de (...)
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Customer relationship management is a sophisticated set of customer-facing tools; however, its technology has outpaced the
management strategy use...
Published:
2004-10-21
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A tightly focused vendor, IRM Corporation, has fine tuned its products, services, its sales process and even its commercial
terms to match the realities of its sole market – food manufacturers who sell to the foodservice and vending markets. (...)
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A tightly focused vendor, IRM Corporation, has fine tuned its products, services, its sales process and even its commercial
terms to match the rea...
Published:
2003-01-06
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For Technology vendors, credibility is the ability to sell. Credibility is vital, is hard to build, and easy to lose. Building
credibility doesn't have to be costly. This article touches on the concepts you can employ to build your credibility. These
concepts are the basis for a seminar presented by Th (...)
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For Technology vendors, credibility is the ability to sell. Credibility is vital, is hard to build, and easy to lose. Building
credibility doesn'...
Published:
2004-04-10
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5-step CRM Software Selection Guide: a Pragmatist's Guide to CRM Software Selections. Read RFP Templates and Other Software
Related to a CRM Software Selection Guide. Selecting a new enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) solution is an
undertaking that requires careful planning and managed exe (...)
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5-step CRM Software Selection Guide: a Pragmatist's Guide to CRM Software Selections. Read RFP Templates and Other Software
Related to a CRM Softwa...
Published:
2010-03-11
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Abstract:
For this Showdown, we looked at all three of the main CRM modules: sales force automation, marketing automation, and customer
service and support. To eliminate any chance of bias and to ensure a level playing field, all the criteria that make up these
three modules in our CRM Evaluation Center were given (...)
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For this Showdown, we looked at all three of the main CRM modules: sales force automation, marketing automation, and customer
service and support....
Published:
2008-09-29
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Baan and IBM have formed an alliance, IONA is certified for the OpenWorld Network Alliance, and Baan has a program for a
smooth migration path for existing customers. (...)
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Baan and IBM have formed an alliance, IONA is certified for the OpenWorld Network Alliance, and Baan has a program for a smooth
migration path for...
Published:
2002-02-19
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Developing the competitive edge involves information gathering and communicating. Using a continuous feedback loop that incorporates
sales, service, and customer satisfaction, will help you realize the benefits of a CRM system. (...)
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Developing the competitive edge involves information gathering and communicating. Using a continuous feedback loop that incorporates
sales, servic...
Published:
2005-02-16