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A big Stack of Sugar
SugarCRM Inc., provider of commercial open source customer relationship management software, today announced the availability of Sugar FastStack, a software support and delivery service for the comprehensive open source software solution which includes Sugar software, the Apache Web Server, PHP and the MySQL database. The solution is available for $499 at www.sugarcrm.com. Sugar FastStack installs […]
BT wants UK ISP
Representatives of British Telecom have announced their cash offer for the UK ISP Plusnet; the cash offer was £67 million (or £2.10 per share) and would reportedly add 200,000 broadband subscribers (about a ten percent jump) to the BT customer base. The offer has been unanimously recommended by the PlusNet directors. PC Pro reports that […]
A tale of three studies
Search CRM tells a tale of contrasting outlooks today, summarizing the findings found in two forecasts of the CRM software and services market. Studies undertaken by Forrester Research and AMR Research both see growth – and lots of it – but just how much is a matter of contention. Forrester researchers state that “The market […]
Oracle donates software
Oracle today announced their involvement in the Muslim Youth Helpline organization, a charity providing support service to Muslim youths living in the United Kingdom. Muslim Youth Helpline upgraded to Oracle software from … paper, believe it or not. Oracle donated the database software as part of a training project for a team of three graduate […]
CS Group helps AI
The hard-working good folks at Amnesty International UK have reported a nice boost in their efforts to increase its rolls to one million, namely a Computer Software Group CRM system. The human rights charity seeks to expand membership over 230 percent from 300,000 by 2011, whilst simultaneously overhauling and integrating its external communications. Tharmalingam Rajukumar, […]
Big numbers for Salesforce reported
The Salesforce numbers are out for quarter three and, as always, viewpoints have emerged. Everyone is, of course, generally pleased with the numbers. Records and/or new highs reported by the company include: • Salesforce’s status as the first SaaS company to exceed a $500 million annual revenue run-rate; • revenue of $130 million, a new […]
Buongiorno, India!
Buongiorno, a multinational operating in the digital entertainment market, today announced that subsidiary Buongiorno Hong Kong Ltd has signed an expanded agreement with Times Internet Limited. TIL is the internet venture for the Times Group, India’s largest media house. The agreement revamps the contract signed between the two firms back in September 2005, by means […]
Smart looking smart
Smart Online today reported results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2006. And happy results they are, too. In the quarter, Smart Online’s revenue increased a sweet 117 percent, with total revenue from continuing operations of just under $750,000. An additional $462,468 of revenue was generated by Smart CRM, thereby pushing Smart Online over […]
It’s a whole new site
Cygnus Business Media has announced the launch of its newly redesigned SDCExec.com. Added to what the company is calling “the web’s top online information resource for supply chain executives” is a fully Interactive Global Supply and Demand Chain Map featuring “the most targeted information for the supply chain professional to maximize ROI in the areas […]
Leads, 4 Real
4 Real Investment, Inc, a lead management software and services company, today announced their very first end-user Customer Relationship Management application. The solution christened Clickpoint integrates purchasing leads, importation of lead data into the CRM system, a predictive dialer, lead performance determinator and returns bad leads. Promised an unnamed 4 Real (really good name there) […]