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Iconoclast Benioff gets top props
Silicon.com has named its “Agenda Setter” for the software industry, and none other than rave fave CRM iconoclast Marc Benioff of Salesforce.com has taken the prize. Benioff also scored a mention as a top 10 executive in the “Business Leaders category to join folks such as Ray Ozzie from Microsoft, Eric Schmidt of Google, Steve […]
Quiz me, you fool
Now, here’s a neat way to waste time online while still “working.” Take the “Open source CRM vendors quiz”! It’s posted over at SearchCRM.com, our e-printmates in this wacky industry, and actually gives a nice concrete reason why you need to spend the next, say, fifteen minutes working on it: “Why has [open source CRM] […]
Free printers! Free printers!
Now, here’s a deal. Sage Software and Lexmark International have announced a joint marketing program for small- and medium-sized businesses in which a purchase of Sage’s ACT! contact and customer management solution scores the customer a free Lexmark X7350 Office All-in-One printer or X8350 Office All-in-One Plus Photo printer. (In the voice of a properly […]
Deal in Israel
Integrated Software Development Ltd., a provider of enterprise software aimed at small- and medium-sized enterprises, today announced that Ness-Matach has upgraded its BENEFIT system. ISD announced that Ness-Matach (www.ness-matach.co.il), after using BENEFIT for over three years, has recently upgraded its BENEFIT version to include web-based capabilities. The new version connects to the company’s database located […]
Free Sugar
SugarCRM Inc., a commercial open source customer relationship management software provider, today announced the availability of SugarExchange, an ambitious attempt to create a global marketplace of Sugar community-built applications and extensions for SugarCRM end-users and administrators. SugarExchange is located at http://www.sugarexchange.com. Said SugarCRM chairman / CEO John Roberts, “SugarExchange is a logical extension of the […]
Satuit given a bit of Leeward
CRM solutions provider Satuit Technologies has been chosen by Leeward Hedge Funds to be its CRM provider of choice. In taking on Satuit, Leeward will be ejecting its extant Maximizer CRM. The announcement regarding Satuit’s sale reads a bit frostily that Maximizer is “not web-based and was not designed nor built for the investment management […]
I see…
Talk about your specialization. Hitachi Business Solution Co., Ltd. has announced the release of a bit of software with the catchy name “Optician’s shop Sales Promotion Assistance Computer – Simple and Secure version 1” or OSPAC-SS1 for short. Hitachi promises an all-in-one customer information management package for eyewear outlets. Company PR touts the OSPAC-SS1 as […]
Can’t trust it
Of course, the biggest story for essentially anyone with a computer at all is the Microsoft Vista security/anti-trust flap. The critiques and countercritiques had been simmering for some time, but boiled over nicely on Monday (imagine that) with the appearance of a full-page advert in the Financial Times from software security firm McAfee Inc. McAfee’s […]
Something revolutionary this way comes…?
Coghead today announced the addition of six “industry luminaries” to its advisory board, and The Chump must say that Coghead surely has the sweetest names for board members anywhere. The newbies are Steve Bourne, John Seely Brown, Guy Kawasaki, Ariel Poler, Rocky Roccanova, and Vishal Sikka. Coghead was founded in 2003 and, if you haven’t […]
On CobbleShift and CyberSoft…
CobbleSoft International Ltd., a developer of specialized service desk, service management and database solutions, today announced that CyberShift has selected CobbleSoft COIGN Enterprise helpdesk and service management software solution. Cybershift representatives cited the need for request and incident ticketing, as well as the management of this process as “business-critical,” ultimately choosing COIGN Enterprise for “its […]