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Sprint’s new plan: You can hear them now
Sprint representatives today released another solution guaranteed to help keep that cellular phone handcuffed to your wrist. The "Sprint Advanced Wireless Solutions" program seeks to provide business customers with mobility solution delivery capability. The program promises to offer businesses a one-stop shop, single contract and centralized bill, with hardware, application software, mobile voice and data […]
Applying Applied’s huge CRM system
The call for CRM was seemingly so great for pharmaceutical research firm Applied Biosystems Group that it’s hard to believe last year they had no such system in place. By 2008, it will not be possible to imagine Applied without it. Prior to signing on with salesforce.com, Applied had been running on a higgledy piggledy […]
Internet Explorer patch doesn’t cover security issues
The awaited security patch for the Microsoft Internet Explorer browser update has been released, albeit two days after originally promised. The security update for the browser update, which was released on August 8, is promised to “fully resolve” the security bug embedded in the Explorer program. Major problems were almost instantly experienced by websites using […]
Advice for CRM newbies
There’s a good piece for those new to the CRM implementation business over at WebProNews.com. “Expert author” (no proper bio is supplied) Colin Duffy’s piece entitled “How to Define Your Needs before Buying CRM” and is a decent piece defining some basics when attempting to choose the correct first CRM product. Like many other business […]
opentaps update
opentaps has released a new version of its Open Source ERP + CRM Suite. Version 0.9.2 was released on Thursday and is currently available for download on sourceforge.net. opentaps is a fully-integrated ERP and CRM suite combining e-commerce, product catalog, order management, warehouse, manufacturing, accounting, financials, and CRM modules. The opentaps Open Source ERP + […]
First passenger aboard Timetrack
Enterprise CRM representatives have announced that UK-based Actix, a provider of wireless network performance engineering solutions, have signed an agreement to implement Timetrack CRM for 150 users. The sale represents the very first customer win for the new Timetrack CRM product, originally launched in California in May. Timetrack CRM is an on-demand timesheet and expenses […]
Putting the Q in InsynQ
InsynQ, Inc. (harmonious name there) closed out its business week with the announcement of the completion of QuickBooks integration for its CRM application, Always-ON CRM. The new product developed by RPS Technologies is called the “Q Connector” and now allows Always-ON CRM to scan QuickBooks and import new data. The Q Connector promises to automatically […]
On Larry Ellison’s income
Wonder why the words “Oracle” and “money” (not to mention the combination thereof) get so much attention? Wonder no more, as now the world can see just how much Oracle Corporation CEO Lawrence Ellison pulled down for fiscal year 2006. Yesterday, Oracle released numbers showing that Ellison bagged about US $55.4 million in total compensation […]
Oracle buys again
Oracle buys again: It’s almost not even news anymore. Oracle representatives today announced that the firm will attain the intellectual property assets of predictive analytics technology provider Sigma Dynamics. The move is touted as enhancement for the Oracle business intelligence suite and Oracle Fusion Middleware offerings. Key decision applications in Sigma Dynamics’ real-time decision software […]
CCG and VGE partner up
From the 2006 Channel Partners Conference & Expo in Washington, D.C. comes the news of a strategic partnership between Covad Communications Group, Inc. and Venture Group Enterprises. CCG is a provider of integrated voice and data communications, and VGE is a sales and marketing agent support organization specializing in telecommunications. The deal will enable VGE […]