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ABAS teams with Beutter

The ABAS Projektierung GmbH, sales partner of the ERP and eBusiness provider ABAS Software AG has a new customer, Beutter Präzisions-Komponeneten GmbH & Co. KG. The Beutter Präzisions-Komponenten GmbH &Co. KG was founded in 1909 and has gone on a long international run as a specialist in supplying fine mechanical components. With about 110 highly […]

M1 hits 500

Bowen & Groves’ ERP software program M1 passed the big milestone of 500 installments today. The 500th joins a family spread among users in the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Europe and the United Kingdom. Company statistics show that, since the release of M1 in 2000, its user base has been growing at an […]

SSA CRM and ERP for CKE

SSA Global, provider of enterprise business software and services, today announced that its delivering of an end-to-end suite of integrated enterprise solutions to CKE Restaurants, Inc. CKE will be leveraged the suite in its source-to-consumption processes and seeks to support new distribution operations. CKE is better known in the United States as owner of fast […]

CRN’s winners

Over at CRN.com, they’ve announced the winners in the 2006 CRN Best in Show partner awards series. CRN Small Business Specialist of the Year went to U.K.-based partner firm Vigence, who used Microsoft CRM to help a corporate security concern in managing customer relationships. Vigence was founded in 2000 and specializes in Microsoft technology, customer […]

Intelliworks schools ‘em

Like a good student with higher education CRM solutions provider Intelliworks Inc. spent many hours in school this summer, but the firm wears no dunce cap. While students off and party, Intelliworks salespeople have been hustling to get that campus CRM dollar. Inside of one week, Intelliworks PR was able to sing success three times […]

If I had a billion dollars…

What, that Oracle news wasn’t big enough for you? Okay, here’s a big story with a big number, perhaps the last threshold in the microeconomy: one billon. Sure, in big business today dealing with wacky currencies and European Union programs, we hear the word “billion” bandied about frequently, but it’s still a pretty big number. […]

PeopleTools – like tools for people

Finally, news from the big boys. (I’m sure you’ve all been waiting.) Oracle representatives have announced the general release of Oracle’s PeopleTools 8.48, the latest version of the PeopleSoft Enterprise development tool. Oracle assured customers, too, that the firm will continue to invest in PeopleSoft products by certifying PeopleTools with the magic Oracle Fusion Middleware […]

Big and Lean

BigMachines, Inc., a most excellently named provider of web-based configuration, quote, and proposal selling tools, today announced that the integration between its on-demand Lean Front-End solution and Oracle’s Siebel CRM on demand has been successfully validated by Oracle. BigMachines has also become a Certified Partner in the Oracle partner network. BigMachines LFE seeks to allow […]

Cast Iron trio

Integration appliance vendor Cast Iron Systems has introduced a family of new appliances designed for companies using salesforce.com. Alongside the release of the threesome known as iA2500-SF, iA3000-SF and iA3000HA-SF, more interesting news was released in that the company is also offering to complete integration projects free of charge and is introducing a new monthly […]

Nokia moving into VoIP

Mobile communications giant Nokia announced plans to goose its push into the industry by releasing its Intellisync integration software locally and planning better integration with VoIP infrastructure. In making the announcement, Nokia PR wished to delineate a difference between their goals of those of specialists. While firms such as BlackBerry and Good have targeted enterprise […]