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Worx for them
In 2002, Google released the Google Search Appliance and the Google Mini on the American market. The announcement came today that the two server products will now be available for distribution locally in Australia. The Google Search Appliance and Google Mini will allow use of Google search technology across internal content, including file servers, databases, […]
The six million dollar fund
Open source business applications provider Compiere, Inc. has announced the securing of US $6 million in funding from venture capital firm New Enterprise Associates. Compiere was originally funded in 1999, and the NEA grant represents the first round of outside funding. Compiere representatives stated that funding would be used to build a worldwide infrastructure in […]
Extensio extensions
Information integration and delivery technology providers Extensio Software, Inc. have announced the beta release of the Extensio Desktop Connectivity Solution for SAP-MS Office users. The Extensio solution seeks to enable users of Microsoft Office 2000 and later releases to interact with SAP and non-SAP data from within Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Excel and Windows Desktop. With […]
Talismanian Devil
Customer interaction management solutions provider Talisma, continuing what its business plan unabashedly calls “aggressive global expansion,” has announced a joint partnership with Japanese reseller Vital to sell Talisma’s newly released Japanese products Talisma CIM 7.0j and CRM 7.0j. The partnership will allow Vital sales reps to peddle Talisma’s solutions in Japan to existing clientele such […]
New Oracle in China
Representatives of Oracle China have announced a plan to establish an Oracle global support center in China. The city of Dalian will play host to the eighteenth Oracle global support center, service as a multi-lingual service desk to provide technical assistance to Oracle customers in China, Taiwan and Korea. The Oracle Dalian Global Support Center […]
As the market turns, episode #1732
All, right, the latest chapter is out! And they even released the news on a Saturday! The headlines online today read “CDC Software to Hold a Conference Call June 27 at 4:30 p.m. EDT to Discuss its Proposed Increased Offer to the Shareholders of Onyx Software Corporation.” The “Proposed Increased Offer” referred to has of […]
Good news for India
Microsoft Corporation India Pvt Ltd has introduced the Microsoft Dynamics range of business management solutions for the Rajasthan market. The dynamics portfolio in India comprises a wide range of ERP and CRM offerings for small- and medium-sized businesses. As subcontractors, Microsoft has taken on Rajasthan, India-based IT firm Data Infocom Ltd, and Microsoft’s ace solutions […]
Bad news for India
Hiring plans in the software development and technical support groups for the Austin, Texas outlet of data infrastructure software provider Pervasive Software Inc. were announced yesterday. The new jobs and development center have come to the Lone Star State at the expense of – believe it or not – India. Eighteen months after creating the […]
Access, Microsoft and Calyx
Representatives from Sacramento, Calif.-based Access Business Technologies have announced that the firm now offers hosted Microsoft Dynamics CRM 3.0 with full integration to Calyx Point, a common mortgage loan origination system. This integration seeks to enable bi-directional flow of data between Microsoft CRM and the Calyx Point loan origination system. Access is now pushing Microsoft […]
CSO: More CRM sales, tougher avenue for Willy Loman
A sales performance survey just released by Boulder, Colo.- and San Francisco-based sales consultancy firm CSO Insights shows that there are more CRM sales these days, but salespeople are having a harder time of it. The key statistic stated that the percentage of sales reps making quota had remained steady, but quotas had increased an […]