Archive for September, 2010

Liquid Kintera

Posted under CRM on Thursday, 30 September 2010 by admin
Representatives of Kintera Inc. today announced the firm is incorporating LiquidScore (now that sounds like some serious stuff there) into Kintera Sphere CRM as an included service for all users. Kintera’s social CRM platform Kintera Sphere CRM, promises to “provide a novel wealth score...
Liquid Kintera

Zoho ho ho ho!

Posted under CRM on Thursday, 30 September 2010 by admin
Network management software producer AdventNet Inc. today announced the release of Zoho CRM, a web-based customer relationship management solution to assist mid-sized businesses in creating an optimal CRM strategy to increase productivity. Zoho CRM provides sales force automation, marketing...
Zoho ho ho ho!

High TEC

Posted under CRM on Thursday, 30 September 2010 by admin
Software evaluation firm Technology Evaluation Centers announces the launch of its ERP for Services online evaluation center. Roll up for the magical ERP tour: TEC recommends service companies visit the new ERP for Services evaluation center, enter their priorities into TEC decision-support...
High TEC

A pair of Steelwedge deals

Posted under CRM on Thursday, 30 September 2010 by admin
Steelwedge Software has been in the news as of late as well. Yesterday, the Pleasanton, Calif.-based firm announced that Tellabs, a provider of data networking and bandwidth management solutions, has gone live with a new Steelwedge collaborative sales and operations planning process to...
A pair of Steelwedge deals

THINCing Exactly

Posted under CRM on Thursday, 30 September 2010 by admin
The excellently named Exact Software has announced a partnership with Okuma, a computer numeric controls and machining technology company. The exact Exact division to be working with Okuma is Exact JobBOSS which, together with Okuma’s plug and play control platform Okuma THINC allows...
THINCing Exactly

CGI Group acquires Plaut Consulting SAS

Posted under CRM on Thursday, 30 September 2010 by admin
The City of Love was the City of Acquisition, as CGI Group, Inc. announced the purchase of French management and technology consulting firm Plaut Consulting SAS. Founded in 1998, the Paris-based company boasts annual revenues of approximately €14 million (approximately US 18 million). The...
CGI Group acquires Plaut Consulting SAS

Microsoft Exchange, SharePoint SaaS release

Posted under ERP SOFTWARE on Thursday, 30 September 2010 by admin
Microsoft has rolled out SaaS functionality for SharePoint and Exchange, as part of their Software plus service strategy for SMB companies with under 5,000 Microsoft seats. General availability of both the Exchange and SharePoint hosted services is planned for the second half of 2008. The new...
Microsoft Exchange, SharePoint SaaS release

PRM? What the heck is PRM?

Posted under CRM on Thursday, 30 September 2010 by admin
NetSuite, Inc. today announced an addition to its flagship NetSuite product and in NetSuite CRM+: NetSuite Partner Relationship Management plus (or, you guessed it, PRM+). PRM is a philosophy within the CRM philosophy which focuses on partners as customers. NetSuite sees itself as a pioneer...
PRM? What the heck is PRM?

ERP System vs. Best Of Breed Software

Posted under ERP on Wednesday, 29 September 2010 by admin
Although it may sound shocking to some that have jumped on the ERP bandwagon, ERP is not the answer for everyone.  In fact, during our ERP software assessment and selection process, it is not uncommon for our consulting company to conclude...
ERP System vs. Best Of Breed Software

SaaS for SCM

Posted under CRM on Wednesday, 29 September 2010 by admin
SaaS is attracting the attention of manufacturers who wish to benefit from hosted software for supply chain functionalities such as demand planning and factory scheduling. A recent survey by AMR Research has revealed that in the U.S 26% of the companies surveyed are exploring the on-demand...
SaaS for SCM