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QlikTech Brings Business Intelligence to Android Phones

QlikTech has released a QlikView business intelligence (BI) app for Android phones. "QlikTech has enjoyed tremendous success the last few years with QlikView, its suite of BI software that’s built on an in-memory associative database that provides very fast access…

Recognizing Customer Data Champions

An article by CRM Buyer’s Ian Michiels looks at the best ways to leverage customer data to improve marketing. "Best-in-Class companies are customer data champions demonstrating a strong, organization-wide culture that values customer data management and actively uses customer data…

TreeHouse Adds Support for Oracle’s Web CRM Software

TreeHouse Interactive has announced that its Marketing View demand generation solution now integrates with Oracle CRM On Demand. "This integration gives Oracle CRM On Demand customers access to demand generation and marketing automation capabilities that leverage the strength of their…

Exxaro Chooses SAP CRM Software

Mining company Exxaro has announced its selection of SAP CRM 7. "With the deployment of this solution, the company expects to better manage the growing number of queries handled by its Finshare shared services center," writes TMCnet’s Anshu Shrivastava. "Company…

BatchBook CRM Software Launches on Google Apps

BatchBlue Software has launched its social CRM solution BatchBook on the Google Apps Marketplace. "[A] customizable, Web-based CRM solution, BatchBook is designed for small businesses and entrepreneurs," writes TMCnet’s Jai C.S. "The tool is said to help businesses organize their…

Xobni vs. DocVerse vs. Harmony

ReadWriteEnterprise’s Alex Williams looks at three competing services which extend the functionality of Microsoft Outlook far beyond messaging. "These services are quite similar," Williams writes. "Xobni has the longest track record. it started as a consumer-based service, gaining a following…

Attensity Releases Analyze for VOC

Semantic analysis company Attensity has introduced its Attensity Analyze for VOC solution. "The product aggregates and analyzes text based customer communications including emails, web forums, surveys, CRM notes, social media and other sources into a native dashboard offering sentiments and…

Virtusa Intros Enterprise 2.0 Services Suite

Virtusa has announced the availability of its new Enterprise 2.0 Services Suite. "The company claims that the new portfolio allows businesses to implement web 2.0 initiatives for attracting and retaining customers, reducing costs and increasing employee productivity," according to Computer…

Leadmaster Introduces Enhanced Integration Program

Leadmaster has introduced an enhanced integration program for lead generation and lead providers, which enables users to upload leads into the company’s Web-based system. "LeadMaster makes it easy to get the leads into the system regardless of the source," writes…

Acumatica Goes Mobile

Acumatica has announced that its cloud ERP software can now be accessed on the iPhone. "Acumatica utilizes cloud technology so users can manage customized personal business data from any computer or iPhone," according to ebizQ. "Acumatica works in a browser…

Workbooks.com Partners with InvisibleCRM

Workbooks.com and InvisibleCRM have announced plans to collaborate on an Outlook integration offering for Workbooks.com based on InvisibleCRM’s InvisibleSync Bridge and OutlookBridge solutions. "The new offering will let users of Workbooks application suite integrate contacts, appointments and e-mails with Microsoft…

Sonoma Partners Announces Revenue Increase

Chicago-based Sonoma Partners has announced that its revenues grew by 44 percent in 2009. "The firm works exclusively with Microsoft Dynamics Customer Relationship Management software, thus they were in a prime position to goose their bottom line during a downturn,"…

BIRT Goes Mobile

The open source Business Intelligence and Reporting Tools (BIRT) solution is now available on the iPhone. "Actuate, which founded the BIRT project and coleads it with the Eclipse Foundation, is putting its BIRT Mobile Viewer on the iTunes App Store,"…

CDSoft Announces SuperOffice CRM

CDSoft has announced the launch of its SuperOffice CRM solution for smaller business. "Since its new model was launched, it has noted huge interest in the product as businesses realize that keeping and managing their customers is vital in today’s…

Whitney Selects IBM

Whitney National Bank has chosen IBM technologies to optimize the delivery of specialized services to its customers. "Bank officials say using the IBM tools, they will be able to extract key intelligence to obtain a full view of a customer’s…

Gentrack, Outpost Partner on CRM for Water Utilities

New Zealand’s Outpost Central and Gentrack have partnered on a solution that provides customers with real-time information on water consumption. "Gentrack has designed a specialist CRM solution for water utilities that can be integrated with monitoring technologies such as those…

Jacada Introduces Jacada Insight

Jacada Ltd. has introduced Jacada Insight, a solution designed to help companies understand and improve the customer experience. "The company has brought out this new strategic analytics and modeling solution for customer contact centers in any industry," writes TMCnet’s Jyothi…

Google Enhances Apps Backup

Google has announced the extension of advanced data backup and recovery to all components of its Apps suite. "At the core is real-time, synchronous replication in multiple servers and data centers of every morsel of data entered into or modified…

Rapportive: CRM for Gmail

UK-based startup Rapportive has introduced a CRM tool for Gmail. "Rapportive [is] a new browser plugin, not unlike Xobni for Outlook, that adds dynamic contact previews to Gmail complete with profile picture, brief bio and links to their various social…

Sage Makes Millennium CRM Available to Resellers

Sage North America has announced that its Sage Millennium CRM solution for large nonprofit organizations is now available through its reseller and partner programs. "Sage Millennium was previously only available for purchase directly, but increased demand from the nonprofit sector,…

Understanding Social CRM

Computer Business Review’s Janine Milne takes an in-depth look at social CRM and its key benefits. "Social CRM is a very different beast from traditional CRM," Milne writes. "For one thing, it is external rather than internal. The customer is…

Telephonetics Enhances Offering

Telephonetics VIP has enhanced its offering with a solution designed to keep callers from having to repeat themselves. "The solution uses call triage to determine the needs of the caller and gather information and rapidly transfer them," according to Call…

Get Satisfaction Targets SMBs

Get Satisfaction has introduced four new packages of community-building tools for small and mid-sized businesses. "Get Satisfaction provides hosting open communities for the practice of social business, inviting open, transparent community input to drive better relationships, reduce support costs and…

DCPA Profits from Soffront CRM

Financial management firm Diefendorf Capital Planning Associates (DCPA) says it’s increased its revenues by 300 percent over the past three years with the help of Soffront CRM. "Soffront CRM is an integrated web based solution covering the sales, marketing and…

Root Consulting Chooses Intelestream

The consultancy has joined the Intelestream Partner Program, and has also deployed intelecrm for internal use. IT consultancy Root Consulting has joined the Intelestream Partner Program, and has also implemented the compay’s intelecrm software for its own internal use. "As…

Infusionsoft Announces Email Marketing 2.0

Additional functionality includes new e-mail authoring capabilities, data import, and automated template creation. Infusionsoft has repositioned itself with an emphasis on e-mail marketing. "’With our special take, there is no leader there with small businesses,’ says Tyler Garns, vice president…

Delhaize Selects Accenture

Accenture has been chosen to implement an integrated supply chain enterprise resource planning platform. Accenture has been awarded a multi-year contract by Delhaize Belgium to implement an integrated supply chain enterprise resource planning (ERP) platform. “Under the agreement, Accenture will…

PlayPhone Chooses Sybase IQ

The solution will be used to provide PlayPhone with information on its customers and marketing campaigns. PlayPhone has chosen Sybase IQ to provide it with information about its customers and marketing campaigns. "Sybase Professional Services created a proof-of-concept with Sybase…

Virgin Media Collaborates with Zeus

The collaboration is aimed at improved Virgin Media’s online customer experience. Virgin Media is working with Zeus Technology to improve its online customer experience. "The solution ensures that more than 4 million Virgin Media customers, even during spikes in demand,…

Campaigner Updates EMail Marketing Offering

The new release is designed to help small businesses run their own e-mail marketing campaigns. Campaigner has introduced a new version of its e-mail marketing solution. "According to the company, the latest release is aimed to help small businesses to…

Salesforce Reports FY 2010 Results

The company added 17,100 net new customers during the past year. Salesforce has reported its fourth quarter and fiscal year 2010 results. "For the quarter, the company said fourth quarter profit was up 48 percent, coming in at $20.4 million,…

RedHorse CRM Updates to Version 2.5

The interim release is a quick followup to the company’s recent introduction of v2.4. RedHorse Systems has updated its RedHorse CRM platform to version 2.5. "Company officials say they’re ‘committed to producing a CRM product with the functionality that its…

IQMS Launches EnterpriseIQ 7.7

The new release includes more than 400 revisions across all areas of the ERP package. IQMS has introduced the last release of its EnterpriseIQ ERP software. “EnterpriseIQ 7.7 owes many of its enhancements to the IQMS Community Server, introduced last…

SMS Buys Bright Blue

The company has been looking for an opportunity to acquire Oracle Siebel CRM and business intelligence capabilities for two years. SMS Management and Technology has acquired Oracle specialist Bright Blue Solutions. "SMS CEO Tom Stianos said it had been looking…

Jive Software Considers IPO

The company taking steps that may lead it towards a public offering. Jive Software may be working towards an IPO. "The Portland, Oregon company that has built its success on providing a social layer to the enterprise is pursuing a…

Microsoft Dynamics NAV 7 Delayed

Microsoft has delayed its planned delivery date for Dynamics NAV 7. "Microsoft officials confirmed that the next major version of Dynamics NAV, one of its four ERP products, is now tracking for 2011 to 2012," writes ZDNet’s Mary Jo Foley.…

Lawson Updates Talent Management Suite

module. Lawson Software has introduced a new version of its Talent Management Software, offering enhanced integration, enhanced globalization features, and a learning and development module designed specifically for U.S. companies. "Lawson Talent Management v. 3.3 includes tighter integration between the…

SAVO Integrates with SAP CRM

The companies are offering packaged integration on current releases, and out-of-the-box integration for future releases. SAVO has announced that its on-demand sales enablement solution is now integrated with SAP CRM. "SAVO works in tandem with SAP to offer packaged integration…