Category Archives: CRM Daily

CRM in a downturn (1) – links

Most of the western world is suffering the economic effects of the credit crunch, which has turned into a full blown recession for most countries in Western Europe and the US. It seems that most CRM efforts are now focussed … Continue reading

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On the rise of IP based Contact Centers

A few interesting points from a recent article on CRM daily: IP Systems have come of age. The need for truly integrated call centers, lower cost infrastructure and the lower costs of IP based systems are leading to a rise … Continue reading

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On Single Tenant CRM On Demand

Software-as-a-Service, but not sharing it with other users. Oracle has announced Single Tenant, Enterprise Edition, CRM on Demand. Read this article on CRM Daily

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On Oracle and BEA: What about Fusion Middleware?

According to this article on CRM Daily, Oracle has significantly increased it’s bid for BEA to US$ 8.5 Million, and it looks like the deal will be closed. The press release apparently states that the acquisition of BEA is complementary … Continue reading

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On seeing the financial benefits of an improved customer experience

An article on CRM daily, written by Natalie L. Petouhoff and Brian R. Johnson from Hitachi Consulting in the US, provides interesting insights into the quantifiable benefits of an enhanced customer experience. All too often CRM applications are implemented just … Continue reading

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On the cost of customer data security

Within the US security breaches for companies are leading to significant costs in order to re-imburse clients for privacy loss, improving security for IT applications and adapting to ever evolving technology developments. Read this article to find out how much … Continue reading

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On Salesforce.com as an application platform

Apparently Salesforce.com wants to become the new Microsoft. With the recent launch of Force.com and the AppExchange platform SalesForce.com certainly seems to be making steps in that direction. An article on CRM-Daily contains the views of several industry experts on … Continue reading

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On customer data proliferation and ownership

Who’s data is it anyway? In recent history sales people relied on their own network to close sales and score their bonus. Social networking and google have made it far more easy to find a new contact within a firm … Continue reading

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