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      Company | 
      CRM Features | 
      Company Strengths | 
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 PhaseWare
 
  
    
Suited For: Small,  Mid-size  Companies 
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  Customer Information, Information Screens, Service level-agreement tracking, Billing and support package tracking, Incident tickets, Incident templates, Problem management, Quick Incidents, Incident classification, Dashboard indicators, Solutions knowledgebase, Search capabilities, Email features  | 
  
             - Auto-escalate and receive alerts for high-priority tickets.   
          
 - Automatically create incidents from the emails you receive—with customer,   contact, subject, and problem already defined.   
          
 - Send customers an email update on their open tickets.   
          
 - Get automatic alerts on unusual customer or problem activity—based on   thresholds you set.   
          
 - Get automatic alerts when ticket queues exceed pre-designated thresholds.   
          
 - Send automated emails or surveys to your customers when tickets are closed.   
          
 - Get automatic alerts if you’re close to missing a service level agreement.   
          
 - Get automatic emailed reports on customer, agent or trouble ticket activity.     
          
 - Increase internal efficiencies.   
          
 - Reduce internal costs   
          
 - Provide a truly unique level of customer service and support 
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    N/A | 
 
	
 Everest
 
  
    
Suited For:    Companies 
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  Link multiple tasks,  Contact manager,  Personal/company-wide calendar,  Tasks/appointments/reminders,  Intra company mail, Customer/vendor history calendar, Document history calendar, Auto preview and preview pane options in task browsers, Create tasks in a single click 
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    - All-in-one small   business management solution   including accounting software, inventory management, service, e-commerce, sales   force automation, CRM, point of sale, and wireless connectivity  for small and mid-size businesses. 
 
  - one of the few vendors that provide  software needed to run an entire small business and is best suited for   enterprises with under 250 employees in the wholesale/distribution, retail,   mail-order and e-commerce businesses
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    N/A
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