Posted on April 12th, 2007 by admin
Ecommercetimes.com
April 10, 2007
TimeLinx CRM 5.0 for tracking project, time, and expense management
TimeLinx CRM 5.0 offers an integrated solution that helps businesses deploy a single system for project, time and expense management. Real-time information exchange is difficult with disparate systems for managing expenses and accounts as these systems do not communicate readily with one another. TimeLinx offers users a more holistic view that includes information regarding after-sales service made by a company.
The TimeLinx software presents businesses with a more rounded picture of their project costs which are integrated with sales and marketing data gleaned from traditional CRM systems. This feature-rich product also offers a web-based and network time sheet client, an accounting integration platform, and allows synchronization with Microsoft Office Project.
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DestinationCRM.com
April 10, 2007
Partner Relationship Management – Oracle and SAP show the way
The objective of PRM is to enable businesses to manage their business allies such as the indirect sales channels. According to “The Forrester Wave: Partner Relationship Management Tools, Q2 2007,” the two main players in the field of PRM are Oracle and SAP. These two giants have an established market presence and offer a wide range of on-premise PRM solutions. Siebel CRM from Oracle and mySAP by SAP are considered to be the most complete PRM offerings.
The negatives, which PRM solutions from these vendors have, include difficulty in changing business processes, cost of implementation, and time-to-value.
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CRMmarketplace.com
April 10, 2007
Maximizer CRM still favorite with SMBs – So says leading research firm
ISM Inc, a strategic advisor for companies implementing CRM, has ranked Maximizer CRM as one of the top 15 CRM solutions out in the market for SMBs. Maximizer Software Inc., has featured amongst the top providers in ISM Inc rankings for the fifth year straight.
ISM states that while a majority of software companies have only now turned their attention to small and medium sized companies, Maximizer has been architecting its products exclusively for SMBs for the last ten years.
Maximizer was rated on 217 discrete criteria that included 103 business functions, 52 technical features, 36 implementation capabilities, 9 real time criteria and 17 user support features. First-hand users were questioned regarding the performance of the software. Total cost of ownership and time required to deploy and implement the system were also considered.
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BusinessWeek.com
March 23, 2007
Oracle Files Suit Against SAP – Accuses Rival of Illegally Acquiring Files
The business software maker accuses its rival of using illegally acquired files to gain advantage in the crucial tech support market
Oracle made the allegation in a lawsuit filed in federal court on Mar. 22 that claims SAP unlawfully used Oracle’s property, computer files stored on a technical support system, to build its business for supporting products sold by companies now within Oracle’s fold.
SAP executives in Germany and the U.S. orchestrated the “download scheme” to unfairly compete and “artificially inflate its market share,” Oracle alleges.
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