Don’t Lay-off Employees for SaaS – Go Open Source

I’m going to get in trouble for writing this… Here’s an idea. Don’t lay-off your employees in favour of SaaS. Keep them and go Open Source and support their training costs. This isn’t a shameless plug for the Obama/Harper economic stimulus plan. Sure, good software is expensive, but it doesn’t always have to be. And [...]

Canada’s “Geeks on the Way” Wins 2009 Stevie Award for Sales & Customer Service

Geeks on the Way Recognized for CRM Implementation & User Adoption Program of the Year LAS VEGAS–Geeks on the Way was named the winner of the CRM Implementation & User Adoption Program category in the third annual 2009 Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service. “Winning a Stevie Award for Sales and Customer Service in [...]

NetSuite Extends ‘Business ByNetSuite’ Program for SAP Customers Eager to Embrace the SaaS Revolution

Leading On-Demand ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) Suite for Mid-Market Companies Helps Large SAP Customers Cut Costs and Relieves Them from Hefty Maintenance Fees and Upgrade Hassles Customers Deploying NetSuite to Replace or Complement SAP Realize Major Cost Savings and Productivity Gains SAN MATEO, Calif., — NetSuite Inc., a leading vendor of on-demand, integrated business software [...]

SugarCRM Announces Sugar Authorized Learning Program to Provide CRM Best Practices

Levementum, Plus Consulting, Redpill-Linpro, Bhea Knowledge Technologies and iZeno Among Certified Partner Providers in North America, Europe and Asia CUPERTINO, Calif. – SugarCRM Inc., the world’s leading provider of commercial open source customer relationship management (CRM) software, today announced the Sugar Authorized Learning Program to accelerate the adoption of CRM best practices across its global [...]

1984 Apple Macintosh SuperBowl Commercial

This Sunday is the SuperBowl. 25 years ago, Apple introduced the Macintosh. They broadcasted this 60 second commercial during the third quarter of Super Bowl XVIII, and was the only commercial shown by Apple. This year, a 30-second commercial during the game will cost an estimated $3 million or $100,000 a second! Would Apple pay [...]

Gartner 2009 Forecast: IT Spending Flat, but Outsourcing will Grow

There were two interesting press releases from Gartner last week that caused mixed emotions in the IT world. The news was good or bad, depending on how you looked at it. 1. Gartner Says Outsourcing Will Continue to Grow in 2009 Despite Economic Slowdown (press release here) 2. Gartner EXP Worldwide Survey of More than [...]

SugarCRM Announces Keynotes and Sponsors for SugarCon 2009

IBM, Microsoft, Research In Motion, Jigsaw, Levementum and Talend to Sponsor Commercial Open Source CRM Conference CUPERTINO, Calif.– SugarCRM, the world’s leading provider of commercial open source customer relationship management (CRM) software, today announced keynotes and sponsors for SugarCon 2009, the company’s global customer and developer conference, February 2-4, 2009, at the Palace Hotel in [...]

DataForceCRM Announces an Affordable CRM

DataForceCRM, a leader in affordable CRM solutions, is offering CRM comparison guide. This guide is for CRM users and shoppers and compares feature to feature and function to function of the commercial CRM to the DataForceCRM solution. Dallas, TX, — DataForceCRM, a leading open source CRM provider, is offering a CRM software comparison guide to [...]

SplendidCRM Software Releases Enterprise 3.0 with a New Workflow Engine

RALEIGH, N.C. — SplendidCRM Software, Inc., a pioneering provider of Microsoft-centric Customer Relationship Management (CRM) solutions for open-source use, today announced the launch of Version 3.0 of its flagship platform SplendidCRM. The release of Version 3.0 marks a milestone as it introduces the SplendidCRM Workflow Engine as a flagship feature in the new SplendidCRM Enterprise [...]

On-Demand SaaS or On-site CRM? Commercial or Open-Source Software?

Do you prefer a PC or Mac? On-Demand SaaS or On-site CRM? Commercial or Open-Source Software? The last 2 questions are my most common questions I receive every week when trying to evaluate and implement a CRM or ERP solution, whether it’s a start-up about to go IPO or a multi-billion dollar publicly traded company. [...]

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