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 … Read more

CRM Solutions Applied in the Food Industry

Today I am showing two small cases of companies in the food sector who have successfully applied a CRM solution for their organization. The intend was totally different for each. One did needed a simple tool to manage sales orders. The other needed a solution for managing large marketing promotional campaigns. Both realized benefits, both … Read more

CRM in the Eye of Adversary Economic Climate

CRM in the Eye of Adversary Economic Climate In the current global economic recession, the market strategy of choice is customer retention, and customer service is a core ingredient in this pursuit. Indeed, Gartner reported mid 2008 that for the third year in a row, customer experience and customer service are cited by CIOs as … Read more

InteQ Joins IT Service Management Professionals in Las Vegas to Promote SaaS Solutions

InteQ to attend the IT Service Management Conference & Exhibition in Las Vegas this month to showcase InfraDesk, On Demand Service Desk Solution, and ITIL Training Programs BEDFORD, MA – InteQ is a Silver Sponsor of the 13th Annual International IT Service Management Conference & Exhibition hosted by PINK Elephant. The company will be exhibiting … Read more

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 … Read more

Why CRM and Social Media is More Important in a Recession

The Recession is producing a cut-throat approach to sales. In the past, SaaS companies used to go after customers using a traditional hosted or shrink-wrapped software. Now SaaS is going after it’s own kind. I’ve read so many press releases and seen so many ads on how you can switch your CRM companies at a … Read more

Helpstream Announces Winter 2009 Release

New Release Offers Ground Breaking Community-Driven Service Functionality and Tight Integrations with Oracle® CRM On Demand and Salesforce.com Mountain View, CA — Helpstream®, the world’s first truly social customer service and relationship management system, today announced general availability of the Winter 2009 release containing over 40 powerful enhancements to help service organizations drive higher customer … Read more

Salesforce.com Kicks Off the Year of Cloud Computing With Salesforce CRM Spring 09

28th generation release allows companies to more effectively grow their business without growing capital expense or headcount The Service Cloud transforms the quality and lowers the cost of service by leveraging expertise gained from conversations taking place in the cloud The Sales Cloud defines the next generation of collaboration, transforming the relationship between sales, marketing … Read more

Confirmit Launches First Fully On-Demand, Multi-Channel Platform for Customer and Employee Feedback

New York, NY and Oslo, Norway –- Confirmit announces the launch of Confirmit Horizons, the first fully on-demand, multi-channel platform for Customer Feedback, Employee Feedback, and market research applications. Confirmit Horizons enables businesses to conduct multi-channel feedback programs both on and offline, using the Web, telephone, paper, IVR, mobile and other data collection methods. Businesses … Read more

Knowledge-as-a-Service (KaaS)

How many types of INSERT_KEY_WORD_HERE-as-a-service exist? We all know of SaaS (Software), PaaS (Platform), IaaS (Infrastructure) & MaaS (Mobility) Now we have Knowledge as a Service (KaaS). Here is an interesting article on Knowledge as a Service (KaaS). Thei Geurts illustrates how KaaS can help support an agile enterprise in a networked knowledge economy. Thei … Read more