Commence-ing with the Cloud - Story From: Commence CRM Blog
Commence Corporation, a leading provider of online CRM software, is helping companies transition from traditional desktop software to CRM programs that operate in a cloud computing environment. “Many small to mid-size enterprises are still a bit suspect of cloud computing,” says Tom Gibson, Sales Manager at Commence. “These companies have spent years using traditional contact [...]
Categories: CEO Corner, CRM Best Practices, CRM Online, Commence News, Contact Management Software, cloud computing, online contact management, online crm Tags: Commence CRM, CRM, CRM Software
CRM Cloud Computing a Smart Choice for Small to Mid-Size Businesses - Story From: Commence CRM Blog
The current economic uncertainty has forced many small to mid-size businesses to seek ways to reduce their operational cost. Many have downsized their operations and have had to reduce their staff. One of the areas hardest hit is the IT department. Companies that once had technology people on staff no longer do and the local [...]
Categories: CEO Corner, CRM, CRM Software, Commence News, Web Based CRM, cloud computing, sales force automation Tags: Commence CRM
The Cloud is a Good Omen for Businesses - Story From: Commence CRM Blog
The folks at Commence CRM send a warm welcome to guest blogger James Kim of ChooseWhat.com as he discusses the pros and cons of cloud computing. By James Kim We are witnessing an increasing number of companies developing and implementing programs that work within “the cloud.” Because of this, services like word processors, data storage, online fax and CRM [...]
Categories: CEO Corner, Commence News, Web Based CRM, cloud computing, online crm, sales force automation Tags: Commence CRM
Commence CRM Well Positioned for Continued Growth - Story From: Commence CRM Blog
Companies seeking Customer Relationship Management software solutions (CRM) traditionally focus their attention on industry giants Microsoft and Salesforce.com, but if there is a true David vs. Goliath story in this industry it’s lesser known Commence Corporation. For the past two decades Commence has been quietly providing high quality customer management software and services to customers around [...]
Categories: CEO Corner, CRM, Commence News, Customer Service Software, Enterprise CRM, Project Management, cloud computing, sales force automation, salesforce.com Tags: Commence CRM
Cloud CRM Vendors – Not For Beginners - Story From: Commence CRM Blog
The hype about cloud computing is all around us from television commercials, to businesses to college campuses and for good reason. Cloud computing has shown to provide exceptional value to businesses both large and small enabling them to scale their business and computer resources quickly with minimal upfront investment. In the Customer Relationship Management software [...]
Categories: CEO Corner, Commence News, SaaS, cloud computing, customer-management-software, hosted-crm Tags: Commence CRM, CRM, CRM Software
Cloud Computing – What are the Costs After the Subscription? - Story From: Sell, Sell, Sell!
What are the hidden costs after the subscription when using a Cloud based solution such as Online CRM? Related posts:
Categories: CRM, CRM Technology, Customer Service, Email Marketing, Marketing, On-Demand CRM, Product News, SMB, Sales Management, SalesNexus CRM, act-software, cloud computing, online crm, small business Tags: SalesNexus CRM
Is Online CRM Safe and Secure? - Story From: Sell, Sell, Sell!
Moving customer information into the cloud can be scary. Is your customer data really safer on your own network? Related posts:
Categories: CRM, CRM Technology, Customer Service, On-Demand CRM, Product News, SMB, Sales Management, SalesNexus CRM, cloud computing, online crm, sales, small business Tags: SalesNexus CRM
Commence CRM and SugarCRM - Story From: Commence CRM Blog
A Brief Comparison of Two Middle Market CRM Providers Mid-size businesses and small enterprises looking for a CRM solution typically focus their energy on a few specific CRM software providers. Two of the companies battling for a slice of this middle market are Commence CRM and SugarCRM. Both are considered high quality alternatives to the more [...]
Categories: CEO Corner, Commence News, Customer Service, SugarCRM, cloud computing, online crm Tags: Commence CRM, CRM, CRM Software
What’s the Difference between the Royal Wedding and SugarCRM? - Story From: CRM Outsiders
The Royal Wedding of HRH Prince William and Kate Middleton on Friday 29th April 2011 was the first Royal Wedding streamed live across the world via the Internet and not only made National and International history, but also set and broke a good few records in the process. With so much emphasis and attention being poured [...]
Categories: CRM, On-Demand CRM, Open Source, Social CRM, Social Networking, SugarCRM, cloud computing Tags: CRM Reviews, SugarCRM
The Secret To A Successful CRM Implementation - Story From: CRM Outsiders
One of the recurring questions I get from customers and prospects all over the world is, what is the secret to a successful CRM implementation? My answer resonates with companies large and small, here in North America, in Europe and in Asia. The secret to a successful CRM implementation is process, process, process. A CRM system [...]
Categories: CRM, CRM Acceleration, On-Demand CRM, SaaS, Social Business, Social CRM, SugarCRM, Uncategorized, cloud computing Tags: CRM Reviews, SugarCRM
Salesforce.com, What the F$#% are You Thinking?!?!?!
I remember there was a song that was pretty popular a few years ago called “If I had a Million Dollars,” by the Bare Naked Ladies. That song seems childish and silly compared to the spending spree that Salesforce.com has been on over the past several months. The two main acquisitions by Salesforce that give me [...]
Categories: CRM, M&A, On-Demand CRM, SaaS, Social Business, Social CRM, SugarCRM, cloud computing, salesforce.com, social media, web 2.0 Tags: CRM Reviews, SugarCRM
The Cloud, Big Data, and the Future of CRM - Story From: CRM Outsiders
I just read that Basho Technologies, which has created an open source, highly available and fault-tolerant data structure for the cloud called Riak, has landed a cool $7.5m in new funding. The news is interesting, as it shows more and more people are not only banking on NoSQL and other cloud-optimized data architectures from an [...]
Categories: Application Design, CRM, On-Demand CRM, Open Source, Social Business, Social CRM, SugarCRM, cloud computing Tags: CRM Reviews, SugarCRM
Open Source and the Future of the Cloud - Story From: CRM Outsiders
I just read a blog post about Amazon’s use of Oracle in the cloud that I can only call stupid. Just stupid. The post implies that open source will not grow in the cloud because enterprises want the tried and true expensive and inflexible nature of the Oracle database. Wait…what? While I will not argue that the beauty of [...]
Categories: On-Demand CRM, Open Source, Social CRM, SugarCRM, cloud computing Tags: CRM Reviews, SugarCRM
Are You Paying Too Much For SalesForce.com? - Story From: Commence CRM Blog
Just over a decade ago Salesforce.com introduced Customer Relationship Management software (CRM), delivered over the Internet as a SaaS CRM service. Being the first to market provided them with the advantage of establishing a high price point for their offering and many companies seemed all too willing to pay for it, until now. What has [...]
Categories: CEO Corner, CRM, Commence News, Marketing, Project Management, SaaS, cloud computing, desktop, midsize, onpremise, sales, sales force automation, salesforce.com Tags: Commence CRM
Salesforce’s DimDim Buy – A Typical Proprietary Move - Story From: CRM Outsiders
Many have probably seen that Salesforce.com has acquired web conferencing tools provider DimDim for $31m. (The rumors of this deal had been percolating since before Dreamforce so for many this was no surprise at all.) The deal pits Salesforce.com in many ways against some big companies and very popular products – Citrix’s GoToMeeting and Cisco’s Webex, in [...]
Categories: CRM, M&A, On-Demand CRM, Open Source, SaaS, Social Business, Social CRM, SugarCRM, cloud computing, salesforce.com, social media Tags: CRM Reviews, SugarCRM
Commence Announces New Product Release with Year End Celebration - Story From: Commence CRM Blog
Commence Corporation hosted a miniature golf tournament to celebrate the release of a new version of their cloud based CRM product that incorporates a Project Management application and a Customer Service portal.
Categories: Commence News, Project Management, SaaS, cloud computing, midmarket, onpremise, sales force automation Tags: Commence CRM
Will Salesforce.com Become a Data Player, Not a CRM Player in Time? - Story From: CRM Outsiders
Salesforce.com seems to be blowing out its sales numbers and in a lot of ways that is great news. What is good for the market leader is good for everyone in the space: the great sales numbers validate our market message and really proves that all businesses need a great CRM initiative. One of the curious [...]
Categories: Application Design, CRM, Microsoft, On-Demand CRM, SaaS, Social Business, Social CRM, SugarCRM, cloud computing, salesforce.com, social media Tags: CRM Reviews, SugarCRM
Hosted CRM Makes Good Sense - Story From: Commence CRM Blog
The migration to cloud based computing offers several benefits and customers who have switched to an online CRM service are realizing a higher degree of value than they did with previous platforms. If you are looking for a cost efficient way to improve sales execution and customer service and provide your staff with anytime, anywhere access to vital customer data using a PC or mobile device, you should strongly consider an online CRM solution hosted by a reputable company.
Categories: CEO Corner, CRM Software, Commence News, SaaS, Web Based CRM, cloud computing, hosted-crm, sales force automation, upgrade Tags: Commence CRM
Five Reasons Why Salesforce.com’s Chatter Will Fail - Story From: CRM Outsiders
I have been watching the concept of Chatter for a while now. On the one hand, I could kick myself for not making more hype out of Sugar Feeds, the exact same functionality Sugar has had in its product for more than a year prior to availability of Chatter. My bad. On the other hand, I [...]
Categories: CRM, On-Demand CRM, SaaS, Social Business, Social CRM, SugarCRM, cloud computing, salesforce.com, social media, twitter, web 2.0 Tags: CRM Reviews, SugarCRM
Announcing Free Trials on the AppExchange - Story From: Popular Ideas
We are excited to announce the general availability of Free Trials on the AppExchange! This is a new feature for AppExchange partners which allows them to deliver a free trial of salesforce.com with their app pre-installed and configured. ...
Categories: AppExchange, Dreamforce, Enterprise CRM, chatterexchange, cloud computing, cloud2, salesforce content, salesforce.com Tags: Chatter, Dreamforce, salesforce, Salesforce CRM, salesforce.com
