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CRM May 1, 2003 Martin Schneider |
News in Brief Forty-two percent of the total number of CRM software licenses bought by businesses goes unused, a recent Gartner survey reveals... Lending more credence to the hosted CRM model, Salesforce.com CEO Mark Benioff announced the company's profitability... etc. |
CRM June 2, 2003 David Myron |
Market Watch: Marketing Automation With the recent spate of acquisitions, one might conclude it is the beginning of the end for the marketing automation industry. But industry reports and vendor investments tell a different tale. |
CRM December 2003 Martin Schneider |
The Year in Preview How the major trends in 2003 will alter the CRM landscape over the coming year. |
CRM September 2003 Guglielmo et al. |
The 2003 Market Leaders (Part 1) Which vendors are leading the industry? CRM magazine scrutinized CRM suite vendors and related categories to uncover the top-five leaders in each category: enterprise CRM, mid-market CRM, analytics, contact center outsourcers, and consulting firms. |
CRM November 19, 2004 |
The Pulse: What Was the Most Critical Factor in Your Choice of CRM Vendor? Here's a chart showing what the deciding factor was in choosing a CRM vendor. |
CRM June 2, 2003 Martin Schneider |
Hosts With the Most (Partners, That Is) ASP partnerships are aimed at giving customers robust CRM at a low price point. But are two vendors better than one? |
CRM November 3, 2003 |
Insuring CRM Success A recent Aberdeen Group study found that CRM investment is on the rise in the insurance industry. |
CRM April 2015 Oren Smilansky |
How to Select a CRM System Whether it's your first solution or your fourth, these tips will help make the vendor selection process easier. |
CRM September 24, 2004 |
Hot Seat: Can a Single Vendor Satisfy an Organization's Complete CRM Needs? Professionals weigh in on this topic: Laura Preslan, research director, AMR Research: "It depends"... Rebecca Wettemann, vice president of research, Nucleus Research: "...a combination of tools that meet clear, specific needs may be a better strategy"... etc. |
CRM December 2005 Colin Beasty |
11 Ways to Ensure CRM Success We asked consultants to list some common CRM mistakes, and to then advise readers on how to avoid them. What we found was that no matter the type of company, good CRM practices are often applicable to companies in many industries. |
CRM May 2011 Barton Goldenberg |
Three Cheers for Honest CRM Vendors Dishonest practices that over-promise and under-deliver must be rooted out. |
CRM July 1, 2003 Martin Schneider |
Vertical Focus: Financial Services The good news for CRM vendors is that the financial services industry has consistently been investing heavily in CRM initiatives. The bad news is, the return on investment has not been stellar. |
CRM August 1, 2003 Martin Schneider |
Quick Wins? In CRM initiatives, faster may mean better -- but not always. |
CRM September 1, 2009 |
The 2009 Market Leaders - Enterprise Suite CRM Here are the top five rated companies in the enterprise suite CRM market. |
CRM September 2007 |
The 2007 Market Awards: Marketing Automation This has been the year of the end user in marketing automation. |
CRM December 1, 2005 Marshall Lager |
The Competitive Threat SAP, Onyx, and others look to seduce leery customers. The real question is, How is Oracle going to position itself against its competitors, and against itself? |
CRM December 20, 2004 Jason Compton |
How to...Avoid CRM Upgrade and Replacement Mistakes in 5 Steps The worst thing is to take away an application salespeople are using and liking. Before committing to change, consider the following tips. |
CRM November 1, 2005 |
First American A financial services firm reinvests in technical support. |
CRM October 2005 Bailor et al. |
The 2005 CRM Market Leaders, Part 2 The CRM industry's impact -- especially in the small and medium business markets -- is growing more pervasive across industries and within organizations. Here's how these CRM leaders are driving the market and how they stack up against the competition. |
InternetNews July 19, 2005 David Needle |
Siebel Scores High CRM Marks Forrester Research recognizes Siebel Systems' performance in the CRM market despite a tough year in other areas. |
CRM February 2, 2003 Lisa Picarille |
No Holds Barred CRM vendors are pulling out all the stops to boost sales. |
CRM August 27, 2003 Ginger Conlon |
Don't Initiate CRM Until You Ask These Questions I had the opportunity recently to meet with executives at five of the largest CRM vendor companies. They discussed vendor accountability and the one question companies must ask their prospective CRM vendors. |
CRM August 1, 2003 Picarille & Myron |
Market Watch: Mid-Market CRM Aberdeen Group predicts that total CRM spending on hardware, software, and consulting services for 2003 will be $15.4 billion, an increase of about 14 percent over 2002. |
CRM June 30, 2010 Lauren McKay |
7 Named Leaders in Forrester Wave of CRM Suites for Midsize Organizations The Forrester Wave: CRM Suites for Midsized Organizations '10: In his annual evaluation, analyst Bill Band identifies the top-performing options for midmarket CRM. |
CRM November 2004 Jason Compton |
Anatomy of a CRM Analyst Industry analysts can make the perfect partner for building a CRM strategy--if you know how to capitalize on their services. |
CRM March 1, 2004 |
Just 1 Question Should companies expect their CRM vendors to help them use CRM to determine who their most profitable customers are? |
CRM August 2011 |
The 2011 CRM Market Leaders Spending on CRM software is expected to see the largest increase of all the application software markets worldwide. Here's a look at the market leaders. |
CRM October 1, 2003 Lisa Picarille |
Vertical Focus: Professional Services Ask law firms, accounting firms, consultants, and financial services firms about CRM and most will tell you that the traditional CRM vendors are more focused on transaction-based customers than on billable clients. |
CRM September 2007 |
The 2007 Market Awards: Rising Stars Here are rising stars that reflect the CRM industry's emerging trends, its continuing reach, and its ongoing aspirations. |
CRM June 30, 2010 Lauren McKay |
7 Surf Atop the Forrester Wave of CRM Suites for Large Organizations For large organizations, there are myriad product choices in the CRM suite arena to choose from, 18 of which Bill Band sifts through in his annual "Forrester Wave: CRM Suites for Large Organizations" report. |
CRM April 2008 Jim Dickie |
The Poker Dynamics of CRM Today's companies are finding a full house of technology options. |
CRM September 1, 2009 |
The 2009 CRM Market Awards: The 2009 Market Leaders CRM magazine's eighth annual Market Leader awards rate the top five companies in 10 categories. |
CRM August 1, 2009 J. David Lashar |
Servicing Software-as-a-Service Trade-Offs, Part 2 - The Technology Side: "The end of software" doesn't mean the end of software headaches. |
CRM October 2010 Barton Goldenberg |
A Quarter-Century in CRM An industry veteran looks back at the lessons learned over the course of 25 years. |
CRM October 2013 Barton Goldenberg |
Software Advances Are Propelling CRM to New Heights Seven trends businesses cannot afford to ignore. |
CRM October 2006 |
The 2006 Market Leaders, Part 2 The need for data quality continues to influence every CRM niche. Some of this year's positional shifts will surprise you, and so will some companies that didn't move as much as they might have hoped. Aprimo... SAS Institute... Oracle... etc. |
CRM November 1, 2005 Chris Selland |
Acquisition Predictions Oracle's plan to acquire fallen CRM star Siebel Systems begs the question: Which company is next? |
CRM August 2013 |
The 2013 CRM Market Leaders CRM vendors are making some pretty bold moves to incorporate newer technologies into their existing solutions. |
CRM December 2004 Jason Compton |
It's Not Business As Usual As the CRM industry reinvents itself, 2005 promises both new opportunities and new challenges. Here are seven trends driving the transformation. |
CRM January 2004 Martin Schneider |
The Hard Sell Selling ice to Alaskans is a breeze compared with selling CRM internally to executives who resist commitment and users who shun change. Although the benefits of CRM may be clear to you, the challenge is to convince everyone else. Here's how. |
CRM October 1, 2005 David Myron |
Back to Double-Digit Growth There will likely come a time when not one, but all CRM application vendors in the large enterprise category offer a hosted solution. |
CRM July 1, 2003 Martin Schneider |
News in Brief The popularity of Internet protocol (IP) call centers will jump significantly in the next few years, according to research firm Datamonitor... Firms will again move away from smaller CRM implementations, returning to larger suite applications... etc. |
CIO November 1, 2003 Elana Varon |
Getting the Best from Your Vendors (What Really Works) It may be tempting to squeeze vendors for every dollar. But research shows that lowball tactics eventually boomerang into poor service and support. |
CRM November 1, 2006 Jessica Sebor |
A Chilean Telecom's Poetic ROI Unica helps to streamline marketing campaigns and manage a burgeoning customer base for VTR GlobalCom in the land of poets. |
CRM June 1, 2006 Colin Beasty |
Dialing Up Financial Services Amdocs continues its quiet penetration of the financial services market by leveraging the lessons of product bundling it learned in dominating the telecom industry. |
CRM April 2003 Ginger Conlon |
Making CRM Pay Off Like any worthwhile endeavor, it takes a great deal of planning and effort to get real results from CRM. |
CRM April 1, 2006 Coreen Bailor |
Market Focus: Telecommunications: Sharpen the Focus on Agent Training/Answering the Call Bring specialized agents into the mix to enhance service levels for wireless companies as CSRs work to understand new products and services. Poor customer care can quickly translate into lost business. |
CRM August 2010 William Band |
Navigating the Vendor Landscape A leading analyst firm assesses the CRM marketplace. |
CRM August 2010 |
Market Leaders: Marketing Solutions Unica regains its crown just a year after losing it. |
CRM November 6, 2012 Leonard Klie |
Social Adds to CRM's Appeal Nucleus Research's Value Matrix highlights new functionality and integration capabilities. |