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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 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 April 13, 2004 Ginger Conlon	People Are the Most Important Part of the CRM Equation Customer focus starts at the very top of the organization.
CRM June 2, 2003 Lisa Picarille	PeopleSoft Dives Into the Mid-Market PeopleSoft Inc. is aggressively courting mid-market companies with its recent announcement of 13 new products aimed at businesses with annual revenue between $50 million and $500 million.
CRM July 1, 2004 Ginger Conlon	CRM: Alive and Kicking Instead of complaining about the confusion with CRM, we should educate people interested in implementing CRM--the strategy--in their companies.
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 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 April 2003 Martin Schneider	Prove It Gone are the days when CRM vendors could pitch features and functionality, close the deal, hit the trail, and never look back. Today's CRM buyers demand proof during the presale that the CRM technology they are considering will deliver the promised results.
CRM April 2004 Lisa Picarille	The Art of War Enterprise CRM vendors and hosted service providers are in a heated battle against traditional midmarket CRM vendors for market share. In the end it is the customers who will win.
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.
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.
CIO May 1, 2002 Susannah Patton	Get the CRM You Need at the Price You Want As the economy cuts into CRM spending, companies are looking for ways to move ahead without breaking the bank. Why a small-step implementation adds up to big ROI, why patching together different software solutions can work, and when outsourced models may be the answer...
CRM March 2003 David Myron	Who's Minding the Mid-Market? Mid-market CRM vendors are partnering with consultants to get your business. Here are 10 tips to help you select the right consultant for your needs.
CRM March 1, 2004 David Myron	Vertical Focus: Integrators: Necessary Evil or Indispensible Resource? North American companies shelled out $16.8 billion for CRM services last year. Large enterprise customers find professional services firms often add complexity to CRM implementations, but most are likely to use at least one services firm.
CRM February 2003 Ginger Conlon	Can't Get No Dissatisfaction In an exclusive survey conducted, CRM magazine finds that a surprising number of executives are pleased with their CRM system -- and with their results.
CIO May 1, 2001 Susannah Patton	The Truth About CRM It's expensive, hard to implement, time consuming and it may not work. It's time to forget the hype and take a hard look at the reality of CRM...
CRM February 2003 David Myron	The Hosts With the Most Once thought of as a tool for small companies needing sales force automation, hosted CRM solutions have developed into a formidable competitor to packaged CRM applications for mid-market, and even large enterprises.
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?
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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 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 July 1, 2003 Phillip Britt	Eight Building Blocks for CRM Success Companies are continuing to pursue CRM projects in 2003 despite the discontent from many about earlier failures and the harsh business climate. But most companies are now taking a more cautious approach to their implementations.
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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 September 2003 Ginger Conlon	The 2003 Influential Leaders One of the great things about the CRM industry is the group of outspoken leaders who continually push for its success. Here, we spotlight customer-company and vendor executives who have made a significant impact in their company or on the industry in the past year.
CRM April 1, 2004	Heard and Overheard Quotes from business people: Charles Phillips, copresident, Oracle... Peter McCullagh, group vice president for CRM strategy, Siebel Systems... etc.
CRM April 1, 2004 Martin Schneider	ROI on the Rise? Is CRM software getting better, or are companies learning from past mistakes?
CRM October 2003 Martin Schneider	Stand By Me As IT staffs shrink and CRM projects get increasingly complex, more and more service providers are playing a long-term role to ensure that CRM systems run smoothly and generate ROI.
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?
CFO March 15, 2004 Anne Stuart	Stuck on the Middle Enterprise software companies try to lure smaller customers with tailored products and lower prices.
CRM May 2006 Colin Beasty	Barriers to CRM Success Tech obstacles to CRM success can be considerable, but others include process and people concerns -- read here about two companies' experiences.
CRM January 2006 Barton Goldenberg	CRM: The Past and the Future Born of contact management applications 25 years ago, enterprise software systems have come a long way.
CRM September 1, 2009	The 2009 CRM Market Awards: The 2009 Elite The following organizations comprise this year's CRM Elite.
CRM September 1, 2007 Coreen Bailor	Sizing Up the CRM Situation Software-as-a-service, focus on customer retention and acquisition, and verticalization are factors enabling the market's healthy growth.
CRM March 1, 2004	Hot Seat: The Demand for On-Demand CRM CRM magazine posed the question, "Will hosted CRM ever eclipse on-site CRM in terms of popularity?"
CRM November 1, 2005	destinationCRM Dashboard Oracle Will Buy Siebel... Microsoft Acquires a VoIP Startup... Siebel Continues to Lead Enterprise Deployment... CRM Software: A Customer Loyalty Problem... etc.
CRM December 2003 Lisa Picarille	Five Ways to Be a Good Customer Here's what every CRM project leader must do when dealing with internal staff, vendors, integrators, and consultants to ensure the CRM initiative is truly fruitful.
CRM March 2006 Jim Dickie	It May Cost More Than You Think Many companies say their CRM system implementations are surpassing their initial time and budget expectations.
CRM November 2003 Ginger Conlon	How Do You Measure Success? Let us count the ways: Sales measures success one way, marketing another way, service another, and IT yet another. For this reason the first step of any CRM initiative should be to set mutually agreed-upon goals and metrics.
CRM August 2010 William Band	Navigating the Vendor Landscape A leading analyst firm assesses the CRM marketplace.
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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.
InternetNews January 20, 2004 Jim Wagner	Siebel Takes Telephones Out of the Call Center With the announced purchase of Ineto Services, the CRM On Demand provider gives small businesses the choice between a hosted or in-house service.
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 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 March 2003 Dick Lee	Don't Blame CRM Managers shouldn't expect success if users haven't been sold on CRM.
CRM May 3, 2004 Jason Compton	CRM Gets Real No longer pie in the sky, CRM is settling into down-to-earth successes.
CRM September 1, 2004 Jason Compton	The Siren Call of the Midmarket With so many choices and so many CRM vendors beating down the door to win midmarket business, customers need to be choosy without being paralyzed.
CRM January 2004 Jason Compton	How to use training to get buy-in for CRM Unless CRM project leaders bring to the training table a clear picture of how their teams will accomplish these goals, their CRM strategy may be prematurely grounded.