Category: Microsoft

CRM Live prices released or, Another round of Microsoft vs. Salesforce

Of course, one bit of news dominated CRM-related blogosphere areas and media outlets: Today, it’s all about the Microsoft CRM Live prices announced at the Worldwide Partner Conference in excellent Denver, Colo. (Actually, the conference is producing a steady squall of news items – as these events always do – which will be reported upon […]

All-Out Attack

The news about Oracle today is reading like a press-release version of that 2001 Japanese cinema classic, Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack. The software behemoths aren’t destroying Tokyo with fire breath and the like, but there is a lot of bellowing and stomping going on involving three of the biggest names […]

Catalyst the catalyst for Ideaca

Canada-based technology consulting firm and gold certified Microsoft partner Ideaca Knowledge Services announced today that Catalyst Paper Corporation has now fully implemented Microsoft Dynamics CRM. Catalyst and Ideaca together created the “Outlook Sales Portal” solution, an application bringing together Microsoft Dynamics CRM, Microsoft SharePoint Services and SAP data accessed directly from Microsoft Outlook. Headquartered in […]

Apple and the 9th letter

Much to Apple’s embarrassment, the company may well be on the wrong side of what might become software’s underdog story of the year. Itty bitty Whangarei, New Zealand-based software company Orbitcoms (the firm employs six including its CEO) is being threatened with legal action by big bad Apple over the name of its Microsoft Dynamics […]

Twice as (Customer) Effective

Customer Effective, a Microsoft gold certified partner and provider of Microsoft Dynamics CRM, announced a couple of successes this week in CRM implementations. First up was Formetco, with which Customer Effective interfaced system with Microsoft Great Plains. Customer Effective also provided user training. Formetco will be employing the CRM in schedule adherence, resource allocation, progress […]

On Oncontact, Vista and more

This much we know: Earlier in the month, Oncontact Software announced the release of Oncontact CRM 6.0, the latest version of its flagship Microsoft. NET-based CRM software billed as “the industry’s first CRM software to update its graphical user interface and visual style to complement Microsoft Windows Vista operating system.” Designed for mid-market organizations, additional […]

Sixth (On)contact

Oncontact Software has announced the release of Oncontact CRM 6.0, a new version of its flagship Microsoft. NET-based CRM software that is billed as “the industry’s first CRM software to update its graphical user interface and visual style to complement Microsoft Windows Vista operating system.” Designed for mid-market organizations, additional features touted in Oncontact CRM […]

Client Marks?

Client Profiles, a provider of CRM, case management and financial applications for the legal profession, this week announced the acquisition of the CRM consulting practice of Lynch Marks, LLC. Since 1998, Lynch Marks CRM consultants have specialized in CRM implementation and consulting services, providing services including CRM technology selection; application development and execution of CRM […]

X(andros) marks spot for Microsoft

One step closer to open source this week is none other than Microsoft Corporation. Yesterday, Microsoft and Linux platform provider Xandros Inc. have announced a broad collaboration agreement. The agreement calls for technical, business, marketing and intellectual property commitments. Joint solutions promise to “extend a bridge between open source and commercial software…” Xandros officials called […]

Hoop (and CRM) dreams

As though the Portland Trail Blazers hadn’t struck enough gold last month by winning the top pick in the National Basketball Association draft lottery in securing a franchise player in either Greg Oden or Kevin Durant, they’ve also possed up with the baddest ever, Microsoft, to provide CRM for the legions of new fans this […]