CDC Software is buying again. The CDC Corporation subsidiary has announced the acquisition of Respond Group, Ltd. Respond is a European provider of software applications for customer service. CDC spokespeople enthusiastically reported that “Respond applications and [the] organization are highly complementary to CDC Software’s Pivotal CRM solutions.” To CDC, Respond brings a clientele list that […]
The folks at Salentica Systems Inc., a provider of Microsoft Dynamics CRM-based client management product, today announced that Fortigent has selected the Salentica Suite of its client management software system for use in streamlining its customer contact database. Fortigent provides outsourced wealth management solutions and consulting services to advisory firms and banks targeting high net […]
Analysts at Forrester Research Inc. are primed to release a tantalizing sounding report entitled “The Forrester Wave – Enterprise CRM Suites, Q1 2007: Which Enterprise CRM Application Is The Best?” However, the results will remain a bit of a tease for about a week longer. In the study, Forrester evaluated the strengths and weaknesses of […]
The folks at Ascendix Technologies have released Sponsor Advantage v2.1, an upgrade to one of the firm’s flagships, a product that is "designed to help asset managers, product sponsors and distributors address the most critical needs for effective and efficient operations, sales, marketing, support and service." Sponsor Advantage is built on Sage SalesLogix 7.0. The […]
Salentica Systems Inc., provider of client management solutions based on Microsoft Dynamics CRM, and consulting services firm InfoGrate Inc. have announced a partnership to deliver hosted, tailored client relationship management solutions to the “Private Client, Family Office and High Net Worth markets.” Under terms of the agreement, Salentica AdvisorDesk can be used by InfoGrate clients […]
Tenrox, a specialist in workflow-driven project workforce management software has an extension of its relationship with Microsoft today. Under terms of the new agreement, Tenrox may now offer Microsoft Dynamics CRM 3.0 under the Microsoft ISV royalty licensing program and services provider licensing agreement. Tenrox now plans to release a new version of its Project […]
Independent software vendor Compass Technology has launched a channel partner program to distribute its end-to-end fundraising software suite for nonprofits. This suite comprises Compass CRM for Fundraisers; Compass Analytics for Fundraisers; and Compass Personalized Marketing for Fundraisers. Compass is specifically recruiting current Microsoft partners. Compass channel partner program manager Susan Turner, formerly of Sage Software’s […]
First – it being the weekend and all – the MVP award. Curt Spanburgh, a consultant and systems engineer with Microsoft Gold Certified solution provider Solutions Consulting Group, has been named a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional for Dynamics CRM. Microsoft selects MVPs based on a technical professional’s meaningful contributions to newsgroups, user groups, message boards, […]
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CDC Software, wholly owned subsidiary of CDC Corporation and a provider of enterprise software applications, announced today that The 401(k) Company has chosen the Pivotal Customer Relationship Management suite. 401(k) cited Pivotal’s industry-specific functionality as key to their decision, in theory allowing “employees to develop deeper insight into their clients’ needs, preferences, and influencers, accompanied […]