Latest CRM Blog

Capital from Intel Capital

Centric CRM, a developer of open-source Customer Relationship Management technology, today announced the company will receive investment funding from Intel Capital, the venture capital arm of good old Intel Corporation. Centric CRM will use the funds to pursue growth opportunities forecast for the CRM technology industry, “and,” said Centric CRM CEO David Richards, “to expand […]

Maximizing West Coast

Maximizer Software Inc., a provider of Customer Relationship Management software applications, today announced some good results by their product for non-profit organization West Coast Environmental Law. Vancouver, Canada-based West Coast is a team of lawyers and researchers analyzing environmental law, doing work in public awareness and advocacy “to empower and mobilize communities and reform the […]

VerticalMedia?

Verticals onDemand, developer of industry-specific on-demand CRM solutions for the life sciences industry, and MediMedia Information Technologies will integrate their solutions to provide pharmaceutical managed care teams with the first on-demand CRM solution pre-loaded with formulary data. Formulary data will be automatically updated through web services and the Salesforce.com API. The new Software as a […]

A big bite of Apple

Though not, strictly speaking, CRM news, a few announcements from Apple this week have made waves across all the software industries thus far. (And it’s only Wednesday.) The biggest of the big deals, of course, was Apple’s introduction of Safari for Windows. Safari 3 was introduced at the World Wide Developers Conference in San Francisco […]

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 […]

Aaaah…beer and CRM!

Since CRMchump is devoted to publishing any news featuring the holy synthesis of CRM and beer, today we were lucky to find Computer Weekly’s story on Heineken brewery’s successfully implemented mobile reporting system, particulary since it’s all “part of a drive to improve the quality of beer served.” The system uses Antenna Software’s AMPower system […]

Info from Asia(Info)

AsiaInfo Holdings, Inc., a provider of telecom software solutions and IT security products and services, has announced this signing of a contract with China Unicom subsidiary Jiangsu Unicom to upgrade the existing billing and Customer Relationship Management to support its new GPRS services. Currently plans call for Jiangsu Unicom to upgrade its GSM system to […]

A Cutting Edge trilogy

Pharmaceutical business intelligence specialist Cutting Edge Information (let’s give that name a nice 7.3 out of ten on the Retro 1980s College Radio Remembrance Scale) announces the release of its “Patient Communications Library.” The collection is made up of three primary research studies seeking to address issues of pharmaceutical companies in the areas of patient […]

Focus, Jimbo, focus, focus, focus…

Focus Solutions Group plc closed the week with the announcement that the firm had launched “an integrated front office and customer relationship management solution that is integrated with Oracle CRM solutions, into the EMEA financial services market.” Additionally, the folks in Focus PR announced that the unnamed CRM solution had been delivered to an unnamed […]

Got it going like a turbo Vettro…

Mobile on-demand business applications provider Vettro was proud to announce its Oracle status to that of certified partner. Vettro representatives also announced validation of its integration of Vettro 360 Sales to Oracle’s Siebel CRM On Demand. Vettro 360 Sales for Siebel CRM On Demand seeks to provide mobile users with the ability to access, create, […]