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Salesforce’s future prospects and current news
As part of its New Year forecasting, investor website The Motley Fool recently took a look at prospects for Salesforce.com stock in 2007. The Fool has long been optimistic on Salesforce, proclaiming in November 2005 alongside the release of the AppExchange platform that “The End (of Software) is Nigh” and continues to praise CEO Marc […]
Williams moves up at Ross, says CDC
CDC Software today announced the appointment of Heath Williams as Ross Enterprise Solutions vice president of sales for the “EMEA region” — Europe, Middle East and Africa. Williams brings more than 17 years of experience in the IT industry. His career began as an entrepreneur, later selling his small firm to Aston Group, where he […]
B-I-N-G-O was his name-o
Attention, bingo addicts! PacificNet, Inc., a frequent newsmaker these days at CRMchump, announced today that its Take1 Technologies subsidiary has introduced a new line of gaming machine products: Electronic Bingo Machines. Electronic Bingo Machines are pretty much what you’d expect, with no paper and ink needed! The Take1 Bingo Machines are based on a client-server […]
Global to employ 220 in Lancaster
Insurance direct marketing firm Global Contact Services has announced plans to open a call center in Lancaster, Ohio. According to the Lancaster Economic Development Office, the call center will employ 220 full-time. Global Contact Services currently employs more than 1,500 employees in America. Among GCS clientele are Bank of America, Wachovia, AIG, Verizon, Wells Fargo […]
American Medical takes Chicago
Representatives of American Medical Alert Corp., provider of healthcare communication services and advanced home health monitoring technologies, have announced the acquisition of American Mediconnect, Inc. and Phone Screen, Inc. Founded in 1985, American Mediconnect is a Chicago-based firm which specializes in health care communications, exclusively serving hospitals, medical center, physician practices, clinics, pharmaceutical companies, and […]
Unitech opens big building
Unitech Electronics, a Taiwan-based 3C channel distributor, inaugurated a new logistics center outside Kaohsiung in southern Taiwan on Tuesday. Unitech was pleased as punch to throw out lots of numbers, and so will we, because we here at CRMchump love the stats. The center was erected at a total cost of $150 million, occupies 3,636 […]
Opening the Databazaar in India
Databazaar.com, currently the fifth largest online U.S. retailer specializing in IT peripherals, has announced its intent to enter the India market. Company talks with offline partners owning independent distribution and logistics chains were reported in Telegraph India’s online edition today. Databazaar would comprise the online platform for the unnamed potential partners of the new venture. […]
Zards on 2007 in CRM
Popping in with a forecast for 2007 over at the Chicago, Ill.-based The Business Ledger is Arthur Zards, president/co-founder of XNet Information Systems. Zards takes it upon himself in a fairly extensive piece to answer he imagines “you might be wondering” (“you” meaning the owners of small- and mid-sized businesses) as we wait for Baby […]
Platinum for Teradata
Teradata and client company Overstock.com have taken the 2006 platinum award for overall excellence from the National Center for Database Marketing. Teradata and Overstock.com also bagged a gold award for technology applications from the NCDM. The awards honor organizations that “have demonstrated ingenuity and creativity in leveraging their marketing databases,” and are presented annually by […]
SES goes for more
These days, hardly twenty-four hours goes by without news from a certain enterprise software provider in the Philippines; ever since the company’s “reverse merger” with software firm SFWJ, a media blitz of Software Effective Solutions Inc.’s deals and agreements has emanated from the island nation. Today, SES has announced its agreement with Fibercom, a leading […]