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SAP announced upbeat results for Q2 2001 and reconfirmed the positive outlook for the rest of the year amid the bloodbath
of many of its competitors. However, negative license revenue growth in the US, a likely cascading economic slowdown from
the US to other markets, and net profit restatement owing to (...)
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SAP announced upbeat results for Q2 2001 and reconfirmed the positive outlook for the rest of the year amid the bloodbath
of many of its competito...
Published:
2001-08-17
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While Cincom's solutions, services, experience and results should resonate well with in the complex manufacturing segment,
it competes against a slew of companies with stronger brand names (not impeded by Cincom’s conservative tacit nature) and/or
financial resources. (...)
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While Cincom's solutions, services, experience and results should resonate well with in the complex manufacturing segment,
it competes against a s...
Published:
2002-11-27
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Onyx Software is one of the few direct competitors of Siebel Systems with a solid chance at long-term success in the CRM
market. A strong customer focus and a commitment to a 100% web-based architecture are just two of its critical success factors.
Find out how Onyx is staking its claim. (...)
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Onyx Software is one of the few direct competitors of Siebel Systems with a solid chance at long-term success
in the CRM market. A strong custome...
Published:
2000-12-04
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On November 9, SAP outlined its Customer Relationship Management plans in preparation for its product delivery next month.
In December the company is expected to launch a telesales application and Internet portal that it hopes will lay the foundation
for the full CRM suite rollout early next year. (...)
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On November 9, SAP outlined its Customer Relationship Management plans in preparation for its product delivery next month.
In December the company...
Published:
1999-11-17
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On December 6, SAP revealed it had entered into a partnership with Recognition Systems Group of the United Kingdom to add
marketing-planning and campaign-management features to its customer-relationship management suite. (...)
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On December 6, SAP revealed it had entered into a partnership with Recognition Systems Group of the United Kingdom to add
marketing-planning and c...
Published:
1999-12-08
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Epicor’s ability to enhance its products and its determination on executing product and technology strategies deserves commendation.
Current users are advised to follow Epicor's new product introductions and keep an eye on its future product strategy. The
positive sign is the company’s more manageabl (...)
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... Navision, Onyx, Pivotal, Interact Commerce/Best Software, and FrontRange, to name some in the CRM
space (without mentioning a slew of ERP competitors) are not ...
Published:
2002-06-12
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The last few years have been harsh on most vendors within the CRM market segment, particularly on Onyx and Pivotal. The economic
downturn and the standstill in IT spending have hit each company at a time when it was ramping up product development and
business expansion. (...)
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The last few years have been harsh on most vendors within the CRM market segment, particularly on Onyx and Pivotal. The economic
downturn and the ...
Published:
2004-02-05
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Microsoft’s ambition will be its greatest challenge, as the company is concurrently experiencing an almost disruptive technology
transition from Windows to .NET, using Internet rather than PCs. Microsoft Business Solutions is now up to its gills with
soul-searching dilemmas, possibly with more issues t (...)
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Microsoft’s ambition will be its greatest challenge, as the company is concurrently experiencing an almost disruptive technology
transition from W...
Published:
2002-08-16
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CRM software analysis: Read this comprehensive analysis and summary of Consona Enterprise CRM to learn what lies ahead for
this flagship CRM product. Enterprise resource planning (ERP) and customer relationship management (CRM) vendor Consona is
determined to establish a CRM “kingdom” based on Consona (...)
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CRM software analysis: Read this comprehensive analysis and summary of Consona Enterprise CRM to learn what lies ahead for
this flagship CRM produc...
Published:
2010-02-05
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SAP AG has seemingly crossed a strategy chasm, from a strict, stodgy, Not-Invented-Here (NIH) approach to software development
and delivery, to a seemingly quite open approach of broad development alliances, company acquisitions, Internet portals development,
and a deep, new relationship with IBM for bot (...)
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SAP AG has seemingly crossed a strategy chasm, from a strict, stodgy, Not-Invented- Here (NIH) approach to software development
and delivery, to a ...
Published:
2001-09-22
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Will the long awaited Siebel 7 product release help the until recently undisputed CRM leader withstand the pressure from
ERP giants – SAP, Oracle and PeopleSoft? (...)
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Will the long awaited Siebel 7 product release help the until recently undisputed CRM leader withstand the pressure from ERP
giants – SAP, Oracle ...
Published:
2001-12-28
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On January 3, 2000 PeopleSoft Inc. announced it had completed its acquisition of The Vantive Corporation, the world's second-largest
independent supplier of customer relationship management (CRM) solutions. The transaction was completed December 31, 1999
with the issuance of approximately 28 million shar (...)
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On January 3, 2000 PeopleSoft Inc. announced it had completed its acquisition of The Vantive Corporation, the world's
second-largest independent s...
Published:
2000-01-21
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In 2004, Best Software acquired ACCPAC through its parent company The Sage Group plc and has now released a new version of
its CRM product: SalesLogix 6.2. Their objective is clearly to gain as much market share as possible in the growing small
and medium sized enterprise market (SME). Acquiring addition (...)
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In 2004, Best Software acquired ACCPAC through its parent company The Sage Group plc and has now released a new version of
its CRM product: SalesL...
Published:
2004-08-05
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... a “Microsoft Shop,” tend to gravitate more towards Microsoft Dynamics CRM (including
xRM). Some facetious minds from Microsoft’s competitors might call ...
Published:
2010-03-26
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Epicor’s ability to enhance its products and its determination on executing product and technology strategies deserves commendation.
Current users are advised to follow Epicor's new product introductions and keep an eye on its future product strategy. The
positive sign is the company’s more manageabl (...)
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crm competitors:
... Navision, Onyx, Pivotal, Interact Commerce/Best Software, and FrontRange, to name some in the CRM
space (without mentioning a slew of ERP competitors) are not ...
Published:
2002-06-12
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Abstract:
Why has it been so difficult for CRM point solution providers to even find a white knight, which has not generally been the
case with even ancient ERP products? Could it be that while the traditional introspective mind-set of ERP becomes history,
its functionality remains critical and CRM is being absorb (...)
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Why has it been so difficult for CRM point solution providers to even find a white knight, which has not generally been the
case with even ancient...
Published:
2003-03-28
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Abstract:
SAP has a new marketing campaign. What does this mean for competitors, prospective buyers, and business-to-business marketing
professionals? This case study explains why it's important to dig deeper when a company of interest to you changes its marketing
campaign. (...)
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SAP has a new marketing campaign. What does this mean for competitors, prospective buyers, and business-to-business marketing
professionals? This ...
Published:
2006-01-05
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Abstract:
While IFS has become a notable global competitor as witnessed in the Computerworld IT Company of the Year award in Brazil,
it has been showing signs of stalling in the important North American market primarily owing to protracted losses and increased
'lobby talk' campaigns from incumbent mighty vendors. (...)
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While IFS has become a notable global competitor as witnessed in the Computerworld IT Company of the Year award in Brazil,
it has been showing sig...
Published:
2001-06-15
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Abstract:
The recent merger of Oracle and PeopleSoft requires, among many other things, finding a perfect balance between cultivating
the install base versus the zeal for snagging brand new customers. (...)
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The recent merger of Oracle and PeopleSoft requires, among many other things, finding a perfect balance between cultivating
the install base versu...
Published:
2005-05-20
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Cognos, one of the largest business intelligence and on-line analytical processing vendors, has announced an aggressive customer
relationship management initiative to supply the extensive interactive reporting, analysis, and scorecarding functionality
needed to leverage the data supplied by products like (...)
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Cognos, one of the largest business intelligence and on-line analytical processing vendors, has announced an aggressive customer
relationship mana...
Published:
2000-11-06