Oracle CRM On Demand

Research Summary: Best Practices: Consolidated CRM Deployments Drive Paths to Modernization And Social CRM (SCRM)
By R "Ray" Wang on February 14, 2012
As with any maturing product category, CRM applications have evolved over time from point applications to best of breed solutions to end-to-end suites. This report examines some common styles of modernization as CRM emerges from the systems of transaction era to the systems of engagement era and beyond.
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News Analysis: Oracle Buys RightNow For $1.43B
By R "Ray" Wang on October 25, 2011
The Acquisition Machine Heads To The Public Cloud Users gathered at the Customer Summit 2011 at the Broadmoor Hotel woke up to the shocking announcement that Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) announced a $1.43B acquisition of leading SMB CRM vendor RightNow Technologies (NASDAQ: RNOW) today. According to Thomas Kurian, “Oracle is moving aggressively to offer customers a […]
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Event Report: Oracle Open World 2010 – The Wrap Up
By R "Ray" Wang on September 26, 2010
Oracle Continues To Demonstrate Benefits From An Effective M&A Strategy A quick poll of 61 attendees at Oracle Open World 2010, revealed that 57.4% (35/61) of Oracle customers were positive, 29.2% (19/61) were neutral, and 10.8% (7/61) were negative about Oracle’s application strategy to date. A continued stream of product enhancements and releases may be […]
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