By R "Ray" Wang on January 7, 2014
Dynamics CRM Gains Key Technology and Team To Take Existing Customer Care Assets To Next Level On January 7th, 2014, The Microsoft Dynamics CRM team announced a definitive agreement to acquire Herndon, VA based Parature for an undisclosed sum. This acquisition is Microsoft Dynamic’s CRM’s largest to date. Parature is an East Coast software start-up […]
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By Michael Fauscette on July 14, 2012
Twice a year, for over three years now, we have conducted a social business survey to look at adoption and usage trends in the enterprise. We recently completed this years survey and are now busy analyzing the data. There are…
Posted in Business | Tagged collaboration, Customer, e2.0, Innovation management, knowledge, SCRM, socbiz, Social, support, Survey |
By R "Ray" Wang on June 15, 2012
Mobility and Scheduling Play A Key Role In IFS Service Management Strategy On May 23rd, IFS acquired Metrix, a service management and mobility vendor headquartered in Waukesha, Wisconsin. IFS adds 90 customers with Metrix. Key highlights of the acquisition include: Expansion into new markets. Metrix Service Management provides a field service management and depot repair […]
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By Michael Fauscette on May 29, 2012
Companies are learning that today customer service is a big part of effective marketing strategy. The concept that customers decide how, when and where they interact with a company could be an opportunity but for many companies it is challenging…
Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged CEM, Customer, SCRM, service, support
By Michael Coté on March 8, 2011
Rackspace announces a support plan for OpenStack, while Dell, Rackspace, and Opscode announce an OpenStack installer for quick cloud building.
Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged Chef, Cloud, Cloud Builders, Cloud Computing, Dell, Open source, OpenStack, OpsCode, Private Cloud, Quick Analysis, Rackspace, redmonk, support, Systems Management, The New Thing
By Zoli Erdos on June 28, 2010
”There is an app for that” – say the Apple commercials. “There is a plugin for that” – was my conclusion, while lookin for the rigth tools to move the Enterprise Irregulars blog to WordPress a few months ago. Seriously. The WordPress ecosystem is simply amazing, things that a few years ago required messing with […]
Posted in Business | Tagged blogging, Customer Support, Enterprise Irregulars, FeedBurner, feedwordpress, hybrid news theme, Hybrid Theme, Open source, plugins, pressharbor, support, Technical support, web hosting, wordpress |
By R "Ray" Wang on March 8, 2010
Who Says Support Has To Be Bundled With Maintenance?
About a decade back, vendors would offer support and maintenance as two separate line items on their contracts. Support would run about 5 to 10% the license fee and so would maintenance. Keep in mind, average support and maintenance fees were under 15% back then. Here’s a […]
Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged 3PM, 3rd party maintenance, Apps Strategy, choice, contract negotiations, contract strategy, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, Enterprise Business Apps, enterprise collaboration, enterprise software, erp, maintenance, maintenance fees, Maintenance Hike, Microsoft Dynamics, Microsoft Dynamics AX, Microsoft Dynamics Convergence, MIcrosoft Dynamics CRM, MIcrosoft Dynamics ERP, Microsoft Dynamics GP, Microsoft Dynamics NAV, Microsoft Dynamics SL, predictability, software as a service, Software Ecosystems, software escrow, software licensing, software licesing and pricing, software maintenance, software ownership lifecycle, software pricing, support, Technical support, value |
By R "Ray" Wang on March 5, 2010
Analyzing The Demand For Use Cases In Social CRM
Since joining Altimeter Group, I’ve had the pleasure of collaborating with my colleague Jeremiah Owyang on Social CRM. On a daily basis, the requests for Social CRM strategies escalated from all parts of the organization. In fact, requests reflected all facets of CRM including the usual sales, marketing, […]
Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged Altimeter Group, Brent Leary, collaboration, collaboration insights, CRM, crowdsourced R&D, customer experience management, Dion Hincliffe, early adoptions, early movers, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, enterprise collaboration, enterprise software, enterprise strategy, Erin Kinikin, Esteban Kolsky, evangelizables, extended collaboration, groundswell, hollistic approach, innovation, innovation insights, John Lovett, John Ragsdale, Josh Weinberger, marketing, Marshall Lager, near tipping points, Nenshad Bardoliwalla, Oliver Marks, Paul Greenberg, peer-to-peer unpaid armies, proacitve social lead generation, rapid social marketing response, rapid social sales response, sales, seamless customer experience, service, Social Business Software, social campaign tracking, Social CRM, social customer insights, social event management, social marketing insights, social sales insights, social service, social support, social support insights, social technologies, support, Susan Scrupski, VIP experience |