Courtesy of SmallBusinessComputing.com. To run your business efficiently, you must live by the credo that no application is an island. That is, if your e-commerce storefront isn’t sharing information with your accounting, inventory management, point of sale and other business…
One of the benefits of Web-based applications is that vendors can efficiently roll out new versions. There’s no software for users to download or CDs to mail. Siebel Systems has been taking full advantage of the ASP model, releasing five…
Touting what it calls the three C’s of CRM, SalesCenter today announced a new version of its Web-based sales force automation application. In addition to configuration and customization, Dave Dabbah, general manager for SalesCenter, said the company “provides a layer…
Convoq, a Lexington, Mass.-based provider of communication and collaboration services, today announced ASAP Pro 2.0, a Web conference service that requires only that attendees have a Macromedia Flash player to attend an online meeting. Aimed at small and mid-sized businesses,…
Article originally appeared on SmallBuinessComputing.com. Microsoft’s next small business edition of Office will feature an enhanced version of Outlook 2003 with Business Contact Manager. The new suite, codenamed Magellan, also touts tight integration among applications. Microsoft Monday announced the availability…
Many companies offer turnkey online application suites, but perhaps no one has been as ambitious as San Mateo, Calif.-based NetSuite. The company began with what was largely an accounting application, added e-commerce and Web-site building features, andlater tacked on inventory…
WebEx Communications is one of the pioneers of real-time collaboration applications. In fact, to many companies the name WebEx is synonymous with online meetings. To date, Web-based meetings have been viewed mainly as a way to reduce travel expenses. However,…
Reprinted from SmallBusinessComputing.com In an effort to integrate its IP-based communications products with Microsoft customer relationship management software, Cisco Systems today announced the Cisco CRM Communications Connector. The offering is designed to integrate Cisco IP Communications technology with Microsoft CRM.…
NetSuite, a Web-based application provider, recently announced two new modules designed to further enhance its e-commerce capabilities and provide deeper integration with the suite’s financial, inventory management and sales and customer-support systems. The San Mateo, Calif.-based company will add new…
NetSuite was providing Web-based applications when it wasn’t cool. The San Mateo, Calif.-based provider of a turnkey e-commerce, accounting, customer relationship management (CRM) and enterprise resource planning (ERP) package has seen the hype, the fall and slow ascension of the…