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Kevin Newcomb

NetSuite Debuts Down Under

Continuing a global expansion that began earlier this month in the UK, NetSuite Inc. on Tuesday brought its hosted business applications to Australia. The NetSuite product has been completely localized for Australia, from language conversion, to complex statutory requirements including…

Salesnet Gives CRM Integration a Twist

Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Application Service Provider Salesnet likens its service to a global positioning system (GPS) for Sales Representatives. Where other online CRM providers give you the high-level landmarks you’re going to pass, Salesnet will fill in the blanks…

NetSuite Arrives in UK

NetSuite Inc on Thursday set up shop in the United Kingdom, unveiling localized versions of its NetSuite and Oracle Small Business Suite hosted business applications, as well as launching a UK Solution Provider Program. Localization for the UK market includes…

Siebel Misses the Mark with Hosted Offering

Yesterday’s long-rumored announcement by Siebel Systems and IBM Corp. that Siebel was jumping into the hosted CRM space with Siebel CRM OnDemand garnered a less-than-exuberant response from competitors and a lukewarm response from others in the industry. “This is clearly…

RightNow CEO Foresees End of Software Dinosaurs

Hosted customer service and support (CSS) solutions provider RightNow Technologies is a company with a clear mission: to take over the agent desktop in the contact center. To accomplish this goal, the Bozeman, Mont.-based ASP on Monday unveiled RightNow 6.0,…

Fort Knox National Unveils E-Payment ASP

Payment service provider Fort Knox National Company (FKNC) today unveiled a pre-release of its TruePay suite of e-payment solutions. FKNC is in the business of taking payments for customers. For over 18 years, they have done so via outsourced call…

Salesforce.com Unveils S3

On-demand CRM vendor Salesforce.com Monday launched S3, the latest version of its customer relationship management software-as-service. “We’ve been pretty successful in establishing ourselves as a leader in this on-demand CRM space,” Tien Tzuo, salesforce.com vice president of product management told…

Surebridge Introduces Clientbridge

Enterprise ASP Surebridge Inc. Tuesday announced the general release of ClientBridge, its customer service Web portal providing its customers with visibility into the day-to-day management of application hosting services. ClientBridge is designed to enhance accountability by anticipating and meeting the…