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Mid-Market CIO Panel: Tips and Techniques for Improving Vendor Relationships
July 15, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM U.S./Eastern (GMT-4)
We'll highlight relationship priorities and best practices identified in a Council study, and we'll interact with a CIO panel on the approaches they've used to improve strategic vendor partnerships.
Secrets of Successful Vendor Contract Negotiations for the Mid-Market
Sept. 10, 2009, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM U.S./Eastern (GMT-4)
On this free public Council teleconference, Matthew A. Karlyn, attorney at Foley & Lardner in Boston, will share tips on negotiating tactics and new, creative contract terms to help mid-market CIOs make better deals.
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On-Demand CRM Only
Entellium: Includes functionality for sales-force automation, marketing automation, and service and support.
iRadeon: Focused on sales-force automation.
NetSuite: Includes functionality for sales-force automation, marketing automation, and service and support. Also offers integrated functionality for financial management, e-commerce and other enterprise operations.
Salesforce.com: Includes functionality for sales-force automation, marketing automation, and service and support. Also partners with other companies to provide more specialized functionality for HR, finance, health care and e-commerce.
SalesNet: Focused on sales-force automation.
On-Demand and On-Premise CRM
Kana: Focused on customer service and service-resolution management.
Microsoft: Provides sales-force automation, marketing automation, and service and support functionality predominantly for small and mid-market companies. Currently offers on-demand solutions only through its partners.
RightNow: Provides functionality for customer service, sales-force automation and marketing automation.
Siebel CRM (now owned by Oracle): Provides a suite of solutions for marketing automation, sales-force automation, call center and service, self-service and e-billing, customer-order management and partner management. Siebel’s on-demand solution provides functionality for contact center, sales-force automation, marketing automation, and service and support.
On-Premise CRM Only
mySAP CRM: Includes functionality for marketing, sales, service, e-commerce, contact center, and channel management.
Onyx: Provides marketing automation, sales-force automation, service and support, contact center, partner-relationship management and customer-performance management.
Oracle: Has basic functionality for sales-force automation, marketing automation, and service and support.
PeopleSoft: Offers functionality for sales, service and marketing, as well as analytics and vertical-specific solutions.
SalesLogix: Includes functionality for sales, marketing, customer service and support for small to midsize businesses.
Source: Nucleus Research