CRM

New sponsor: Workbooks

March 30, 2010 General

A few weeks ago Jake Stride contacted me. Those of you familiar with Tactile CRM might remember this video I shot in October 2008. Tactile is still doing good but Jake is now working with Workbooks a more advanced CRM provider aiming at the kind of customer that will be interested in Salesforce.com or NetSuite. [...]

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Pearl goes free with new Express service

March 16, 2009 Cloud Computing/SaaS

PearlSoftware is launching a new Express version with free pricing. The full version is more like an ERP solution for SMBs so the pricing matrix can appear complex. For the free version, see pricing panel screenshot below: Free gets you a limited but customizable CRM cum sales application that integrates some email and calendaring functionality. [...]

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KashFlow goes free, becomes a PaaS player

March 5, 2009 Featured

It’s going to be a KashFlow day here so bear with me. Duane Jackson just announced (via Twitter) that KashFlow is free for the firast year to existing MYOB, Quickbooks, or Sage users. The offer runs through to 30th April. According to the Kashflow site: Register for a 60 day free trial of KashFlow here [...]

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Software and services: life in an old dog

February 2, 2009 General

Despite all the saas/on-demand hand waving on this and other websites there is no denying that the incumbent vendors continue to do OK. Sure, the on-demand snowball is rolling downhill and gathering pace but that doesn’t mean the world and his dog will suddenly have a flash of vendor driven insight and switch. At least [...]

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