The wireless Web technology, like all great Internet breakthroughs, is surrounded by hype. However, the reality is that the United States has a growing mobile work force that could turn the hype into solving real business issues, inasmuch as wireless creates a new paradigm that no longer restricts workers by physical boundaries or a tethered desktop PC system.

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If this was happening on an on-going basis I would be concerned. But hopefully they will learn from the experience and it will be a one-time thing.

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Microsoft has made a number of fixes to the previous version of their CRM software, including putting all of the tasks in a single account, ... This version makes it much easier for companies to access the information they need.

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Number one priority should be an application and not a platform. What's more important is the ability for their customers to make unique business process and custom changes to their own applications or [to build any application they want themselves.] So, it's a platform play, but it's all about empowering the application itself.

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This is how these companies are trying to take advantage of the upheaval in the industry. They are trying to motivate a company to leave their existing software.

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Realize that Sage has been in the CRM space for a long time, ... They are not coming to the market with new technology; it's more of a repositioning and branding effort in the U.S. and globally.

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I wouldn't say this is indicative of a trend or likely to happen again. A lot of the vendors are putting very large investments in place to prevent these sorts of situations.

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[You also might consider buying more than one application to address different parts of your campaigns.] If you put together several best-in-class technologies, you can create a strong CRM strategy, and leverage the best of each application, ... Often, if done correctly, this can be more effective than pinning all your hopes on one application.

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You don't spend that much money just for a customer base. If they discontinue the product, they're going to lose those customers anyway, because they won't be happy. So that means they would have spent billions for nothing.

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