Erica Bell is a small business writer who focuses on topics such as cloud-based business software. She is a web content writer for Business.com Considering moving to the cloud? Cloud-based systems ...

Next, let's weigh some other key factors starting with your firm's size and plans for future growth. For example, a solo practitioner or a firm with two or three advisers that intends to stay small ...

As their small businesses grow, most business owners reach a point where they consider investing in customer relationship management (CRM) software. At the most basic level, a CRM solution can help ...

We fire up the top hosted CRM solutions from RightNow, NetSuite, Salesnet, and Salesforce.com and put them through their paces Hosted CRM solutions, which deliver SFA and more through the browser as a ...

Microsoft Corp. said Tuesday it plans to introduce a Web-based version of its sales and marketing software in 2007 as it targets rivals like Salesforce.com , Oracle Corp. , and SAP AG in a ...

Salesforce.com's planned expansion into a new market may be its biggest challenge yet. The company, which offers a service that allows salespeople to track leads and account information online, plans ...

Web-based CRM also enables agents to escalate calls to more experienced employees. For example, Oracle (Redwood City, CA) works with the US Navy's Department of Personnel, which opened a call center ...

SAP AG has acquired Praxis Software Solutions and will integrate the company's Web-based CRM and e-commerce capabilities into SAP Business One, which targets small and midsized companies. Financial ...

E-business applications vendor Siebel Systems Inc. today began shipping Siebel 7, the latest version of its customer relationship management (CRM) software. The biggest change to the software is that ...