AlfaPeople, a Microsoft Dynamics CRM specialist, received three awards at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference in New Orleans recently. AlfaPeople was awarded “Microsoft Dynamics Reseller of the Year for Western Europe”. AlfaPeople’s innovations in the hosting space and the positive feedback Microsoft received from partners and customers were highlighted as reasons for qualification. (more…)

StayinFront, Inc., a global provider of enterprise-wide customer relationship management (CRM) applications, decision support tools, data services, sample inventory management solutions and eBusiness systems, has been accepted into the HP Developer & Solution Partner Program (DSPP). The DSPP is designed to enable independent software vendors (ISVs), systems integrators, developers and consultants to work collaboratively to more effectively address customer needs. (more…)

Salesforce.com (NYSE:CRM) , the market and technology leader in on-demand business services, has received the Stevie Award for Best New Product or Service – Computer Hardware or Service in The 2007 American Business Awards with Salesforce for Google AdWords. Salesforce for Google AdWords was launched in August of 2006 and is one of the cornerstones of Salesforce Marketing, enabling customers to effectively measure and evaluate their sales and marketing activities. (more…)

Salesforce.com Foundation, the global leader in integrating philanthropy and business, has recently announced its 2007 global grant recipients. These grants totaling over $250,000 represent the impact of salesforce.com’s innovative 1/1/1 integrated corporate philanthropy model where 1% of employee time, 1% of the company’s equity, and 1% of the company’s product are delivered to nonprofits. (more…)

Salesforce.com (NYSE:CRM), a leader in on-demand business services, recently said that KONE, one of the world’s leading elevator and escalator companies, is expanding their deployment of Salesforce’s multi-tenant, on-demand CRM to 2,560 staff in 43 countries to maximize sales effectiveness and efficiency and help the company to deepen its customer focus. (more…)

Forrester Research, an independent research firm, has named Oracle’s Siebel CRM On Demand as a “Leader” in record-centric customer service management software in the latest Forrester Wave Evaluation: Customer Service Management Software, Q2 May 2007. (more…)

OutStart, a provider of eKnowledge software solutions, has recently announced OutStart SellingEdge.com, an on-demand sales and marketing knowledge management solution that helps revenue producing teams sell more by providing them with the just-in-time knowledge required to facilitate and accelerate buying cycles. This is the first of its kind on-demand solution provides the expert knowledge sales teams need to sell more. (more…)

Epicor Software Corporation (NASDAQ:EPIC) , a leading provider of enterprise business software solutions for the midmarket and divisions of Global 1000 companies, has recently announced its continued support of the information worker through the delivery of feature-rich content packs for Epicor Portal. (more…)

RightNow(R) Technologies (NASDAQ:RNOW) has been named a leader in Interaction-Centric CSM Software in the Q2 2007 Forrester Wave(TM) report, Customer Service Management Software (May 2007). According to the Forrester report, RightNow offers “a robust offering for customer service, especially for consumer-facing organizations.” The report also states that RightNow “provides strong customer service analytics, comprehensive self-service tools, and a strong knowledgebase — at some of the lowest prices in the market.” (more…)

Dominion Enterprises, a leading media and information services company, has acquired Autobase, the leading supplier of auto dealership marketing and sales solutions. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. This is Dominion Enterprises’ first CRM acquisition in the automotive industry. (more…)