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Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online 30 Day Trial

If you're looking to take your customer relationship management to the next level, Microsoft invites you to try Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online for 30 days -- free! Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online is a groundbreaking new hosted solution that gives you Microsoft Dynamics CRM capabilities without the investment in IT infrastructure...

Tags: Microsoft Dynamics, Microsoft Dynamics CRM, Microsoft Corp., CRM, Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online, Microsoft Dynamics Live, Advertising & Promotion, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software

Resource centers 2008-04-01

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Brent Leary Expounds: The SMBs Rejoice

Brent Leary, who is not only my bud, but one of the leading, no, the leading, small business consultant and analyst when it comes to small business (duh!), CRM, social CRM and social media,  is someone that I want to highlight on these pages.  Not that you need to come...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Leader, Small Business, Small And Medium Business, CRM, Brent Leary, Maximizer Needs, Price Point, Advertising & Promotion, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Paul Greenberg

Blog posts 2009-09-14

High-End Real Estate Company JBMRA Puts Brokers in Prime Position to Increase Sales with Microsoft Dynamics CRM Live

JBMRA—Sperry Van Ness Institutional JBMRA specializes in the marketing of high-end real estate properties in the Unites States. Agents and brokers accessed the firm's Office Outlook public folders and records kept in Office Excel spreadsheets. JBMRA needed to migrate to an effective long-term CRM solution, and chose Microsoft Dynamics® CRM...

Tags: Microsoft Dynamics, Microsoft Dynamics CRM, Broker, Microsoft Corp., Sales, CRM, Real Estate, Advertising & Promotion, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Enterprise Software, Business Operations, Marketing, Software

Case studies 2009-08-01

Ballmer: Ultra-thin PCs will be the answer to netbooks

Ballmer: Ultra-thin PCs will be the answer to netbooksThe never ending quest to charge more for a commodity product ntntI am already using an ultra-thin PC, the Toshiba R600.Ultra-thin computers have been out for a decade. People buy netbooks not only for the size but also for the price. Honestly,...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, R600, netbook, Ultra-thin PC, Steve Ballmer

Discussion threads 2009-07-30

Windows Azure: a very difficult concept explained

Since the announcement of Windows Azure, codenamed "Red Dog" as discovered by my colleague Mary-Jo Foley, at PDC 2008, I have felt an element of doubt hanging over the service, simply because I didn't know enough about it. This post will explain everything you need to know about Azure -...

Tags: Operating System, Server, Microsoft Corp., Service, Windows Azure, Mary-Jo, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Data Centers, Storage, Software, Hardware, Data Management, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2009-05-01

CRM Pricing Changes: Brother Can You Spare 30 Bucks a Month

If there's one thing that characterizes a recession when it comes to CRM or enterprise applications desirability, its the pricing.  Pricing schemes are a big deal for potential customers.  Especially in an economic downturn where: Keeping the customer matters and CRM seems to be the way to...

Tags: NetSuite Inc., Microsoft Corp., SugarCRM, Pricing Strategy, CRM, Pricing Scheme, Enterprise Edition Pricing, Pricing, Marketing Research, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Advertising & Promotion, Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Paul Greenberg

Blog posts 2009-04-29

Microsoft touts new CRM freebies

Microsoft touts new CRM freebiesNot sure Accelerators work with CRM OnlineHi MJ, Microsoft first announced the 8 CRM solution accelerators at the Microsoft Partner Conference in Houston in July 2008.Many of the accelerators won't work with Dynamics CRM Online service because of the Live ID-based authentication and lack of support...

Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Customer relationship management (CRM), Enterprise software, CRM, new CRM freeby, CRM freeby, Microsoft Corp., freeby, accelerator

Discussion threads 2009-03-10

Microsoft 'elevates America' with free job training

Microsoft 'elevates America' with free job trainingDOJ 2.0DOJ 2.0, simply means that when I was with MS a few years back, this idea was floated out to gain the Mind Share and thus fortify the adoption of MS products in IT shops. Most of these people can already receive...

Tags: Recruitment & Selection, training and certification, Microsoft Corp., job training, training, job

Discussion threads 2009-02-23

CRM 2009 - Companies to Watch For - Second Verse, Different Than the First

CRM 2009 - Companies to Watch For - Second Verse, Different Than the FirstSugarCRMI work for a SugarCRM customisation and integration house (http://www.thesugarrefinery.com) so know a thing or two about SugarCRM.Just wanted to say that your article is probably one of the best written, most accurate, most informative and most...

Tags: Customer relationship management (CRM), Advertising & Promotion, Enterprise software, CRM, CRM 2009, SugarCRM, Microsoft Corp., Companies

Discussion threads 2008-12-16

CRM 2009 - Companies to Watch For - Live and Let Die - Part 1

We're heading into the forecasting homestretch now. You've seen what I'm thinking 'sup for 2009 with this post, this post, and this post.  Now we move onto the final one or two or three (we'll see how long I can go writing each one before I get tired or sick...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Oracle Corp., Vision, SAP AG, Microsoft Corp., Sales, CRM, SDN, BPX, Marketing Functionality, Advertising & Promotion, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Paul Greenberg

Blog posts 2008-12-10

Move over, Ajax. Here comes Microsoft's 'Kojax'

Move over, Ajax. Here comes Microsoft's 'Kojax'is that accurate?[i]using a combination of Visual Studio tools and JavaScript, on Java-based mobile phones.[/i].Is M$ embracing Java?...Or may be it is getting ready to buy Sun at a firesale price.Silverlight Lite ?Could it be Silverlight Lite ?Some possible connectionsLive Mesh / Live Framework,...

Tags: Microsoft Just, Kojax, Microsoft Corp., AJAX, Microsoft Silverlight, Here Come

Discussion threads 2008-11-25

Momentum Webcast: Microsoft Dynamics SL for Construction (Level 100)

Project-based companies that invest in technology solutions and take full advantage of it are able to execute projects more efficiently, deliver a better quality product, and earn a higher profit margin. Combining familiar Microsoft Office system applications like Excel, Word, and Project with powerful financial and operational software from Microsoft...

Tags: Microsoft Dynamics, Webcast, Microsoft Corp., Tools & Techniques, Construction, Microsoft Office, Management, Office Suites, Software

Webcasts 2008-11-20

News to know: Yahoo, Blackberry Storm, Black Friday leaks, Smartphones

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Sam Diaz: Yahoo dips below $10; Icahn, board called out Larry Dignan: Verizon Wireless: Storm lands Nov. 21 Sean Portnoy: Best Buy...

Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Richard Koman, Yahoo! Inc., Dana Blankenhorn, RIM BlackBerry, Microsoft Corp., Matthew Miller, Smartphone, Microsoft Windows, Advertising & Promotion, Handhelds, Operating Systems, Software, Marketing, Hardware, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-11-14

BriefingsDirect Analysts take Microsoft's pulse: Will the software giant peak in next few years?

BriefingsDirect Analysts take Microsoft's pulse: Will the software giant peak in next few years?Respect most of the comments but Dave Linthicum is a whack job!I respect and value everyone's opinion on this topic and conversation and it was interesting to read but where the hell did you find the whack...

Tags: cloud computing, Utility computing, Storage management, software, Microsoft Corp., Dave Linthicum, virtualization, stupid comment

Discussion threads 2008-10-31

Ozzie responds: Is Microsoft Azure just 'Hailstorm' revisited?

Ozzie responds: Is Microsoft Azure just 'Hailstorm' revisited?Yes... in theoryAlright, to ansswer your question, I believe Microsoft has an answer, in theory. We need to see it work in the real world.This will work, if for example, I am user A, and I own Data A. And User B is...

Tags: RSS, Ozzie, User B, Hailstorm, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Azure

Discussion threads 2008-10-29

Windows 7: preview of final user interface and 'studenty' features

It's a difficult and strange time for many in the IT industry. It seems most people from home consumers to students, IT professionals and governments have rejected Windows Vista, and many have their reservations about Windows 7. Will it be another disaster like Vista? Or will it...

Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Vista, PDC, Mary-Jo, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Software, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2008-10-28

Microsoft's Azure cloud platform: A guide for the perplexed

Microsoft's Azure cloud platform: A guide for the perplexedHead in the clouds...So, Microsoft "cloud computing" is another huge boon to IT Departments who want to hire more staff? I wonder if anyone will eventually wake up and realize that IT departments can usually be replaced by a dozen temp...

Tags: Data centers, Storage, Databases, Windows Azure, Azure, PDC, Microsoft Corp., data center, server, ISV

Discussion threads 2008-10-27

Transcript: PDC08 Keynote â€" Ray Ozzie, Amitabh Srivastava, Bob Muglia and David Thompson

Todd Bishop, TechFlash; Ed Bott, ZDNet;  Kip Kniskern, Liveside; Rafael Rivera, Within Windows; Paul Thurrott, Windows Supersite; and Tom Warren, Neowin; and Long Zheng, Istartedsomething â€" and yours truly--did a group blog of the first PDC keynote. Here's the live blog transcript (speakers: Ray Ozzie, Amitabh Srivastava,...

Tags: Keynote, Ed Bott, Mary Jo Foley, Ray Ozzie, Microsoft Corp., Service, App, Liveside, Neowin.net, Tom Riley, Signal God, Paul, MJ, Azure, Z, Red Dog, Download Link, Saruhan, Bluehoo, MOS, SSDS, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Blog posts 2008-10-27

News to know: Windows 7; Tech economy; Samsung eyes SanDisk; NetSuite

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Mary Jo Foley: Windows 7 hits Milestone 3 Microsoft and Cray to unveil $25,000 Windows-based supercomputer VMware’s Datacenter OS: Windows isn’t the competition ...

Tags: Google Inc., Microsoft Windows 7, SanDisk Corp., Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., NetSuite Inc., VMware Inc., Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-09-17

The Techie Hall of Shame

The Techie Hall of ShameThe Florida architectural firm rampagehttp://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/01/24/disgruntled_employee_silent_rampage/RE: The Techie Hall of ShameAs far as this system in S.F. - If you have physical access to the machine, you should be able to get admin/root access. I'd be curious to know what OS they are talking about.RE: The Techie...

Tags: Social Security, Operational accounting, Most IT folk, Techie Hall, VSB

Discussion threads 2008-07-16