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		<title>UK Trade Groups to Name SaaS/Cloud Standards</title>
		<link>http://www.business-software.com/crm/crmbuzz/uk-trade-groups-to-name-saascloud-standards/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 22:26:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>aguerra</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week, Dennis Howlett announced some exciting news on both his personal and ZDNet blogs: the ICAEW (Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales) and several UK trade groups will be working together to develop SaaS/cloud standards.
This year, “SaaS” and “cloud computing” business softwares have been discussed nonstop, and those two terms have become [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SMBs&#8217; Necessities: Time Reporting Is A Must</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 19:19:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>aguerra</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[CRM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Business Practices for SMBs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Time Reporting]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this month, CRM Buyer re-released an interesting story as part of a “Best of ECT News” series, and it touched upon an important aspect of business management that many SMBs are reluctant to implement: time reporting.
Small- and medium-sized businesses tend to have their CRM spread across multiple applications, so it’s not surprising that some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tips for Small Businesses Adopting CRM Systems</title>
		<link>http://www.business-software.com/crm/crmbuzz/tips-for-small-businesses-adopting-crm-systems/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:02:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>aguerra</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[CRM]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Small businesses tend to manage customer relationships through a number of different applications—documents, contact managers, spreadsheets, etc.—and it is those companies that have the most to gain from implementing a unified CRM system. To help quell some of the apprehensions and concerns small businesses may have with CRM, CRM Buyer recently outlined some tips to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Global Success: SugarCRM Customer Awarded Best Practices Award</title>
		<link>http://www.business-software.com/crm/crmbuzz/global-success-sugarcrm-customer-awarded-best-practices-award/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 15:55:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>aguerra</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[CRM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[3Dconnexion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CRM Expo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Insignio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Logitech]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two weeks ago, the annual CRM Expo was held in Nuremberg, Germany, and SugarCRM client 3Dconnexion was awarded the 2009 CRM Best Practice Award. The award is most certainly a testament to the value and capabilities SugarCRM delivers to its customers, and 3Dconnexion is the third SugarCRM customer to win the award, and it is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tips for Security in The Cloud</title>
		<link>http://www.business-software.com/crm/crmbuzz/tips-for-security-in-the-cloud/</link>
		<comments>http://www.business-software.com/crm/crmbuzz/tips-for-security-in-the-cloud/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 22:18:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>aguerra</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[CRM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hosted / OnDemand / SaaS]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The expansion of cloud computing is unstoppable, and its growth within enterprise software is manifest destiny. Of course, when dealing with cloud storage there are always questions about security. After a recent Unisys survey revealed that more than half of its enterprise participants considered security and privacy their biggest concern with the cloud, eWeek did [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sales Best Practices Your Sales Team Needs Now</title>
		<link>http://www.business-software.com/crm/crmbuzz/best-of-crm-best-practices-tools/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2009 18:31:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Staff Writer</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[January 20, 2009]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you know the Sales Best Practices that can help you close more deals and close them faster? These sales best practice white papers and webinars will help your sales team excel in these difficult economic times. The white papers below are featured on Business-Software.com, the fast-growing online destination for hundreds of technology white papers, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why a Smaller Software Company is a Good Choice</title>
		<link>http://www.business-software.com/crm/crmbuzz/thriving-in-uncertain-economic-times/</link>
		<comments>http://www.business-software.com/crm/crmbuzz/thriving-in-uncertain-economic-times/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 18:14:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Staff Writer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Best Practices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Software News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hard economic times]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PhaseWare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[retain customers]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Need to Balance Business and Product Development
Software companies must be built with a healthy balance between business and product development. One side of the business cannot overtake the other without drastic consequences. Hard economic times test the fortitude of software companies of all sizes; customers and prospects need to watch how companies behave in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Secure Is Your CRM Provider? 5 Questions to Ask.</title>
		<link>http://www.business-software.com/crm/crmbuzz/how-secure-is-your-crm-provider-5-questions-to-ask/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 17:29:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Staff Writer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Best Practices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[November 7, 2008]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Round Table Topics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Software News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CRM Provider]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[software]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Amidst a climate of economic insecurity, businesses are wondering how they can trust that their potential or existing CRM software vendor has “staying power”.  Moreover, customers want to be assured that –- in addition to having the fortitude to overcome the national economic downturn &#8212; their software provider will maintain quality standards for their products and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Best Practices for Leveraging Your Existing CRM System</title>
		<link>http://www.business-software.com/crm/crmbuzz/best-practices-for-leveraging-your-existing-crm-system/</link>
		<comments>http://www.business-software.com/crm/crmbuzz/best-practices-for-leveraging-your-existing-crm-system/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 16:55:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Staff Writer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Best Practices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Business Software Columns]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[July 24, 2008]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many businesses outgrow their CRM system. But, before you consider purchasing a new one, make sure you&#8217;ve gotten as much value as possible out of your existing investment. 

Do you Really Need a New CRM System?
For many companies, the first CRM system they purchase serves as a &#8220;stepping stone&#8221; &#8211; a way for them to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Paid Search Advertisers &#8211; Is PPC Management Software Right For You?</title>
		<link>http://www.business-software.com/crm/crmbuzz/ppc-advertisers-is-ppc-management-software-right-for-you/</link>
		<comments>http://www.business-software.com/crm/crmbuzz/ppc-advertisers-is-ppc-management-software-right-for-you/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jan 2008 23:11:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Staff Writer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Best Practices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[January 20, 2008]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marketing Automation/Email Marketing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[While highly effective in delivering qualified prospects, the management of pay per click (PPC) advertising on search engines like Google, Yahoo and MSN is increasingly complex. Many software marketers marvel at how their simple campaign with a hundred or so keywords has grown into a multi-national lead generation machine with thousands of keywords, across multiple search engines, and bidding strategies that sound a bit like war.]]></description>
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