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CRM: The choice just got harder
News Vendor Whitepaper: Find the best CRM and Sales Force Automation vendors Like so many organizations, you may be trying to find new ways to make your sales team more efficient or build on the sales of your current customer base.
[November 15, 2004, 14:20]
Sun sees profits slide
News Analysts on the conference call focused on whether Sun's new Niagara-based T1000 and T2000 servers would cannibalise sales of existing products. McNealy and Jonathan Schwartz, Sun's president, focused their answers on external sales targets...
[January 25, 2006, 9:20]
Discouraging signs for IT rebound
News Last month, software industry bellwether Oracle estimated flat to modestly higher sales in the company's third quarter, reversing six consecutive quarters of declining sales. The data is an ominous sign for the embattled IT industry, which has...
[January 3, 2003, 9:03]
Software Jihad part 2
Blog No sales - no profit. If Google gets there first, MS gets hind teat and will look a lot like Yahoo does now, in the game, but a poor second. The problem of marketing shrink-wrap operating system software has been exposed by the "black-screen of...
[November 3, 2008, 17:29]
VAT/Tax Inspections should include Software Licence Audit
Talkback Personally I believe that falling CD/DVD Sales is due to being more informed - most people can find out if an Album/DVD is a dud through online reviews, text messages between Friends. Regulating the Web is a very dangerous game and maybe the ISP...
[February 24, 2008, 9:38]
Loss-making Rage Software signs David Beckham
News However, problems with the Sony PlayStation2 -- only 165,000 models were initially available in the UK -- meant that sales of the game were below expectations. UK computer game developer Rage has signed an exclusive deal with England football...
[March 28, 2001, 10:11]
Despair greets software patent bill
Talkback If they already have deeper pockets, they can outspend the small company on marketing and sales and bury them. I know that is not your intent but you are cutting the small player out of the game. Suppose that the cost of developing a software...
[September 8, 2006, 20:19]
Negotiators step in to software deals
News There's a lot of opportunity for consolidation," said Paul Janssen, director of sales best practices for BMC Software. Software vendors such as Oracle have also moved to change compensation for sales representatives, eliminating the incentives to...
[August 22, 2002, 13:01]
X-Box alert! Microsoft got game?
News The new goal could give the giant a large part of the approximately $7bn (£4.3bn) that the interactive entertainment industry pulled in last year and a heavy portion of the $300m generated by DVD player sales in 1999.
[February 28, 2000, 9:50]
iSS Financial
Downloads FeaturesMortgage calculator with amortization tableLease calculatorCar loan calculatorTip calculatorQuick and accurate calculationsEasy to use and responsive interfaceLow memory usageSave your calculations to review or compare later (two (2) per...
[November 12, 2002, 7:00]
Sega responds to Dreamcast rumours
News Although] sales of Dreamcast will continue, Sega will be focusing on the software business," the statement said. In the statement made late last night, Sega confirms that it is "planning to reform the worldwide production, sales and distribution...
[January 25, 2001, 9:58]
Sex, lies and videogames
News Such a rating would likely mean a big drop in future sales for the game, and indeed, it has been banned outright in Australia. The video game industry found itself embroiled in another controversy earlier this summer that invited denunciations of...
[August 23, 2005, 15:00]
Ballmer: Microsoft 'hell-bent' on success in ads
News Those included stepped-up sales of Windows through PC manufacturers, Xbox game consoles, Windows Mobile phone software, increased market share of server software, office-worker productivity software for small- and medium-sized businesses and...
[July 27, 2007, 8:03]
Is Linux pushing Microsoft into a corner?
News Instead of a straightforward sales pitch touting more features, better ease-of-use and a lower price, Ballmer said, Microsoft has now been forced to focus on the concept of total cost of ownership (TCO).
[July 17, 2002, 11:40]
Injunction against PlayStation emulator denied
News A US judge has denied Sony an injunction to prevent sales of an emulator that allows PlayStation games to be played on Windows based PCs. Also heartening for Bleem is the fact that it was at this stage that Connectix lost the fight to continue...
[September 1, 1999, 9:28]
VideoLogic PowerVR card whips up support
News We're positioning it above the current crop of 3D cards," said Kevin Dale, VideoLogic sales and marketing manager. This is an arcade card for high-quality game play. Graphics card specialist Diamond Multimedia has shown interest in the architecture...
[October 18, 1996, 14:15]
Legal costs depress Microsoft's bottom line
News The home and entertainment unit, which includes the Xbox game console in its purview, saw sales hit $530m, up from $453m. The Microsoft Business Solutions unit, which sells business software largely to small and mid-sized companies, saw sales inch...
[April 23, 2004, 8:40]
Video games get 'art' status in the US
News A panel of the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on Tuesday that a Missouri ordinance that bans the rentals or sales of graphically violent video games to minors violates free-speech rights. The Interactive Digital Software Association (IDSA...
[June 4, 2003, 9:53]
Can fantasy games make real money?
News That kind of dedication makes up for modest initial sales of the games. Eric Lempel, project director at The NPD Group, which tracks consumer markets, noted that, where most companies sell the software and move on, online game makers "have the...
[November 1, 1999, 9:51]
Study says PlayStation2 will rule thriving market
News The updated report estimates that the new generation of console platforms, which includes the Sony PlayStation2, the Microsoft Xbox and the Nintendo GameCube, will have combined US sales of more than 60 million units by 2005.
[August 8, 2001, 12:18]
