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Siebel Acquisitions Show Ambition
News The company said on Wednesday that it has agreed to acquire software-as-service company UpShot for up to $70m (£42m) in cash and has bought the assets of business applications maker Motiva for less than $3m.
[October 16, 2003, 9:35]
Microsoft Jumps Into CRM Market
News Microsoft said it's looking to compete with FrontRange Solutions' GoldMine, Interact Commerce's Sales Logix, and products from SalesForce.com and Upshot.com. An Upshot representative said his company's own model is more economical because it...
[July 12, 2002, 9:13]
Siebel Planning Major Online CRM Offensive
News Siebel also acquired UpShot, which has a similar service to CRM OnDemand that Siebel will eventually assimilate. During a press conference, Siebel said that the company's goal is to combine the best from CRM OnDemand and UpShot into a new service...
[November 19, 2003, 9:20]
The Business Implications Of Implementing IP Telephony On Enterprise Networks
White Papers The upshot is that IP Telephony is becoming ubiquitous - in carrier and service provider networks, and in enterprise networks. By all accounts, carriers, service providers and enterprise network architects are adopting IP Telephony at a brisk pace.
[August 30, 2006, 1:00]
Mobile Banking: Ease-of-use Is More Important Than Trust, Really?
Blog The upshot of this encounter was that I ended up debating the single most important factor governing the adoption of mobile banking services. I attended a meeting this week with a company called Vasco that works with authentication software.
[October 30, 2008, 18:20]
CRM Rivalry Heats Up
News Salesforce.com and Salesnet each launched campaigns on Friday to lure customers of software rival UpShot into their respective folds following news of Siebel Systems' intended acquisition of UpShot. Salesforce and Salesnet are separately offering...
[October 20, 2003, 15:25]
HP Case Study: GARDENA
White Papers The upshot was a decision to roll out mySAP Supply Chain Management (mySAP SCM) with SAP Advanced Planner and Optimizer (SAP APO), SAP Business Warehouse (SAP BW), along with the SAP R/3 Sales & Distribution (SD) and Customer Service (CS) components.
[November 17, 2005, 23:00]
NetSuite Case Study: Filice Insurance
White Papers Filice Insurance evaluated a number of offerings including Salesforce.com and UpShot/Siebel. A rapidly growing firm, Filice Insurance was working overtime to reach out to new customers. Unfortunately, the sales team found itself contacting the same...
[October 18, 2008, 1:21]
BT, Siebel To Launch On-demand CRM Service
News Siebel's OnDemand is essentially a rebranded version of a CRM package made by Upshot, a company that was acquired by Siebel in October 2003. UpShot was a direct competitor with Salesforce.com, which has been successfully taking customers away from...
[December 2, 2003, 16:35]
Microsoft And SAP Square Up For Business Applications Battle
News For instance, Siebel Systems, which specialises in customer service and sales applications, recently acquired UpShot. UpShot, whose pay-by-the-month sales applications often appeal to small companies, may help Siebel square off with Microsoft...
[December 11, 2003, 10:15]
Uncommon Sense: Out Of The Box Thinking For An In The Box World review
Reviews The upshot is that the columns he writes for (ZDNet UK's sister site) Silicon.com, which form the basis for this book, are both futuristic and provocative. In Uncommon Sense, Cochrane critiques the 3G auctions that have left mobile network...
[May 4, 2005, 13:25]
AOL-Microsoft Deal Bodes Ill For Netscape
News That's one upshot of Thursday's settlement between Microsoft and AOL Time Warner, according to industry analysts who predict that the Netscape browser -- currently at version 7.02 -- will now move from a neglected orphan of AOL Time Warner to a...
[May 30, 2003, 7:41]
Psion Shows Off Bluetooth Smarts
News That was the upshot of Friday's announcement that Psion (quote: PON), best known for its handheld computers, will supply wireless Bluetooth technology to PC giant Dell Computer. Psion isn't just Symbian.
[May 9, 2000, 11:20]
Due Diligence: Ignorance Is Not Bliss - What Are You Really Buying?
White Papers Stories have been published in the WSJ, Telephony, Upshot, and others that claim Investors are paying from 15% to 135% more than they should for telecom properties. What investors don't know can be fatal in today's telecom market space.
[September 7, 2006, 3:18]
Xbox Losing The Numbers Game
News That's the upshot from the Electronics Entertainment Expo, the game industry's main trade show, where new games for Microsoft's Xbox have largely been limited to "me too" titles -- games already appearing on other consoles.
[May 27, 2002, 14:44]
Red Hat And RealNetworks Join Forces
News The immediate upshot of the agreement is that RealNetworks' RealServer 7, will now be bundled with Red Hat 7.0, and will also be available from http://www.realnetworks.com. US Linux distributor Red Hat and RealNetworks have hopped into bed together...
[February 23, 2000, 9:57]
Wireless Tech May Hinder Holidays
News That's the upshot of a report released on Wednesday by staffing firm OfficeTeam. In the future, you may not have to work at the office, but that doesn't mean you won't have to work as much. The firm's "Office of the Future: 2020" study concluded...
[June 16, 2005, 10:15]
Transmeta Unveils Software-based Microprocessor
News In introducing the first two in what will be a family of chips, company CEO Dave Ditzel said the upshot will be faster microprocessors that use less energy. Transmeta took the wraps off its long-awaited Crusoe chip on Wednesday, saying it...
[January 19, 2000, 16:30]
New AMD Chip Set To Boost Athlon PCs
News Company officials say the upshot will be improvements in the performance of PCs based on the new Athlon chip set over current models based on the Athlon chip. Advanced Micro Devices Monday moved a big step closer toward realising its promise to...
[October 31, 2000, 8:58]
Nvidia, ATI Rev Graphics Engines
News The upshot is that ATI will have skipped a full generation ahead of Nvidia, said analyst Jon Peddie of Jon Peddie Research, an awkward but hardly crippling situation for Nvidia, given the company's sizable market share lead.
[March 6, 2003, 7:29]
