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Even if you're not a Monty Python fan, "Bring out your dead" from The Holy Grail movie is a sick but funny sequence. That vignette is surprisingly relevant to how you handle leads in your CRM system.

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Speed-building apps on Force.com

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Behind Enemy Lines: Salesforce.com, Rimini Street

Both tech vendors are aiming to change the rules of game for enterprise software. And while they're going about it with two different business models, the companies share some things in common.

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Hosted call center app turns to Salesforce Service Cloud

You can thank Moore's Law and competition for the long-standing pattern of many expensive IT technologies coming down in price over time to the point where SMBs can afford them. Software-as-a-service and cloud computing have accelerated this trend, to the point where even sophisticated hosted call-center systems are now available for a fraction of the price that installed systems cost.

| Opinion | CRM | SaaS | Small business | Software | 10/16/09 at 9:17 pm |


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