Sage expands with acquisition of Corum mobile division

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Ronn Duby, Aberdeen Group research analyst and co-author of the report adds, "47 percent of all organizations polled plan on expanding their usage of mobile CRM technology within the next six months."1

 

"This acquisition provides a path to enhance our best-of-breed client access environments for Sage CRM SalesLogix, including Blackberry, Pocket PC, Web client and remote users," said Elvin Monteleone, Sage Software senior vice president and general manager for Sage CRM Solutions. "We have noted a significant growth of interest in mobile CRM in our customer base in North America, and in conversations with our partners and prospective customers. This acquisition demonstrates our ongoing commitment to providing them with the technology they need to continue to succeed."

 

The addition of mobile CRM is another step in Sage's global CRM strategy that provides small and mid-sized businesses with the broadest portfolio of customer relationship management products from any vendor. Sage's new global approach to CRM takes advantage of the company's strong local presence in countries around the world, where sales, service, and support capabilities serve 5 million businesses and work with 23,000 business partners and 40,000 accountant partners.

 

In addition to the Corum acquisition that strengthens the company's mobile CRM offerings, in the past 10 months Sage has delivered Sage CRM SalesLogix v7; ACT! by Sage 2007 including Windows, Web, and Palm OS products; announced Sage Migrator, CRM software migration solutions; launched a global localization and hosting center; strengthened regional delivery and support capabilities with new training and education programs in Asia Pacific, Germany, Spain, and France; launched unified Sage CRM Solutions branding around the world; and launched Sage CRM in Spanish, French, and German versions.

 

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