Here are the most interesting CRM-related news stories from the past week:

• Salesforce.com posts 43 percent revenue jump
• NetSuite declares price cut SaaS war on Salesforce.com downunder
• Microsoft personalises Dynamics software
• RightNow Puts the Pieces Together
• SugarCon 2009 to Celebrate SugarCRM Community Accomplishments
• SAP pushes enterprise SaaS with former Oracle exec
• Release of vtiger CRM Integration to Bring Synchronization to Online Stores
• DecipherTech Launches Decipher for Salesforce.com
• Jigsaw for Oracle CRM On Demand Launched
• Bizroof CRM Throws Cash Managers a Bone
• Introducing DubMeNow
• EchoSign 4.0 Empowers Sales to Close Quicker and Easier in the Cloud
• Marketsync Releases direcTouch 2.0
• Thumbplay Targets New Generation with Enhanced Customer Service
• Firms save up to 40% on CRM using SaaS says Gartner
• Palo Alto Software Announces Complete Email Management Solution for Small Businesses Nationwide
• ThinkFree Announces Server Integrator Early Bird Program and Availability of Software Development Kit
• Ribbit Rolls Out VoIP Developer Platform
• VanillaSoft Pushes the Envelope on Intuitive Call Routing
  

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Here are the most interesting CRM-related news stories from the past week:

• NetSuite to promote software through HP resellers
• NetSuite through the lens
• Microsoft offers zero percent financing on Dynamics ERP and CRM
• Email-to-Lead Solution from MTC Now Available for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0
• ExactTarget integrates Salesforce CRM
• PivotLink BI for Salesforce.com CRM Introduced
• Oracle announces Siebel CRM 8.1.1
• Oracle Offers CRM Gadgets to Boost Salesforce Productivity
• Former Oracle executive moves to German rival SAP
• Oracle to launch insurance applications
• Avature Announces Recruiting CRM Version 2.0
• Zoho Announces Status Dashboard for All Services
• ReadyContacts Launches Full Service Marketing Database Management Solution For B2B Marketers
• MindJet Releases MindManager 8, GBM Is Giving Away One Free License!
• Awards Announced for QuickBooks Add-ons
• QuoteWerks Expands Accounting Integrations With 3rd Party Link to MAS 90 and MAS 200
• Wikis Grow, Podcasts and Social Bookmarking Slow
• BlackBerry Storm Gets Release Date, Price
• BlackBerry Storm: A Potential iPhone Killer in the Enterprise

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Here are the most interesting CRM-related news stories from the past week:

• With Dynamics, Microsoft’s ERP and CRM Business Apps Go Head-to-Head with  Oracle and SAP
• Informatica To Offer Salesforce.com Integration Service
• Salespen Application Now Available on Salesforce.com
• New iBOLT Business Integration Suite for Salesforce.com
• Apatar Connects Open Source SugarCRM to Other Apps
• NetSuite Goes Live In Singapore
• New Customer Relationship Management software made for Mac
• Affordable CRM Business Intelligence Software for SMBs by DecipherTech
• Oasis CRM Offers New QuickBooks Interface
• Oracle Buys Haley
• Oracle buys Aussie Ruleburst
• Apprivo launches three new software-as-a-service offerings
• Omni and Intelestream Deliver Open Source CRM Integration for Novell GroupWise
• Jigsaw and SkyData Partner to Deliver Business Contact Data to the Mobile Frontier
• Chordiant Launches Customer Experience Management Model
• Lithium Technologies Expands Social Media Portfolio with Lithium Ideas
• Is underdog LinkedIn poised to beat flashy Facebook?
• Microsoft introduces Windows Azure for cloud development
• Microsoft unveils Web-based Office
• Seven Must-Have Offline Apps For Your iPhone/iPod Touch
• IBM unveils content management solution

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Here are the most interesting CRM-related news stories from the past week:

• On-Demand Software Sector Facing Gloom Over Spending Worries
• Entellium execs fudge the numbers, face fraud charges
• Entellium Customers, Employees Find Sanctuary in Salesboom’s Rescue Initiative
• SugarCRM: Opening up the source to SaaS
• Oracle Snags Primavera
• SplendidCRM Launches 2.1 on Mono/Linux
• Datacor Announces Promax ERP & CRM Software
• TargetX Unveils CRM System for Student Recruiting
• QuoteWerks Expands CRM Compatibility With Support For ACT! 2009 and SalesLogix 7.5
• Jigsaw Enterprise Clients Report Increased Efficiencies
• Demandbase Accelerates Growth of B2B Lead Generation Platform with Jigsaw
• Neolane Deploys Campaigns from One Silo to Multiple Media
• Semantra 2.5 Strengthens Conversational Analytics for Microsoft Dynamics CRM
• IBM launches Bluehouse, a Facebook for business
• Infopia Extends Storefront Functionality

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Here’s a timely post by Thomas Wailgum, Editor of CIO magazine, Help! We Need ERP and CRM Software, But We Can’t Afford It Right Now!:

Enterprise software investments are make-or-break, long-term deals—huge outlays of capital that can span months or even years. Now that we’re all living in a world of hurt, it’s become apparent that the banks still left standing after this quarter won’t be dishing out credit as easy as before.

So what if your company needs serious finance help with your intended software or services plans right now?

One option, notes Paula Rosenblum, a managing partner at Retail Systems Research (RSR), is to look at software-as-a-service (SaaS) for tech investments. “Over the short term, capital may be hard to come by. SaaS allows a company to buy only the number of transactions and horsepower it needs,” she writes in a recent RSR column. “Non-intrusive optimization technologies can often bring rapid ROI by taking sales and order information and spitting out better assortment and pricing plans.”

On the other side of the fence, what if you’re a software vendor, and you can’t close any deals now because your customers can’t get the necessary financing?

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