The CMO Survey - Highlights and Insights Report - Spring 2024
Open Source CRM
1. Open Source CRM – Present and Future EVENTMANAGEMENT.BLOGSPOT.COM
2. Agenda Open Source and CRM What enthusiasts say about Open Source CRM Software Areas of Application Benefits Marketers Perspective The Future What skeptics say about Open Source CRM How vendors respond – SugarCRM Case Study
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4. What enthusiasts say about Open Source CRM “ Open source CRM will establish itself as a solid alternative in 2006.” (Greenberg) Sources: Greenberg, P. (2006), “Say goodbye to CRM as we once knew it”, http://searchcrm.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid11_gci1155499,00.html Accessed 10/10/2006 Golden, B. (2006), “Time for open source CRM to shine”, http://searchcrm.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid11_gci1155499,00.html Accessed 10/10/2006 “ In 2006 Large organizations which have tracked the deployment of CRM in 2005 will start to adopt systems such as Sugar.” (Golden)
9. Savings significantly higher than 8% can be realized (Bruce et al., 2006) Benefits a company uses mature and available open source CRM applications If a company invest in the development of open source integration software and if
10. Source: SugarCRM, (2006) “Running a Business on Commercial Open Source Software. What are the Benefits for Your Sales Organization”
13. 1st 2nd 3rd 4th The Future - cont’d Source: Cross, J. (2003), Building Community, Internet Time Blog, Accessed 10.10.2006 http://www.internettime.com/blog/archives/001080.html