Banks need to get smarter, attract the right customers, implement customer level risk management, and implement risk adjusted customer relationship pricing and all of this is dependent on trusted data. This paper examines the impact of unreliable data on retail banks. It then defines the requirements needed to guarantee data reliability in banking. 

Research has shown more than 30 percent of IT spending is on integration, with software costs running into the millions of dollars for large enterprises. 

In October 2003, DaimlerChrysler South Africa decided that significant cost savings could be achieved by migrating its mission critical systems onto a contemporary low cost platform and in the process remove the mainframe. This case study presents the challenges the company faced as well as the solution and benefits achieved. 

This paper examines current economic and business trends as well as challenges impacting the contact center market. It provides guidance and recommendations for contact centers looking for an alternative to on-premises contact handling solutions and more. 

In this paper learn how a single bad experience with a contact center may result in a customer being lost for life, something that companies cannot afford. 

In this research report, we examine five of the critical issues that are creating new opportunities for the accounting profession and nine key strategies for obtaining competitive advantage. 

This podcast shares techniques for communicating with your customers in an acceptable manner that fits their preferences while expanding your marketable universe. 

This white paper discusses one of the most effective ways to extend CRM functionality to competitively enhance your customers' experiences. 

Security Benefit needed a customer relationship management (CRM) solution that would provide its remote sales force with access to real-time information. In July 2007, the company implemented Microsoft Dynamics™ CRM 3.0. Now, Security Benefit gains from increased agility, new sales opportunities, and reduced IT costs. 

In this podcast, SearchCRM.com sits down with Richard Snow, a contact center technology and strategy expert with Ventana Research, who shares tips on how to select the right hosted contact center provider, create the proper RFPs, craft airtight SLAs, and more. 

The best practitioners of online marketing are those who meld Internet marketing and technology tools with timely follow-up and tried-and-true, old fashioned human contact. This podcast walks you through key strategies for implementing an effective lead follow-up and qualification process 

This report presents a spreadsheet cost model to help you calculate your fully loaded on-premise email costs and compare it against cloud-based alternatives. Bottom line: Cloud-based email makes sense for companies or divisions as large as 15,000 users.