On-demand sales management

When you think on-demand CRM software, you’re default points of reference are likely to be NetSuite and/or Salesforce.com, right? Sure, that’s likely to be so. The guys in the corporate software biz who stand out most prominently are, for obvious reasons, the big-name benchmarks to which all other market forces are measured – or at least associated. Competitively speaking, of course. This week, however, a CRM specialist of another name is reaping a good bit of attention all its own. SugarCRM is its label. The company, headquartered in Cupertino, California, specializes in “commercial open source customer relationship management software for companies of all sizes,” a new package of which it released just last month, dubbed Sugar 5.0. And ***

On-demand customer relationship management company says it's on track to top $1 billion in revenue next fiscal year. The story "Salesforce posts profit jump, signs Citigroup deal" published November 15, 2007 at 1:59 AM is no longer available on CNET News.com. Content from Reuters expires after 30 days. ***