December 2005                                                                                                 4

IN THIS ISSUE:

  A peak into Soffront CRM 8.6

  Remote IT asset management capability for help desk

  Get full customer insights on the road

 Soffront CRM Q&A

A peak into Soffront CRM 8.6

The release of version 8.6 of Soffront CRM is around the corner. This version offers ground breaking enhancements built on Soffront's popular CRM version 8.5.0.0, keeping the same easy-to-use intuitive interface.

A few of the key enhancements:

  • Best in class drag and drop visual workflow editor.

  • Enhanced defect tracking module with release management and product lifecycle tracking.

  • Standard based calendaring and activity management.

  • New re-usable HTML report templates for a detailed view.

  • Enhanced assignment and escalation rules with more configurable options and flexibility.

  • Superior campaign response tracking and ROI reports.

  • Advanced Outlook integration with greater flexibility and functionality to file Outlook emails easily in CRM

  • New Seminar module to plan, execute, and measure the effectiveness of seminars and events.

  • Powerful survey module (tightly integrated with marketing automation) to gather customer insights.

  • New project management module for the professional services or consulting industries.

  • Improved multi-tiered SLA module for customer support and helpdesk.

Contact your account manager or click here for more information on this version.


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Soffront CRM Q&A 


Question: Is there any plans to bring back private gadgets in a future Soffront version?

Answer:
Yes, private gadgets will be back in the upcoming 8.5.0.1 version based on customer requests.


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Soffront offers remote IT asset management capability for help desk

Soffront today announced improved IT asset discovery and management capability for it’s Help Desk software. This improved capability allows companies to audit computer assets in remote locations such as home offices. This capability solves a critical problem of taking inventories of hardware and software assets and managing software licenses for remote employees.

Auditing remote IT assets using Soffront Help Desk is efficient and straightforward. Soffront help desk sends out Audit email to remote users at scheduled times. User simply clicks on an URL to audit his computers and sends the audit information to the help desk. Soffront help desk updates current assets, adds new assets and links to the employee, flags and reports to the
right people – if necessary.

Further, Soffront help desk monitors asset audit results and notifies if a user does not respond, or any unauthorized software installation, or any license expiration. This greatly increases a company’s ability to manage software licenses and IT assets.

“Introduction of remote IT Asset auditing shows Soffront’s commitment to solve our customer’s problems. This ability solves a critical problem of today’s IT managers by providing an efficient way to manage internal as well as external IT assets” – says Manu Das, President of Soffront.

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Get full customer insights on the road

Soffront Mobile Solution extends Soffront CRM to the field by providing mobile access to critical business information. This solution supports a wide variety of mobile platforms including pocket PC, Palm OS powered handheld devices, and WAP enabled wireless devices. Soffront Mobile facilitates both Sales and Support.

With Soffront Mobile Sales, field sales personnel can perform the following tasks:
- Enter and update account/contact information
- Create and edit notes
- Assign new leads
- Plan activities
- Manage opportunities
- Receive and send emails
- Query the database and run reports

With Soffront Mobile Support, Field Support Personnel can perform the following tasks:
- Access case history and update ticket status
- Assign tickets and escalate issues
- Exchange emails with internal call center
- Create work orders to acquire parts and tools
- Initiate cross-sell/up-sell opportunity
- Submit call reports and initiate invoicing
- Query the database and run reports

Click here to know more about this module.


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