Brad Wilson
Brad Wilson
Brad Wilsonis a retired American soccer midfielder who played just over one season with the Los Angeles Galaxy in Major League Soccer...
ProfessionSoccer Player
Date of Birth19 November 1972
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What we're seeing is a great deal of customization on country and industry levels. When Microsoft was developing its CRM, it made sure that it was built on a Web services architecture so that it can be easily adapted to specific local needs and requirements. We don't ship an out-of-the-box, property-management application, for instance, but those in real estate using the software can easily add apartment information without adding programming code.
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We're just waiting for a final decision from the judge.
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We don't have any details on what caused it,
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We think the timing is tremendously important, and the market is ripe for Microsoft right now. CRM has been through a period where it's been difficult to find results. Companies are frustrated in trying to realize ROI and TCO from complicated applications.
automation earlier marketing releasing
We're actually going to be releasing our marketing automation module earlier than expected.
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We put CRM right on the desktop, along with Office. Most corporate users are comfortable with Office productivity tools, and so CRM becomes a natural extension of what they're already doing. It's not a major leap with a new application.
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We received the legal opinion and advice of the general counsel of the university, whom we respect and rely on for that advice all the time.
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You can always make the system more complicated later. The problem won't be that the system can't handle it. What might happen is that people won't have a clear understanding of what they want to do. Wait 30 days or so and get some feedback so you can evolve over time.
facing question remain state supportive system university
The Legislature has been very supportive and very generous. The philosophical question we're facing is will the university system remain a state funded system.
bringing companies faster reduce training work
By bringing these applications together, companies can work faster and reduce training time.
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Our model is to have a lot of people offering highly tailored solutions in local markets. A lot of the other hosting models (from competitors) have more of a model of one-flavor CRM that they think everybody ought to use, and there's not much chance to add custom extensions.
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People are more likely to use an application if they're comfortable with it, if it's familiar to them. Since they use Office, tying in CRM to the desktop level just makes sense.