| Stock Ticker |
| Intervoice | 8.14 |  | 1.47 |
| Salesforce | 67 | | 3.61 |
| eLoyalty | 5.23 | | 0.26 |
| Pegasystems | 14.32 | | 0.7 |
| ATG | 3.25 | | 0.15 |
| SAP | 54.19 | | 2.48 |
| Sykes | 19.45 | | 0.84 |
| Unica | 8 | | 0.34 |
| RightNow | 13.68 | | 0.57 |
| Nortel | 6.71 | | 0.28 |
| NCR | 26.06 | | 0.83 |
| Vignette | 12.79 | | 0.33 |
| ICT | 9.37 | | 0.23 |
| Tekelc | 14.82 | | 0.35 |
| Amdocs | 29.35 | | 0.63 |
| NICE | 27.63 | | 0.57 |
| HP | 42.34 | | 0.69 |
| NetSuite | 18.86 | | 0.3 |
| Chordiant | 5.05 | | 0.08 |
| Epicor | 7.01 | | 0.11 |
| ClickSoftware | 2.55 | | 0.03 |
| Oracle | 20.44 | | 0.19 |
| LivePerson | 2.52 | | 0.01 |
| CDC | 2.66 | | 0.01 |
| Teletech | 17.9 | | 0.04 |
| SPSS | 35.25 | | 0.08 |
| Rainmaker | 2.9 | | 0 |
| Interactive | 7.52 |  | -0.01 |
| SupportSoft | 3.29 | | -0.01 |
| Convergys | 13.92 | | -0.08 |
| Selectica | 1.2 | | -0.01 |
| Astea | 3.6 | | -0.04 |
| APAC | 1.21 | | -0.03 |
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 "Our Take"
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"Our Take"
"Our Take" is a collection of daily
vignettes covering a wide range of CRM topics. It's an attempt to add our own spin to the world of CRM. We will use the column to share our perspectives, opinions,
epiphanies, web nuggets, or quite frankly anything that moves us. Get ready to expect the unexpected. And, don't be shy about sharing your thoughts.
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2/7/08 - Build And Forget?
We continue with the "buy versus build" discussion today by sharing more reader comments. Consider this real life story:
"People go down the build it yourself route and find themselves in difficult straights a few years later when the programmers who built it left the company and no one knows how to fix it or maintain it. No matter if the IT department has the source code, the reality is that the people who wrote the applications know what they did in the code and why, and someone coming later may have no real clue. So the users find themselves in a situation with a largely unsupported system, little or no upgrade options, and frustrations that are different but just as real as those who bought off the shelf."
Has this happened with your home grown code? Have you found yourself "left out" from a vendor that goes out of business or is acquired? Is the risk the same regardless if you build or buy?
Gary Lemke, Publisher
(Share your thoughts)
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