SugarCRM Takes Out 4 Awards at CRM Magazine Awards
SugarCRM, the world’s fastest-growing Customer Relationship Management (CRM) company, today announced that the company won four awards in CRM magazine’s 10th Annual CRM Market Leaders Awards program. Awards were given at last week’s CRM Evolution 2011 event in New York.
Vendors were evaluated in the areas of depth of functionality, price, company direction, and customer satisfaction, and SugarCRM took home the following victories:
- Winner – Open Source CRM category
- Leader – Midmarket Suite CRM category
- Leader – Small-Business Suite CRM category
- One to Watch – Sales Force Automation category
In their announcement of this year’s award winners, CRM magazine highlighted the positive view of SugarCRM held by leading industry analysts. Michael Fauscette, group vice president for software business solutions at IDC, said, “‘Anytime you talk about open-source CRM, Sugar comes up; they’re by far the best known and by far the largest.’” In addition, Denis Pombriant, CEO at Beagle Research Group, LLC, referred to SugarCRM as an “‘out-of-the-box thinker,’” complimenting the company’s “‘continually improving…solution set.’” The full article can be found online at destinationcrm.com.
“SugarCRM has had a great year, and it was no surprise to us that they claimed so many awards at CRM Evolution,” said David Myron, Editorial Director, CRM and Speech Technology magazines. “Clearly, the CRM market is continuing to evolve very quickly, and it continues to be shaped by this year’s CRM Market Leaders like SugarCRM.”
“We have over 7,000 customers and more than 850,000 users worldwide who rely on SugarCRM to execute marketing programs, grow sales, retain customers and create custom business applications,” said Nick Halsey, chief marketing officer and executive vice president of corporate development for SugarCRM. “We focus on providing customers with a tool that’s easy to use, flexible and open, and this recognition from CRM magazine further validates our strong presence in the market.”
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