| Commence Corporation ( has announced a | | | | announcement comes at a critical juncture because |
| competitive upgrade program for small businesses | | | | the product does not support Microsoft's new Vista |
| currently using the Goldmine contact manager. | | | | operating system or Office 2007, leaving current |
| Commence Corporation is a leading provider of | | | | users with few options for the future. |
| Customer Relationship Management solutions. The | | | | Nicole Reed, Customer Service Manager at |
| company's products are designed to provide small to | | | | Commence indicated that, "The FrontRange |
| mid-size businesses with flexible solutions that | | | | announcement has triggered a number of calls from |
| leverage the Web to offer an integrated platform | | | | Goldmine customers who are asking about migrating |
| for managing sales execution and customer service. | | | | to the Commence product. They are concerned and |
| Commence supports several thousand customers | | | | trying to plan a migration path for their business". |
| through a worldwide distribution network, with | | | | Commence offers a robust contact manager along |
| outlets in North and South America, Europe and Asia. | | | | with a suite of CRM applications for sales, marketing |
| Several weeks ago FrontRange Solutions, notified | | | | and customer support. The product is available for |
| their customers that they were discontinuing any | | | | deployment in-house or via the web and already |
| future development of their popular Goldmine | | | | support Microsoft Vista and Office 2007. |
| standard edition product. The timing of this | | | | |