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