For Business Process & Applications Professionals (Length: 14 pages)

April 1, 2005

The Forrester Wave™: Hosted Sales Force Automation, Q1 2005

Hands-On Evaluation Of Hosted Sales Force Automation Vendors Across 160 Criteria

by Liz Herbert

with Erin Kinikin, Jessica Harrington


Executive Summary (This is a document excerpt)

Hosted apps are changing the way firms think about software, providing a lower-risk, lower-upfront-cost alternative to on-premise apps. Software-as-a-service probably won't bring an end to the days of multimillion-dollar, big-bang app deployments, but it's stealing market share from licensed vendors, particularly in the midmarket. Sales force automation (SFA) is one of the areas taking off most quickly, as sales executives demand easy-to-use, flexible solutions that don't require IT support. Firms looking for hosted SFA should find the solution whose strengths best align with business processes and user needs by using the attached tool.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

NOTES & RESOURCES

itemOn-Demand Delivery Model Spurs Renewed Interest In CRM Software

itemSales Decision-Makers Invest In SFA Tools — Especially In The Midmarket

itemVendors Rush To Capitalize On Growing Market

itemBut The Hosted Sales Market Is Still In Its Infancy

itemStrength In Hosted Sales Requires Flexibility To Map To Business Realities

itemsalesforce.com Maintains Its Lead As Competitors Inch Closer

itemWhat It Takes To Win In The Long Run

itemVendor Profiles

itemLeaders

itemStrong Performers

itemContenders

recommendations

itemWeightings Matter — Leaders Emerge In Point Areas

itemSupplemental Material

Forrester interviewed eight vendor companies and their customers, including: Entellium, NetSuite, NextSale, RightNow, SalesCenter, salesforce.com, Salesnet, and Siebel CRM OnDemand.

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itemSalesforce.com's Innovation Network Bridges Functionality Gaps

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itemHosted Versus Licensed CRM: Cost And Implementation Tradeoffs

September 27, 2004, Best Practices

itemBest Practices For Implementing Hosted Sales

June 30, 2004, Best Practices

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Analyst: Liz Herbert
Technology: Customer Relationship Management, IT Services, Outsourcing, Packaged Applications
Geography: Asia Pacific, Europe, North America

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