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CIO Magazine's Bill Snyder looks at IMA Financial's decision to replace their proprietary CRM system with ConcourseSuite from Concursive. Click here for related links.

Making A Dual Career Switch

Tuesday, April 1st • 2008

The Wall Street Journal's Joann Lublin profiles one Concursive employee's successful transition from the factory floor to a career in software product management.

CRM: A Land of Imagination?

Wednesday, March 26th • 2008

Inside CRM's Chris Bucholtz writes about the new user experiences made possible by the latest generation of CRM tools.

Brand Fuel Promotions, a leading provider of promotional items and associated e-commerce websites, is now using ConcourseSuite's integrated Web Content Management (WCM) capabilities for its own web presence. Brand Fuel worked in partnership with Concursive to develop these new capabilities as a member of the open source community that supports Concursive products.

Concursive's next-generation CRM software enables the "extended enterprise" and provides AlphaGraphics' global franchisee network with on-demand CRM, Web content, and team collaboration functionality.

Open Source as a driver of CRM Innovation

Monday, January 28th • 2008

Thomas Lundqvist, the CRM lead at Optaros, discusses the evolution of CRM software under the influence of Open Source development.

The 451 Group's China Martens analyzes Concursive's fusion of CRM, web content management, and team collaboration capabilities in the ConcourseSuite Solution.

MSNBC covers the Concursive name change and shift to collaborative, community-oriented CRM as well as how the 5.0 release of ConcourseSuite ties together CRM, Website Creation and Management, and Enterprise 2.0 Technologies in a complete Front-Office solution.

eWEEK: Centric CRM Changes Name to Concursive

Friday, December 14th • 2007

Renee Boucher Ferguson of eWEEK covers CentricCRM's December 12th announcement of their name change to Concursive, as well as the 5.0 release of ConcourseSuite.

TMCnet covers Concursive Corp.'s name change (from Centric CRM) and the release of ConcourseSuite 5.0. Story by David Simms.

The Big Switchover

Friday, December 14th • 2007

David Simms of TMCnet interviews Concursive's Michael Harvey about the company's recent name change and the 5.0 release of ConcourseSuite (formerly CentricCRM), on his blog 'First Coffee'.

CentricCRM Reinvents Itself as Concursive

Thursday, December 13th • 2007

CRMBuyer's Erika Morphy covers open source CRM software developer CentricCRM's announcement of its application's 5.0 release, added functionality and name change as well as the Concursive name change.

Don't Call it CentricCRM

Thursday, December 13th • 2007

Update your Outlook: The CRM software provider has changed its name to Concursive Corp., and its flagship CentricCRM product becomes Concourse Suite. Article from Destination CRM and Jean Thilmany.

Centric CRM is now Concursive

Wednesday, December 12th • 2007

Centric CRM has changed its name to Concursive. Along with the release of a new flagship product, the change signifies the company's move toward providing complete front office solutions that go well beyond traditional CRM offerings.

Concourse Suite 5.0 Released

Wednesday, December 12th • 2007

Concursive is pleased to announce the release of ConcourseSuite 5.0 (formerly CentricCRM). New features include integrated web content management, flexible Portlet architecture and many improvements to the core CRM functionality.

No Open Source Application is an Island

Monday, November 26th • 2007

Centric CRM VP, Michael Harvey's latest article for Enterprise Open Source Magazine calling for Open Source vendors to stand together and take a collective position against the industries multi billion-dollar software giants.

Kathleen Reidy of the 451 group writes up Centric CRM's latest Open Source product offering: Team Elements.

IT Business Insider talks with Roy Russo of LoopFuse and Michael Harvey of Centric CRM about the integration of the companies' products.

Centric CRM to Update Open Source CRM Package

Wednesday, September 12th • 2007

Linux Insider's Erika Morphy interviews Centric CRM CEO David Richards about a range of issues including the company's upcoming 5.0 Product Release.

Computer World Names Centric CRM Among Top Offerings

Wednesday, September 12th • 2007

A Computer World article by James R. Borck, Mike Heck and Tom Yager has named Centric CRM among the top offerings in the Open Source CRM market.

LinuxElectrons provides more coverage of the announced software integration between Centric CRM and LoopFuse.

TMCNet provides two stories detailing Centric CRM's partnership with LoopFuse: CentricCRM, LoopFuse Announce Software Integration & CRM from Centric and LoopFuse...

Matt Asay covers Centric CRM's announced partnership and integration with LoopFuse on his Open Road Blog on CNET.com.

David Ward at DM News discusses Centric CRM and closed-loop marketing firm LoopFuse's announcement that they will be integrating their software tools into a single solution.

Linux World Expo 2007 Report

Monday, August 13rd • 2007

Andy Oram of the O'Reilly network reviews the goings on at LinuxWorld and Centric CRM's participation in a well-regarded multi-vendor integration project.

Open Source Promises Delivered as Reality

Monday, August 13rd • 2007

Jay Lyman from The 451 Group writes about how open source companies like Centric CRM are helping to deliver on the promises open source holds for business users and CIOs.

Jon Glass, of the Virginian Pilot, Centric CRM's home town newspaper, profiles the firms rising fortunes and the recent investment from Intel.

Centric CRM Opts for Open Source License

Thursday, June 28th • 2007

Lora Bentley discusses the serendipitous timing of Centric CRM's decision to use the OSI-certified OSL 3.0 license.

OSI Says: Pro-Competition, Not Anti-Business

Wednesday, June 27th • 2007

Michael Tiemann, President of the Open Source Initiative (OSI) and David Richards, CEO for Centric CRM, debate their views on the proper definition and usage of the term "open source."

Matthew Aslett, writing in Computer Business Review, considers the current controversy over the usage of the term "open source."

Thoughts on OSI, OSD and Quasi-Open Source

Tuesday, June 26th • 2007

In his blog, Entiva Group analyst, Alex Fletcher, reflects on the nuances of the debate about the usage of the term "open source."

Centric CRM to go Open Source Next Week

Friday, June 22th • 2007

Matt Asay speculates about Centric CRM's plans to use an OSI-approved license for its next major product.

Five Ways Intel Will Weaken Microsoft

Wednesday, June 20th • 2007

The "VAR Guy" at TechIQ discusses his take on Intel's open source strategy.

Madan Sheina covers the news of Intel's investment in Centric CRM in Computer Business Review.

CRN Magazine names Centric CRM to its "Top 50" emerging Tech Vendors List.

Centric CRM's Channel-Centric Approach

Tuesday, May 29th • 2007

Heather Clancy reviews Centric CRM's growing business with VARs and Systems Integrators for CRN Magazine.

Let a Thousand Open Source Flowers Bloom

Friday, May 11th • 2007

Matt Asay discusses the dynamics of the open source marketplace—is there room for two open source CRM companies?

Software Developers Rally Around Red Hat

Thursday, March 15th • 2007

Red Hat has seemingly rallied all of the major open source application providers to support the company's forthcoming online store-known as the Red Hat Exchange (RHX).

Centric CRM Does Well in IBM Posse

Thursday, March 15th • 2007

ZDNet's Dana Blankenhorn discusses Centric CRM's relationship with IBM.

Red Hat Launches Open Source Marketplace

Wednesday, March 14th • 2007

Red Hat announces RHX, an online marketplace where it will sell open source solutions from a number of companies including MySQL, JasperSoft, EnterpriseDB and Centric CRM.

Centric CRM Upgrades Its Offerings

Friday, March 9th • 2007

The open source provider expands the number of databases it supports and adds e-commerce capabilities; it's part of the product's evolution, according to one analyst.

Ingres Partners with Enterprise Software Vendors

Wednesday, February 28th • 2007

Centric CRM is among the enterprise software vendors that Ingres is working with.

Open Source Vendors Form Open Solutions Alliance

Wednesday, February 14th • 2007

A number of open source application vendors, including Centric CRM, are to announce the launch of the Open Solutions Alliance, a new non-profit group designed to drive the adoption of open source software.

Centric CRM Works to Establish Open Source Alliance

Wednesday, February 14th • 2007

Applications providers are joining together to establish the Open Solutions Alliance (OSA). Centric CRM, developer of a leading open source Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system, announced that it was joining other respected open source providers in this new, non-profit and vendor-neutral industry organization.

Open Source Firms Team Up for Interoperability

Tuesday, February 13th • 2007

A group of open-source software companies has banded together to try to ensure their products work well with one another, an effort aimed at matching the tight integration of competing products from proprietary software companies such as Oracle, IBM and Microsoft. By Stephen Shankland.

Call Centers Opening Up To Open Source

Wednesday, January 24th • 2007

SearchCRM.com examines the interest in open source solutions currently taking place within the call center industry. In the article, the CIO of Spirit Cruiseline discusses his decision to deploy Centric CRM.