[February 02, 2009] IBM and iEnterprises partner to offer CRM software as a service Tweet Feb 02, 2009 (M2 EQUITYBITES via COMTEX) -- Information technology company IBM (NYSE:IBM) and iEnterprises, a provider of Lotus Notes CRM desktop Web Based CRM, Construction CRM, Pharmaceutical CRM and other customer relationship management solutions, announced on Friday (30 January) that the companies are offering CRM software as a service to small and mid-sized construction companies. These CRM services are expected to help these construction companies run their businesses more intelligently by reconfiguring their customer relationship management (CRM) systems through software as a Service (SaaS). A SaaS offering reportedly eliminates the cost of developing, purchasing and maintaining an in-house technology solution for its users. iEnterprises provides CRM software, hosted on IBM technology, tailored to industries, as an affordable service designed to allow smaller businesses to significantly increase productivity and reduce strains on time and staffed resources IBM offers advanced hardware, software and infrastructure technologies to help IBM Business Partners, such as iEnterprises, deliver secure and scaleable cloud-enabled services with a wide variety of SaaS offerings. Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected] [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]