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The First and Only Daily Report for the Service and Support (CRM) Industry

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Support Library
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Support Publications
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Support Stock Index
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Today's SSDEX Figures

Index

Close

Change

Percent

SSDEX
Dow
Nasdaq
S&P500

58.40 7945.35 1665.69 1029.72

2.12
149.85
24.05
20.66

3.62% 1.92%
1.46%
2.05%

Support Stock Index (SSDEX) is the support industry's health barometer. It is a measure of the stock performance for companies that sell products and services to the support / customer interaction industry. On 12/31/96, SSDEX's value was set at 100, making it easy to see how the industry is performing as a group.


Today's Gainers and Losers

   Company   

   Close    

 Change 

 Percent 

Precision
SITEL
Vantive
APAC Tel.
Aspect
Siebel
Pegasystems
Astea
Melita
Peregrine
Sykes
Remedy
SPS Pay
Teletech
Aegis Comm
ICT Group
Applix
West Tel
Clarify
Firstwave
Datawatch
Inference
IMA

6 1/8
3 9/16
8 3/4
3 15/16
27 5/8
25 5/8
20
1 3/4
9 15/16
33 1/2
14 15/16
9
31 3/8
7
2 1/8
2 3/8
2 3/8
10 9/16
10
2 9/16
1 1/4
3 11/16
5 5/8

1 1/4
3/8
11/16
1/4
1 5/8
1 1/8
7/8
1/16
5/16
15/16
5/16
1/8
1/16
0
0
0
0
- 1/16
- 1/8
- 1/16
- 1/16
- 3/16
- 3/8

25.64%
11.76%
8.53%
6.78%
6.25%
4.59%
4.58%
3.70%
3.25%
2.88%
2.14%
1.41%
0.20%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
-0.59%
-1.23%
-2.38%
-4.76%
-4.84%
-6.25%



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  Product News    

Peregrine Systems Infrastructure Management Applications Interface to SAP R/3

Peregrine Systems, Inc. announced its interface to the SAP(TM) R/3(TM), Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solution. The interface allows for sharing and collaboration of data and business processes between SAP R/3 and ServiceCenter(R), its Enterprise Service Desk application. In addition, integration with ServiceCenter will allow SAP R/3 users to monitor the ``health'' of their SAP environment.

  Customer and Partner News    

Tech Resource Group Selected by Siebel Systems as Premier Consulting Partner Offering Training and Support to its Customers

Tech Resource Group (TRG) today announced that it will provide training and support to Siebel Systems customers. TRG's training methodology will incorporate Siebel Systems customer's business processes into the training curriculum in order to maximize the company's training and technology investment.

@Home Network Selects Software.com's InterMail as Its Electronic Messaging Solution

Software.com, Inc., a developer of electronic messaging software for service providers, today announced that @Home Network, has selected Software.com's carrier-scale InterMail as its new electronic messaging platform for its entire subscriber base. @Home Network, a provider of Internet services via the cable infrastructure, will deploy InterMail throughout United States, Canada and Europe.

Beckman Coulter, Inc. Selects Vantive for Field Service, Sales and Support Software Solutions

The Vantive Corporation today announced that Beckman Coulter, Inc., a supplier of instrument systems, has selected Vantive Field Service, Support and Sales solutions for its customer service and sales systems.

Foresight Software to OEM Pilot Software's Service Intelligence OLAP Application; Foresight to Market Solution as En-telligence

Foresight Software and Pilot Software today announced at their joint user conference an OEM agreement under which Foresight will market Pilot's Service Intelligence decision support solution under the En-telligence name. As part of the agreement, Pilot will provide Foresight with products specially configured for Foresight's Service Management System.

AMS and Pegasystems Join Forces to Improve Electric and Gas Utility Call Center Operations

American Management Systems (AMS) and Pegasystems Inc. today announced they are joining forces to provide customer relationship management (CRM) solutions for electric and gas utilities. AMS Utilities Consulting and Systems Group works with utilities to meet deregulatory challenges through both consulting and delivery services.

Lexus and Clarify Announce Initial Results Of World-Class Call Center Initiative

Clarify Inc., a provider of front office solutions, and Lexus, a division of Toyota Motor Sales (TMS) USA, Inc., today announced the implementation of the Clarify FrontOffice(TM) system in Lexus' call center. The new installation provides the technology foundation for an initiative to improve customer retention and increase sales by providing personalized service to customers.

  General News    

ICT Group Expands Call Center Operations in Canada

ICT Group Inc., a provider of call centers for telemarketing and customer care, has expanded its international teleservices operations with the opening of two new Canadian call centers in Sydney, Nova Scotia, and Riverview, New Brunswick. The expansion of these centers allows ICT Group to serve the expanded demands of its U.S. and Canadian clients through an improved systems and management resources structure that is focused on serving specific industry market sectors.

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