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REAL
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RESEARCH
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Monday,
October 12, 1998
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THE
SUPPORT
REPORT
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The First and Only Daily Report for the Service and Support (CRM) Industry
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Today's SSDEX Figures |
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Index |
Close |
Change |
Percent |
SSDEX
Dow
Nasdaq
S&P500
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48.44
8001.47
1546.08
997.71
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0.43
101.95
53.59
13.39
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0.88%
1.29%
3.59%
1.36%
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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.
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Today's Gainers and Losers
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Company
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Close
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Change |
Percent |
IMA
Remedy
Aspect
Teletech
Peregrine
Firstwave
Applix
Vantive
Astea
Sykes
APAC Tel.
Clarify
Melita
SPS Pay
SITEL
Precision
ICT Group
Pegasystems
Inference
Aegis Comm
West Tel
Datawatch
Siebel
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8 7/8
16 7/8
8 15/16
36 13/16
2 7/32
2 11/16
6 7/16
1 1/2
14 1/2
4 3/16
8 5/16
8 1/16
31 3/4
2 1/8
5 1/16
2 1/8
7 1/8
3 13/16
1 1/8
10 3/4
1 1/16
17 7/8
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1/2
7/8
1 1/2
3/4
2 15/16
5/32
3/16
7/16
3/32
7/8
3/16
5/16
1/8
1/4
0
0
0
- 1/4
- 3/16
- 1/16
- 5/8
- 1/16
-2
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14.29%
10.94%
9.76%
9.16%
8.67%
7.58%
7.50%
7.29%
6.67%
6.42%
4.69%
3.91%
1.57%
0.79%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
-3.39%
-4.69%
-5.26%
-5.49%
-5.56%
-10.06%
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CompuCom (Dallas, TX) has achieved SCP Certification
New Oracle Application Provides Service
Contracts Management
Oracle Corp.
today announced Oracle(R) Enterprise Service Contracts, a
service contract management application for the management of
aftermarket service contract businesses. Oracle Enterprise Service Contracts
automates the contract process and provides access to information
contained in Oracle Front Office and ERP applications, allowing users to
tailor service offerings to customer demand.
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Customer and Partner News |
Inference and Siebel Partner to Provide
Knowledge-Based Customer Support and Field
Service Solutions
Inference Corp. and Siebel Systems,
Inc. today announced a joint development
partnership to integrate Inference's CasePoint application
with Siebel's customer service applications,
including Siebel Service Enterprise, Siebel Call Center and Siebel Field Service.
Customer service representatives using Siebel's
Service Enterprise, Siebel Call Center, and Siebel
Field Service products will
now be able to answer customer questions and solve
problems in a conversation-based manner from directly within the
Siebel environment.
Aspect CTI System Integrated With Oracle Front
Office Call Center and Telephony Suite
Oracle Corp. and Aspect Telecommunications today announced
that Oracle has licensed the Aspect CTI System
for integration with the Oracle(R) Call Center and Telephony suite. The
agreement between the two companies facilitates
information sharing by providing a bridge between Oracle
Applications and automatic call distributors (ACDs) from
vendors such as Lucent, Nortel, Rockwell and Aspect.
Snapshot Survey Reveals Change in Customer Interaction Profiles
Based on responses to the last Real Market Snapshot Survey, readers
stated they expect a very significant change in how customers will contact
them 12 months from now. On average, the current customer interaction distribution profile
is 80% phone, 10% email, 3% web and 7% other. When asked what
profile they expected 12 months from now, respondents said they forecast 65% phone,
12% email, 17% web and 6% other.
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