HotData and GoldMine Announce Strategic Partnership To Integrate HotData's Internet-based Customer Intelligence Service Into GoldMine 5.0 and Front Office 2000.Business Editors and High-Tech Writers AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 24, 2000 New service provides real-time Internet access See how to access the Internet. to customer intelligence from Dun &Bradstreet, Experian, Polk, the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. Postal Service postal service, arrangements made by a government for the transmission of letters, packages, and periodicals, and for related services. Early courier systems for government use were organized in the Persian Empire under Cyrus, in the Roman Empire, and in medieval and others HotData Inc., a leading real-time provider of value-added consumer and business information via the Internet, and GoldMine Software Corporation, the leading developer of small to medium-sized business (SMB (1) (Small to Medium-sized Business) Also called "SME" (small to medium-sized enterprise), it refers to companies that are larger than the small office/home office (SOHO), but not huge. ) solutions for automating sales, marketing, service and support, today announced a strategic partnership to offer an integrated HotData Internet-based customer intelligence service for GoldMine 5.0 and GoldMine FrontOffice 2000 Sales and Marketing customers. Now, users of current versions of the award-winning GoldMine product line will have real-time access to U.S. and Canadian business Canadian Business is the longest-publishing business magazine in Canada. It was founded in 1928 as The Commerce of the Nation, the organ of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce. The magazine was renamed Canadian Business in 1933. profiles and consumer demographics/psychographics from leading data providers, like Dun &Bradstreet, Experian, Polk and the United States Postal Service. Sales and marketing professionals can use this information to research prospects, reduce business risk, find contacts who have relocated and segment their database for 1-to-1 marketing. &uot;We are tremendously excited about this opportunity to enhance GoldMine product functionality with high-value customer intelligence from HotData,&uot; said Vance Brown, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , GoldMine Software Corp. &uot;By providing real-time access to the largest data warehouse of business and consumer profile information available on the Internet today, we will enable our users to better understand their customers, and to be more successful in their sales, marketing and customer service efforts.&uot; Via the integration of HotData and GoldMine, marketing, sales, service and support teams can work together to target the appropriate clientele to create and close more deals as well as provide superior service to build customer loyalty. &uot;By teaming up with GoldMine, HotData's service will now be available to mid-market size companies that are currently unserved by large, traditional data providers,&uot; said HotData CEO Johnny Anderson. &uot;For the first time, these companies will have real-time access to business and consumer data embedded directly into their CRM (Customer Relationship Management) An integrated information system that is used to plan, schedule and control the presales and postsales activities in an organization. applications. Although GoldMine users are typically sophisticated users, they lack access to the external information they need to fully leverage their strengths. HotData is the tool they've been looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. .&uot; Pricing and Availability Prices for HotData's service start at $19.95/month for database up to 1,000 contact records. The free HotData plug-in, which enables the service, is available immediately as an Internet link within GoldMine 5.0. Users of GoldMine 4.0 can also download the free plug-in directly from HotData's Web site at www.hotdata.com. Free Area Code Updater Available for GoldMine GoldMine users can test HotData free of charge by downloading the HotData Area Code Updater from the HotData Web site. This plug-in uses HotData to update phone and fax numbers in GoldMine that are affected by area code expansion. Since 1985, the North American Numbering Plan “NANPA” redirects here. For other uses, see Nanpa (disambiguation). The North American Numbering Plan (NANP) is an integrated telephone numbering plan of 24 countries and territories: the United States and its territories, Canada, Bermuda, and 16 Caribbean Administration (NANPA NANPA North American Numbering Plan Administration (Bellcore) NANPA North American Nature Photography Association NANPA North American Numbering Plan Administrator NANPA North Alabama Nurse Practitioner Association ) has added over 100 new area codes, affecting over 120 million phone numbers! The NANPA has already designated over 200 new area code changes for the next 10 years. In addition, this trial includes 50 free Dun &Bradstreet business profiles. About HotData Inc. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, HotData provides software products and services for interactive Internet-based data delivery and cleansing, resulting in timely and accurate information for a wide range of commercial applications, including marketing automation, sales force automation Automating the sales activities within an organization. A comprehensive SFA package provides such functions as contact management, note and information sharing, quick proposal and presentation generation, product configurators, calendars and to-do lists. , help desk, E-Commerce and ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) An integrated information system that serves all departments within an enterprise. Evolving out of the manufacturing industry, ERP implies the use of packaged software rather than proprietary software written by or for one customer. solutions. Over a dozen data providers have executed agreements to supply data to HotData users, including Claritas Inc., Dun &Bradstreet (Nasdaq:DNB DNB Dictionary of National Biography DNB Drum N Bass (music) DNB De Nederlandsche Bank DNB Dun & Bradstreet (stock symbol) DNB Den Norske Bank DNB David Nelson Band ), Experian, Group 1 Software Inc. (Nasdaq:GSOF), MAILER'S Software, The Polk Company, the United States Postal Service, Westminster International, and WhoWhere? Inc. For more information on HotData call 1-800-HOTDATA (468-3282), or visit www.hotdata.com. About GoldMine Software Corporation GoldMine Software has been ranked in the Inc. 500 &uot;Top 100 Fastest Growing Private Companies&uot; for the past two years, was named a national &uot;Fast 500&uot; company by Fast Company Magazine for the second consecutive year, has been listed on Upside magazine's annual &uot;Hot 100 Private Companies&uot; and has been ranked as one of Microsoft Corp.'s fastest-growing Independent Software Vendors. In addition, founders Jon V. Ferrara and Elan Susser have been awarded the coveted cov·et v. cov·et·ed, cov·et·ing, cov·ets v.tr. 1. To feel blameworthy desire for (that which is another's). See Synonyms at envy. 2. To wish for longingly. See Synonyms at desire. 1999 Ernst &Young &uot;Entrepreneur of the Year&uot; award. GoldMine Software solutions have been lauded with more than 60 major industry awards and accolades. Founded in 1989, and headquartered in Colorado Springs, Colo., GoldMine Software Corp. is a leading, worldwide developer of software solutions for customer relationship management and global supplier of support management solutions for small to medium-sized businesses. GoldMine Software has been implemented by more than 700,000 users worldwide with the assistance of more than 2,000 Value-Added Resellers. For additional information on GoldMine FrontOffice 2000, HEAT 5.01 or GoldMine 5.0, please call 1-800-654-3526 or visit www.goldmine.com. |
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