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I am seeing a pattern. Last time I looked at how Oracle’s generative AI is integrating into a variety of front- and back-office work areas like supply chain, HR, and, of course, CRM. Today, I want to examine Salesforce’s recently announced AI enhancements for its Field Service Suite. The pattern...

Oracle has announced 50 new generative AI apps for its application suite that embed into existing business workflows across finance, supply chain, HR, sales, marketing, and service, as well as an expansion of the Oracle Guided Journeys’ extensibility. It seems like good stuff, but it also neatly d...

Today’s challenge for CRM vendors lies in simplifying the adoption of sophisticated, out-of-the-box AI models over the complexities of DIY projects, which can be daunting. Simplification is crucial, as AI-powered CRM platforms are revolutionizing how businesses deliver customer experiences.

A new era of customer relationship management is emerging, with a focus on innovative design and strategic platform goals. Businesses rethinking their use of these platforms can improve profit margins, enhance customer satisfaction, streamline operations, and foster innovative engagement strategies.

The concept of CRM evolving into a "customer personal assistant" is feasible and aligns with the broader trend of AI-driven personalization and automation. However, its success depends on various factors, including the organization's resources, technology infrastructure, and available data quality.

Applying AI to customer service as a test case does have some advantages. Customers are different from sales prospects. A prospect can ghost you, but a customer has a need to make things work both product-wise and throughout the relationship.

What a difference a decade makes. It seems only about that long ago that vendors were wrestling with providing the rudiments of automated triage for customer service. It was not often pretty, but they kept at it. Good thing, too.

SugarCRM is incorporating predictive AI to enhance its CRM capabilities, offering sales agents data-driven insights for more effective decision-making.

Last week, I was all over Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) like a junkyard dog. In the quarter-mile race that is the software industry, I have to say that from a standing start, Oracle has done quite well.