re: UKNM: Database for a small business

[pete bresser]

  >Can anyone recommend a good database system for storing contact details

(new

  > biz, client, media, analysts. etc.) - ideally one that has an e-mail

merge

  > facility, plus capability to update records each time an email

communication

  > is received from a contact?


We use Goldmine 4.0 which has e-mail merging capability. It is a very good

method of keeping tabs on companies with several contacts, although I don't

think it handles each individual in that company record particularly well.

Its reporting capabilities are extremely powerful as it has Crystal Reports

built in. This enables you to report on your data in many different ways,

including forecasting sales according to month or user.


It also has the capability to synchronise data records from remote users via

e-mail/modem connection as well as work over a standard network.


I have also used Maximizer in the past and that is a very impressive package

too. This handles the individuals within organisations much better than

Goldmine, but the reporting capabilities are rudamentry. You can export data

to Crytal Reports - although I haven't done this.


Regards


Pete Bresser

Visionet New Media Marketing Ltd.

Company No. 3699279 Registered in the UK

See us on the web - http://www.visionet.co.uk

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