Customer Relationship Manager(CRM) Interview Question:

What are your expectations for CRM in the next five years?

Submitted by: Muhammad

First, I expect CRM to become much more commonplace. Players like Zoho and 37signals (Highrise) are knocking down barriers to entry. I also expect to see some consolidation. I think the bigger players, like Salesforce, Microsoft, and SAP, will buy up some of their smaller rivals to build into their suites and migrate their user bases. As long as the acquiring provider keeps the connections intact during the migration and meets a similar price point, it will be a win-win. I also think we'll be seeing more mobile-friendly applications, like Salesforce's Visualforce and NetSuite's iPhone, to maximize data access and timeliness.
Submitted by: Muhammad