Larry Caretsky, CEO of Commence Corporation was recently interviewed by industry journalist Tom Cutler about the company's introduction of Commence On Demand, a new web-based CRM solution that is delivered over the Internet at a fixed monthly fee.  Caretsky discusses the company's rational for entering the space, its competitive advantages and the reasons he believes the product will enjoy a high degree of success with existing customers and new businesses migrating from lower end contact managers.

When asked if future product offerings from Commence would be based on Internet technology, Caretsky indicated that the company hopes to merge the strength of their desktop offering with that of the Internet. For the full article see:

http://www.commence.com/CommenceCRMADavidandGoliathStory.asp

Paris, France will host the annual Commence Distributor Meeting on October 19-21^st. Representatives from several European and Baltic counties will attend the session to discuss the plans for future versions of the Commence product.  "We are all anxious to lean about the next release RM 3.5.1 and Commences new hosted CRM On-Demand product," said Dennis Moran, president of Istri.  Moran's company has been distributing Commence in France for more than a decade.   Larry Caretsky, president of Commence will address the group and is scheduled to meet with several members of the French press. " Commence is very popular in France," says Caretsky. "While there are a few local competitors there is nothing that can match the flexibility and robust functionality of Commence. It is utilized by several state wide organizations as well as hundreds of small to mid-size businesses."