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Voices of CRM: John Roberts of SugarCRM talks open source

In this podcast, John Roberts discusses open source CRM's present and future prospects, compares it to on-demand CRM and shares why he stays friendly with Microsoft.

Barney Beal

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John Roberts

In this podcast, John Roberts, CEO of SugarCRM, discusses the present and future prospects of open source CRM, compares it to on-demand CRM and shares why he stays friendly with Microsoft, a company many in the open source community consider a foe.

Roberts, Clint Oram and Jacob Taylor co-founded SugarCRM in 2004. The three men had previously worked together at Epiphany. Roberts has also held sales and marketing positions at BroadVision, Baan and IBM.

Voices of CRM: SugarCRM's John Roberts

Download the podcast here: The CEO of SugarCRM talks up open source applications, on-demand and staying friendly with Microsoft.

Program Links:

Roberts on Sugar: John Roberts talked recently with SearchOpenSource.com as well about SugarCRM and trends in CRM.
Open Source CRM Learning Guide: SearchCRM.com's Learning Guide for Open Source CRM provides news, trends and tips for evaluating open source options in the CRM market.
Accounting firm sweetens the deal with SugarCRM: BDO Siedman got into open source CRM in a big way with a deal that could reach 9,000 users.

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