update is Europe's leading vendor of standard Customer Relationship Management
(CRM) software.
Generation V
Generation V, an umbrella brand name, is update's new product portfolio, based
on the multi-tenancy-enabled marketing.manager 5.0 software. It supports our
customers throughout the entire customer lifecycle, from customer acquisition
through to services for regular customers.

CRM - the integrative approach
According to META Group, there are three key ingredients of successful Customer
Relationship Management (CRM):
Operational CRM: the business processes and technologies that can help improve
the efficiency and accuracy of day-to-day customer-facing operations. These
include Sales Automation, Marketing Automation and Service Automation.
Collaborative CRM: the components and processes that allow an enterprise to
interact and collaborate with its customers. Encompasses speech technology,
Web, e-mail, conferences on all available media and personal interaction.
Analytical CRM: the portion of the CRM ecosystem that provides analysis of
customer data and behavioural patterns to improve business decisions.
Encompasses the underlying Data Warehouse architecture, Customer Profiling /
Segmentation Systems, Reporting and Analysis.
Generation V takes the multi-channel approach and is geared towards user
mobility. The marketing.manager update.win, update.web and update.pda products
set new standards. The combination ofGeneration V with prospect.miner means all
aspects of CRM are covered.
update philosophy
By developing new products, update is committed to making a constructive and
responsible contribution as we enter the mobile business era.

update.com's software solutions provide a platform for handling all aspects of
Customer Relationship Management:
Part of the Generation V product range, marketing.manager is the flexible
standard software solution designed to support sales and marketing activities,
such as customer data management, contact and sales management and campaign
management.
Generation V, update's new product portfolio based on the multi-tenancy-enabled
marketing.manager 5.0 software, takes the multi-channel approach and is geared
towards user mobility. The marketing.manager update.win, update.web and
update.pda products set new standards. Multi-tenancy and the implementation of
Application Service Providing (ASP) together with the multi-channel approach
are key enhancements to the extensive marketing.manager product family.
update.analytical crm allows CRM databases to be analysed, providing a solid
basis for management decisions as well as operative and strategic planning.
All products can be integrated quickly and easily with existing systems and can
be implemented on a modular basis, depending on specific requirements.