The Gartner CRM Vendor Guide, 2016

Archived Published: 09 May 2016 ID: G00299397

Analyst(s): Jim Davies | Ed Thompson | Gareth Herschel | Michael Maoz | Kimberly Collins | Joanne M. Correia | Bern Elliot | Twiggy Lo | TJ Singh | Chris Fletcher | Jenny Sussin | Olive Huang | Rob Dunie | Brian Manusama | Theodore Travis | Jason Daigler | Penny Gillespie | Saul Judah | Ilona Hansen | Drew Kraus | Jim Robinson | Patrick Sullivan | Jeff Freyermuth | Adam Sarner

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Summary

CRM leaders are continuing to invest in digital CRM technologies to drive growth and improve the customer experience. A key priority is market differentiation via new data and analytics tools that create consistent, contextualized customer interactions across all communications channels.

Analysis
- Market Forecast: Positive Outlook for CRM, Worldwide, Through 2019
- Cool Vendors
  - Cool Vendors, 2015
  - Cool Vendors, 2014 Through 2006
- Sales
  - Sales Execution Systems
  - Sales Effectiveness and Sales Enablement
  - Sales Performance Management
  - Social for Sales
  - Recurring Revenue Management
- Digital Commerce
  - Digital Commerce Platforms
  - Digital Commerce Ecosystem
- Marketing
  - Integrated Marketing Management
  - Multichannel Campaign Management
  - Digital Marketing
  - Lead Management
  - Marketing Resource Management
  - Marketing Analytics
  - Social for Marketing
- Customer Service
  - Customer Engagement Center
  - Contact Center Workforce Optimization
  - Contact Center Infrastructure
  - Social for Customer Service
  - Customer Service Analytics
- Field Service
  - Field Service Management
- Customer Experience Management
  - Enterprise Feedback Management
  - Voice of the Customer
  - Customer Journey Analytics
  - Customer Experience Management Service Providers
- Cross CRM
  - Cross-Functional Customer Analytics
  - Intelligent Business Process Management Suites
  - Master Data Management for Customer Data
  - Web Content Management
- Regional CRM Specialists
  - European CRM Application Software Specialists
  - Asia/Pacific CRM Application Software Specialists
- CRM Business Process Outsourcers
  - Outsourcing Providers With Capabilities in North America
  - Outsourcing Providers With Capabilities in Latin America
  - Outsourcing Providers With Capabilities in EMEA
  - Outsourcing Providers With Capabilities in the Asia/Pacific Region
- CRM Service Providers
  - CRM Service Providers With Capabilities in North America
  - CRM Service Providers With Capabilities in EMEA
  - CRM Service Providers With Capabilities in Asia/Pacific and Japan
  - CRM Service Providers for SaaS Implementations
- CRM Suites for Small or Midsize Businesses

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