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Why We Moved from Apache Solr to Elastic Search
Netric is an Enterprise Productivity and Collaboration suite that includes advanced tools like CRM, CMS, Project Management and more in a single unified platform. We store a lot of …
Why are CRM solutions so expensive?
The price of CRM software can be surprisingly daunting, especially if you are new to the marketplace. We have come a long way from buying Act! at Costco for $39.95 and paying a …
What is CRM - Customer Relationship Management?
The terms “Customer Relationship Management” and its associated, and slightly more popular acronym “CRM”, are hot buzzwords in the marketplace as of late. …
What is Collaboration?
Collaboration is a word that gets thrown around a lot, but what exactly are we talking about when we use it in the context of the workplace? In its most basic form, to collaborate …
What is an Intranet?
An intranet is a website used to share information within an organization. A good intranet helps to provide the following benefits for organizations of any size: 1. It Improves …
The Intranet Howto for a Small Business with Limited Resources
This is a how-to for small or medium sized organizations who know that an intranet would be helpful but don’t think it’s possible in your current circumstances. As …
Talking About Sharepoint
Microsoft Sharepoint might just be one of the best and most useful products they company has ever released. In fact, usability expert Jacob Neilson just discovered in some recent …
New Feature Preview - Generic Reminders
We recently added a new Generic Reminders Tool based on great feedback from our users. The Problem There are times when it would be handy to be sent a simple reminder of something …
Keep the Team Productive and Connected Without Another Meeting
One of the most frustrating things for any manager, or even a team member, is a fragmented and disconnected team. Unless it is intentionally and tirelessly combated, groups of any …
How to Manage a Scrum Project Using Netric
Scrum is a popular and efficient, agile project management framework that involves an iterative and incremental process. There are many fantastic books and articles written about …
Helpful Tips For Successfully Deploying CRM
More and more organizations are realizing the potential benefits of rolling out a CRM solution. It seems like there are new vendors springing up every day and news features are …
Free Software Options for Startups
There are a number of good free software solutions available for small business looking to cut or keep their monthly expenses low. Software can be very expensive so unfortunately …
Changing to netric.com Domain
Good news, as of this week customers and users can now find us on netric.com rather than netricos.com. We hope this helps in efforts to create the best possible experience for our …
A Simple and Life Changing System for Managing Tasks
Ever felt that sinking feeling that you are just one slip-up away from utter catastrophe because new tasks are coming your way faster than you can possibly process them? I have …
A Preview of the New Customer Form
Over the past few months we have spent an unbelievable amount of time thinking about how we can make the customer form in our CRM more usable and simple. We really love simple …
3 Reasons You May Not Need a CRM in Your Small Business
CRM companies love to author and proliferate “X Number of Reasons that CRM is Beneficial” type articles to try and demonstrate to hesitant business owners the …