Maximizer Software, a leading provider of simple, accessible customer relationship management (CRM) solutions, announced its support for the Open Data Initiative unveiled by Jigsaw, a leading provider of business information and data services that uniquely leverages user-generated content contributed by its global membership.
Advancing an open source approach to company data, Jigsaw's Open Data Initiative makes it easy to search, select, and import company data for free into leading CRM and contact management solutions.
With this announcement, Maximizer Software will leverage the free company data provided through Jigsaw's Open Data Initiative to make it simple for customers to search, select, and import Jigsaw's accurate and up-to-date company data into their own database of contacts.
Maximizer Software and Jigsaw also worked together to develop a native CSV file format that maps to Maximizer CRM, allowing customers to easily populate any of the four Maximizer CRM editions - Enterprise, Group, Professional and Entrepreneur - with Jigsaw's free company data.
"We are pleased to partner with Jigsaw as it reflects Maximizer's commitment in continuing to deliver access to valuable information through our CRM software that helps small and medium-sized businesses improve their sales and marketing," said John Caputo, president, Maximizer Software. "Whether we're working with an established company that needs database enhancements or helping a start-up build an instant prospect list, our customers can leverage Jigsaw's Open Data Initiative to get additional value out of Maximizer CRM."
Jigsaw's Open Data Initiative is the company's latest move to democratise data and make it easily accessible to businesses of all sizes. At its founding in 2004, Jigsaw was first to introduce a directory of business contacts that harnessed the 'wisdom of the crowds' through user-generated content. Building off of this success and experience, Jigsaw has introduced company data that has been developed in the same manner and is now free and easy to download in bulk by Jigsaw's members and partners. As a founding member of Jigsaw's Open Data Initiative, Maximizer Software has enabled its customers to pre-load Maximizer CRM with Free company data provided by Jigsaw.
"To effect industry change, it is important to align with the best in the field," said Jim Fowler, CEO and co-founder, Jigsaw. "Together with leading CRM and contact management solution providers, including Maximizer Software, we are changing the course of the data industry. Visit any Web site, directory or mapping application and you can find the basic company information for individual companies in the public domain. However, if that information is needed in aggregate, it can be very expensive or time-consuming to gather and integrate that data into business processes. Jigsaw believes company data should not only be freely available but easily accessible and transferable to professional contact systems and enterprise-level CRM solutions."
For more information about Jigsaw's Open Data Initiative, please visit www.jigsaw.com/OpenDataInitiative.xhtml.
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