The market for database server software, seen as a barometer of overall software market health, grew slightly last year, fueled in part by Linux, new research shows. Mike Ricciuti joined CNET in 1996.

A sales database is a computer software program used to store information about prospects and customers. Companies and salespeople have used them since the technology emerged in the latter part of the ...

Data collections are valuable. From customer preferences, to mailing lists, to profiles of individuals, many businesses have compiled databases of information about customers, website users or just ...

Let’s say your top sales manager leaves your company to join a competitor. You expect they’ll take their relationships with them, but will they take your sales data, too? Unfortunately, you probably ...