Velaro, a developer of click-to-chat product, has announced its integration with SugarCRM, a provider of open source customer relationship management (CRM) software, to create a real-time customer touch point for SugarCRM users and provide a 360 degree view of customer information.
The company said that the addition of its live chat integration with SugarCRM has expanded and streamlined a number of sales and support processes. It allows businesses to create leads, support cases, and contacts from Velaro’s chat window. Then upon completion of the chat, transcripts are automatically attached to a SugarCRM record.
Velaro said that it has taken the timely approach to offer application integration as a key feature to software-as-a-service applications including SugarCRM.
Alex Bloom, president of Velaro, said: Providing a universal view of customer information to sales and support staff is critical in today’s market. The idea of juggling multiple applications in different windows to manage customer data is antiquated. Velaro’s integration with SugarCRM enables businesses instant access to CRM records in real-time from the chat window.
“Velaro’s integrations go far beyond the typical placement of a web control being placed inside a desktop application. Velaro provides a rich integration by using SugarCRM’s web services API to connect our click-to-chat service directly to SugarCRM. This allows us to simplify usage and control a customer’s complete record as they navigate your web site.
