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January 11, 2012 Create or Manage Your Profile Webopedia Daily vendor-neutral A product (hardware or software), technology or specification that is not proprietary (e.g. not privately owned and controlled) by one vendor. Vendor neutrality can be of concern, especially in the enterprise where there is a need for systems to integrate with new hardware and software as technology evolves. The presumed advantage of choosing a vendor-neutral model is that the best technology can be used at any time. Previous Terms-of-the-Day Term of the Day Google Gadget  Term of the Day on Twitter  The Social CRM Playbook Sponsored by SugarCRM Social CRM creates a new environment for customer conversations, a new opportunity to learn about customers, and a new opportunity to engage, build peer-to-peer relationships and strengthen brand perception. In order to do all of this successfully, however, you need a strategy. This white paper provides an outline of the broad steps you should take in building a social CRM strategy and an overview of how you can pair that strategy with technology to enable your business to practice real social CRM. Click Here >>    Video White Paper: Stop Babysitting Your Applications    Critical IT Security Protection--Build, Monitor and Defend Your Company    The Social CRM Playbook    White Paper: Mission-Critical Java    8 Must-Have Data storage Technologies for the Data Center Job Title: SAP PI Technical Developer Company: Intellex Consulting Services, Inc Location: US-NJ-Marlton Webopedia is on Facebook, Let's connect! Webopedia is on Facebook, are you? Let's connect! Join more than 5,000 Webopedia fans on Facebook and interact with the site's editors, post messages on the "Webopedia Wall," plus add comments on term definitions, articles, discuss technology and even suggest topics for inclusion in Webopedia. You are subscribed to an ITBusinessEdge.com newsletter as ignoble.experiment@arconati.us. To unsubscribe from this newsletter, please click here. If you wish to be removed from all of our future emails, please click here. To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: ITBusinessEdge a property of QuinStreet, Inc. Attn: Newsletter Subscription Dept. 950 Tower Lane, 6th Floor Foster City, CA 94404 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with.