Before Yesware, sales people would get hectored by their bosses to type into the corporate Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system the status of their sales calls.

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At the same time, investors are trying to unseat a stubborn management group in the hopes of a takeover offer or asset sales, and a system wide disruption like this certainly hurts its image to potential buyers.

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