Sales application promises greater productivity

Oracle says its newly announced application will give mobile sales staff real time access to data and information so that sales communications don't hit the typical snags due to travel, communication glitches and stalled progress on sealing deals. According to the vendor, which released Sales for Handhelds last week, mobile reps will be able to access and update contacts, appointments and tasks through a handheld device using their Personal Information Manager and update deal-critical information via a Web browser in real time.

This capability will let them grab the latest customer and opportunity information, monitor order status, take notes and set follow-up items. Once they input information on the status of a deal, the changes automatically flow into the related sales forecast, ensuring a unified view of customers pipeline and orders for both the sales and management teams.

For more on the new mobile tool:
- read this press release