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You can now relive the excitement of Capterra’s 2012 CRM Madness tournament with this news clip.

Congratulations to SugarCRM!

With millions of people using Capterra each year to find and compare software for their business, we were able to collect some interesting data points on how software buyers filtered their software search results in 2011. Here are some highlights:

1. 74% of software buyers were from companies with less than 50 employees. 6% were from companies with 1,000 or more employees.
2. 75% of software buyers were from companies with less than $2 million in annual revenue. 3% were from companies with a billion or more in annual revenue.
3. Windows remains the most popular platform with a 49% share of filters. Web-based (aka SaaS or Cloud Computing) is #2 with 26%, and Mac is #3 with 11%.
4. Mid-large businesses are more likely to be interested in web-based solutions. Companies with one employee choose web-based just 18% of the time. That grows to 26% for 2-9 employees, 29% for 10-49 employees, 31% for 50-99 employees, 35% for 100-999 employees, and 39% for 1,000 or more employees.
5. The same thing applies to number of users. If the number of software users is just one, then Windows is the choice 65% of the time, with web-based coming in second at 15%, and Mac third at 13%. When 2-9 users are involved, Windows and Mac interest decline to 56% and 8% respectively, while web-based interest grows to 28%. At 10 or more users, web-based interest grows to 35-40% interest.
6. When comparing 2011 to 2010, interest in web-based solutions grew by 2%. Interest in Mac solutions grew by 10%. The main platform that took a hit was not Windows, but instead Linux/Unix, which declined by 16%.

I see three main takeaways in the data… continue reading »

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2. Tea lights and flammable centerpieces lead to fires. Luckily, wine puts out fires quite nicely.

3. Cheese cubes are not nearly as popular as the caterers lead you to believe.

4. If a wife beats her husband at ping pong…even 7 years ago… he never forgets.

5. Gluten free cupcakes really are just as good as the gluten-filled ones.

6. You’re never too young or too old for the Charlie Brown Christmas special.

7. You can run but you can’t hide from scary Santa.

8. Mulled wine is a lot more popular than sparkling cider.

9. Even if you missed your holiday party, you didn’t really miss it because the full spread is in your office fridge Monday morning.

10. You can say “Merry Blah Blah” all you want, but there are no Capterra Grinches.

What did you learn at your office’s holiday party?