Comments on: Blackbaud Stock Downgraded By Analysts http://www.nonprofittechblog.org/blackbaud-stock-downgraded-by-analysts?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=blackbaud-stock-downgraded-by-analysts Confessions of a Non-Profit Executive Director Thu, 09 Sep 2010 12:41:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Allan Benamer http://www.nonprofittechblog.org/blackbaud-stock-downgraded-by-analysts/comment-page-1#comment-95404 Allan Benamer Fri, 04 Apr 2008 18:42:52 +0000 http://www.nonprofittechblog.org/blackbaud-stock-downgraded-by-analysts#comment-95404 I would think CRM would be hurt before Raiser's Edge but both RE and CRMs are in longer-term contracts so I don't think the effect can really be felt until it came time to renew the contract. What happens to an RE installation if the support contract is not renewed? It's also pretty costly to shutdown either a CRM just because you'd still need the data. I would think that other things would get hurt instead -- backup Internet, hardware backups, tape purchases, new servers, etc. I would think CRM would be hurt before Raiser’s Edge but both RE and CRMs are in longer-term contracts so I don’t think the effect can really be felt until it came time to renew the contract. What happens to an RE installation if the support contract is not renewed?

It’s also pretty costly to shutdown either a CRM just because you’d still need the data. I would think that other things would get hurt instead — backup Internet, hardware backups, tape purchases, new servers, etc.

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I think it will hurt iMIS as well, as they have tried to move past association management and into Blackbaud’s fundraising business.

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