| Field | Information Technology, Customer Service |
| Went Obsolete | c.2001 |
| Made Obsolete By | PeopleSoft?, Oracle |
| Knowledge Assumed | Visual Basic for Applications, Voodoo Magic, Summoning of the Unholy One |
| When useful | Operating call center environments |
Vantive was a client-server CRM (customer relationship management) package popular around the late 1990s. Perhaps the most notable deployment was at the call centers of nationwide ISP EarthLink?, and America Online. The company which made and sold Vantive was bought by PeopleSoft?, who in turn was bought by Oracle.
Read more on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vantive