Klaus continued that those who buy from Epicor “deal with one project manager, one program manager within Epicor, one sales organization, one consulting organization, one support organization and not a bunch of partners” … This is hardly complimentary talk. This week, the company issued a press release noting that it had been named to CRN’s 2011 Partner Programs Guide, and has also been awarded a 5-Star Partner rating. Klaus issued a statement that, “Epicor is proud to work with our channel partners around the world who are leaders and industry experts in their chosen focus.” I have to say, I just don’t get Klaus' almost fierce statements at Wall Street conferences touting direct sales over the channel since it’s clear that competing VARs have lost deals to Epicor 9 and new VARs seem to be starting to make deals.