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SAGE GOING FOR REGIONAL SUMMITS Featured

Sage is planning to hold regional Summit conferences next year. This seems to be a move to replace the large Summit show with smaller regional events. The statement from Sage in England, as we say in the press business, neither confirmed nor denied the report.

The response was "We'll be updating on Summit very soon." At a minimum, it appears there will be separate events for the United Stated States and Canada. In July, the company drew 15,000 attendees to Chicago after announcing its original target of 20,000. Word was the company started offering $99 admissions close to opening day and then started letting people in off the street. Frankly, regional shows sound better to me. I think Summit reached the same point Microsoft reached with Convergence, which it abandoned this year. The goal seemed to be to hold larger and larger shows, not provide useful content. Right now, the company is conducting Sage Summit Tours, although the only thing showing on the website is the French Tour and all the information is in French. There has been no press announcement of the tour, which contrasts to the bus tour of the United States. That was highly publicized and there were even t-shirts promoting it. The way things are going Sage should produce more T-shirts for its events. There may be more of a future in that business than in some of its legacy software.

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