"My guess is that they actually gave money back to the channel on those changes, and this is their attempt to reclaim that lost ground." That effort is driving smaller VARs to seek M&A partners and this person believes if announcements had come earlier, it would have given larger resellers "a jump start on smaller office acquisitions, prior to the Dec. 31 effective date. That would've been great for larger BPAC partners, but not so great for Sage's overall North American business." He also said that Sage left maintenance and support alone "thereby keeping their channel intact."
SAGE TIER CHANGE: ONE VIEW Featured
Sage's change to its tier structure is coming at the expense of smaller resellers. There's not much revolutionary--there's always a squeeze on smaller VARs. But in this case, the view is coming from a larger VAR, who attributes the recently changed tiers thresholds to some ill-chosen past moves. Requesting not to be quoted by name, this dealer says he believes the present situation grew out of an earlier miscalculation by Sage management.
