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DELTEK MUM ON SALE REPORT

deltek logo newDeltek is declining comment on a Wall Street Journal report that the company is for sale. The Journal made the report a week ago. I suspect this is one of those things we'll find out about if it happens and if no deal is made, the subject will never get mentioned. It's hard for outsiders to know the reasons.

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SAGE CENTRALIZING R&D

Himanshu Palsule, SageSage North America expects to get more bang for its buck with centralized research and development operations. The fact that it has not had them may explain the company's pace with products. That's one of the changes accompanying this month's appointment of Himanshu Palsule as chief technology officer. Read more...

SAP'S BYD SETTLING INTO HIGH END

Jim Hagemann-Snabe, SAPAs SAP executives drooled over financial results for the June quarter, details emerged that show where cloud product Business ByDesign is coming to rest. Co-CEO Jim Hagemann-Snabe reported the company sold its largest ByD customer ever in Australia "beating Workday and Oracle."

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ACUMATICA TIERS CHANNEL PROGRAM

Stijn Hendrikse, AcumaticaSooner or later, most vendors that use resellers realize that not all VARs are created equal and began offering layers to their programs. That announcement came as McLean, Va.-based Acumatica gets ready to push for more channel members. “We are starting a big recruitment campaign next week,” says Stijn Hendrikse, the company's chief marketing officer. Read more...

SAGE: NONCORE DOESN'T EQUAL DISPOSAL

Klaus-Michael Vogelberg, SageThe Sage Group this week labeled a group of products as noncore. That set the buzz going in the channel about the fate of products such as SalesLogix and Act, which fell under the label. But in this week's investor's day webcast, group chief technology officer Klaus-Michael Vogelberg declared that "Noncore does not equate to disposal". Read more...

INTERDYN AKA BUYS AX PRACTICE

Jack Ades, Interdyn AKAInterdyn AKA has acquired the North American Dynamics AX practice from Business & Decision in an asset purchase. B&D is a European-based consulting and systems integration company. In the announcement, the companies said AKA has collaborated with the B&D AX team on many implementations.

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ADAPTIVE DISCOVERY INTRODUCED

adaptive_planning_logo.Adaptive Planning has introduced Adaptive Discovery, which the Mountain View, Calif.-based vendor calls a cloud-based data visualization solution. I suppose we could simplify that and call it a graphical reporting tool. The application has the ability to drill into data in the company's budgeting package and translate the data into graphics that are easier to understand. Read more...

INTACCT HIRES MARKETING VP

Clark Newby, IntacctInfor has named Clark Newby as VP of marketing, filling the spot left vacant when Dan Druker left the company in February. Newby, who joined the company in May according to his LinkedIn page, was most recently SVP of  marketing and alliances at SnapLogic.

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INFOR VARS FACE BIG CHANGES

Jeff Abbott, InforInfor plans to grow its channel from about 750 members as of May to about 1,100. But for the most part, that action is taking place outside of the United States. “Most of it is in the BRIC countries,” says Jeff Abbott, Infor’s VP of channels and global alliances.

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TAMLIN SEEKS MAS 500 VARS

Linda Bryan, TamlinTamlin Software Developers, an AccountMate VAR, is trying to attract Sage MAS 500 resellers to the AccountMate platform. That includes an emphasis on Tamlin’s Manufacturing Conductor when combined with AccountMate's source code. Read more...

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