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COUGAR ROLLS OUT DENALI 2.8

Cougar Mountain Software has introduced Denali 2.8, a version of its newest product line that can convert CMS Professional data. Data from any Windows Version of CMS can be converted, as can data from the DOS 15.0 version. The system has a 64-bit compatibility and can also run on a 32-bit system. Denali 2.8 provides what was called improved integration with CMS Professional Payroll. Users can import AP, bank reconciliation and GL data into Denali after posting transactions and exporting payroll data. Read more...

B1 PRAISED AS SAP CEO LEAVES

How SAP's management change impacts the mid-market is unclear. But I'm certain it will after CEO Leo Apotheker resigned this week and the German software giant returned to dual CEO system. American Bill McDermott heads the field organization while Jim Hagemann Snabe runs product development.

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EPICOR HAPPY WITH QUARTER

Epicor had such a good period for the fourth quarter ended December 31 that CEO George Klaus forgot to declare that Epicor is totally focused on direct sales. Or maybe that's because the company recently made an important promotion in the channel organization and he was reminded it has a channel. Read more...

FISHBOWL ADDS MOBILE WAREHOUSE MODULE

Fishbowl has added mobile warehouse inventory software for use with Fishbowl Inventory 2010, which was recently introduced. Fishbowl Mobile can process, transfer and receive warehouse inventory in real time. Also integrating with QuickBooks, the software can be installed on an unlimited number of scanners within the warehouse.

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BLACKBAUD MOVING TO COMMON DATABASE

Blackbaud’s next generation of products, generation eight, turns from offering a variety of separate applications for each market in favor of a single application that provides a variety of functions from the same database. CEO Marc Chardon told attendees at this week’s Thomas Wiesel Technology & Telecom Conference that Generation 8 is built on Microsoft .Net 3.5, moving away from the client-server architecture. Read more...

SAP FOUNDER PREDICTS HARDWARE REVOLUTION

It would probably startle some that SAP co-founder Hasso Plattner plans to devote his speech at Sapphire, the company’s major user conference, to Apple’s iPod. "My speech at Sapphire will be totally on the IPad,” Plattner said during this week’s Webcast announcing the company’s major management changes. Read more...

F9 EYES GAP LEFT BY FRX

F9, a veteran of the software wars is being touted as a replacement for FRx, the financial reporting software that Microsoft is dropping. On its Web site, the company, which has ended up in the ownership of Infor, asks "Are you an ERP Vendor, Reseller or Customer Looking to Replace FRx?" Read more...

INTERDYN CFO FILLS SALES/SERVICE JOB

InterDyn CFO Consulting, which resellers Dynamics GP, NAV and CRM, has created the position of general manager of sales and professional services. The Orlando, Fla.-based VAR filled the spot with Jeff Petersen, whose duties will be to direct new business development and professional services. Petersen, who joined the company in 2000, launched its CRM division, which the company reported showed a 66 percent year-to-year increase in 2009 Read more...

SWK HIRES EXECS

Sage reseller SWK Technologies has raided the offices of another reseller in hiring two new executives. The Livingston, N.J.-based organization has named Andrew Nunez as COO and EVP Sales and Paul Frydman as EVP-Consulting. The two had worked at the Secaucus, N.J., office of Nextec, a reseller that handles Dynamics and Sage's MAS 500 and X3 lines. SWK handles Sage's MAS 90/200/500, BusinessWorks, FAS, Act, SageCRM and SalesLogix products, along with Intuit's QuickBooks Enterprise Solutions. Read more...

BLACKBAUD ENDS 2009 WITH NET UP

Blackbaud ended its year on December 31 reporting a 17.9 percent rise in net income on a 4.7 percent decline in revenue for the fourth quarter. Net income rose to just under $8 million in the most recently ended quarter, compared to $6.5 million a year earlier. Fourth-quarter revenue was just under $79 million, down from $80.5 million. Read more...

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