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VAR STARS TO BE ANNOUNCED

The first annual VAR Stars selection will be announced next week. With a logo almost ready for primetime, the selection of the 100 quality resellers will be published on the Web site, Bob Scott's Insights at www.bobscottsinsights.com. Stay tuned for details. Read more...

DELTEK EASES SOME STOCK RESTRICTIONS

Deltek and New Mountain Funds, which helped recapitalize the company and take it public in 2007, have agreed to waive restrictions on the sale of stock held by a trust owned by Donald deLaski, one of the company's cofounders. Under the agreement, restrictions were lifted on the sale or transfer of 500,000 shares of Deltek common stock held by the deLaski trust.

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RADIANT'S NET JUMPS AS SALES SLIDE

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Radiant Systems, a POS specialist, reported that net income more than doubled while its revenue dropped 14 percent for the third quarter ended September 30. The company, whose products include the CounterPoint POS application, reported earnings of $3.4 million, a jump from $1.6 million for last year's corresponding period.

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ACCLIVITY HANDS OUT AWARDS

Acclivity, which markets the MYOB product portfolio in the United States and Canada, announced its top partners at the company's 14th annual conference, held in Morristown, N.J.  last month. The company named JoAnn Ortiz of Hollywood, Calif.-based Fly Dragon Consulting as 2009 Partner of the Year.

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EPARTNERS EPARTNERS WITH NAVISITE

epartners logoEPartners, the national Dynamics reseller, has entered a deal under which NaviSite, which includes the VAR's ability to resell NaviSite managed hosting and application services. It was the first ePartners press release since July and the first in a year that didn't announce an award or designation given to the firm.

 

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BLYTHECO TOPS SAGE CHANNEL, AGAIN

Steve BlytheDoes Steve Blythe get his number retired and hung from the rafters at Sage Insights for being named the top business partner in North America for Sage's year ended Sept. 30, 2009? His Blytheco, a perennial award winner, was picked for having the highest totals sales of any reseller across the Sage Business Solutions product line, its midmarket products.


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MICROSOFT PROMOTES CRM ONLINE


With what was described as its third service update in 18 months, Dynamics CRM Online got a big push this week in terms of features and promotion. Microsoft added free mobile access, enhanced data support and customizable views. It also offers customers switching from Salesforce.com or Oracle CRM On Demand use of the Dynamics product for free for six months. But wait, there's more.

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EXACT GIVES UP ON SAAS UNIT

Exact Group, whose Exact Software operations market the Macola and Progression ERP packages, has decided that whatever the merits of Software as a Service, owning a company that produces Web-based applications wasn't a good idea. The unit, AllSolutons, which is also based in the Netherlands, sells a SaaS product called WebSolutions QX.

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MICROSOFT TO CUT 800 JOBS

It's not that many but it shows that Microsoft is still tightening its wallet as the company announced plans to cut 500 positions, which is in addition to the 5,000 it said it planned to eliminate Read more...

NETSUITE RESULTS DECENT CONSIDERING ECONOMY

NetSuite saw 24.5 percent increase in its loss on a 3.2 percent increase in revenue for the third quarter ended September 30. And while those results are decent, considering the economy, I'm not sure the company moved toward the tipping point for adoption of SaaS. The loss was just over $8 million, compared to $6.2 million for last year's corresponding period.

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