News and Analysis (15672)
OASIS PICKS UP SUGARCRM
- Friday, 24 February 2012
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
Reseller Oasis Solutions Group of Louisville, Ky., has become the latest member of the Sage North America channel to pick up SugarCRM. And the scuttlebutt is swirling around Sage’s CRM efforts with reports the company might consider direct sales with CRM VARs providing all the after-sale services.
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OMNIVUE NAMES SALES VP
- Friday, 24 February 2012
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
OmniVue, a Dynamics reseller based in Atlanta, has appointed Lee Olsen as VP of sales. Olsen spent 22 years at IBM where he was twice named Top Salesman of the Year, and was a Business Partner Manager when he helped create the company’s MultiMedia division and then was named to lead its sales and marketing. Olsen’s job is to lead business development efforts focused on the needs of distribution companies. The previous VP of sales was Bruce Kopkin who held the position from September 2010 through June 2011. Although Olsen’s hiring was just announced, his LinkedIn page shows he took the position in November.
SAP: THE SOUND OF SILENCE
- Friday, 24 February 2012
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
Late in February 2011, SAP began its 2011 Partner Summit. A couple of weeks ago, I asked a company PR representative what plans were for this year and told it was in the works. Well, some of the things that happened at the Summit, such as the naming of top VARs, happened in January at the SAP North American Field Kick Off Meeting.
ONLINE SALES LIFT INTUIT RESULTS
- Friday, 24 February 2012
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
Intuit achieved more than $1 billion in revenue for its second quarter for the first time as sales of TurboTax Web and QuickBooks Online grew at rapid rates. Net income for the quarter ended January 31 was $118 million, a 61.6-percent increase from $73 million a year earlier. Second-quarter revenue of just over $1 billion was up 16 percent from the $878 million posted in the second quarter of fiscal 2011.
CONVIO REVS UP ON EVE OF BLACKBAUD DEAL
- Friday, 24 February 2012
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
Convio, which is soon going to be part of Blackbaud, registered a sharp increase in net income for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31 as revenue for the periods went up by double digits. Fourth quarter net income was $12.5 million, a big jump from $65,000 in last year’s corresponding period.
MORK GETS NEW MCGLADREY JOB
- Thursday, 23 February 2012
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
McGladrey & Pullen has named Stan Mork to the newly created position of national IT transaction advisory services leader. Mork will focus on the sale and delivery of IT due diligence and related technology services for private equity firms and other strategic buyers. His team will provide transaction services to help clients grow and streamline their operations, working closely with the firm's financial and tax transaction advisory teams. Mork has been at McGladrey since February 1984 and was previously managing director of technology services.
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INTUIT'S QBES ROLLS ON
- Thursday, 23 February 2012
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
The customer base for Intuit's QuickBooks Enterprise Solutions kept growing during the second quarter ended January 31. The number of active users hit 62,000 at the end of the quarter, up 21.6 percent from 51,000 for last year's corresponding period. The second-quarter total was also up from 60,000 users at the end of the first quarter.
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BLACKBAUD SPENDING ON CRM FIXES
- Thursday, 23 February 2012
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
Blackbaud closed out 2011 pleased with the installations of its CRM product. But it also decided to take a special charge “to bring four CRM implementations to a successful completion,” CEO Marc Chardon said in this week’s earnings conference call. However, the company was happy with 23 sales wins for the year with 28 customers now live.Read more...
EPICOR’S ERP REVS UP 6.4 PERCENT
- Wednesday, 22 February 2012
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
Epicor Software reported revenue rose to $133.4 million for the first quarter ended December 31 while its retail revenue dropped. That ERP figure was out of a total of $209.4 million, up from $89.8 million a year earlier. The basic financial reports are a tough read in the usual analytical terms since the year-ago comparison are for Epicor before it was melded with Activant under the Epicor name.
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SAP AND GOOGLE COLLABORATE
- Friday, 17 February 2012
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
SAP is announcing the availability of two out of three cloud-based initiatives that were launched by Google and SAP last year. These include a cloud application, SnapEdge Live Chat that was developed on the Google App Engine and integrated into Business ByDesign. Live Chat is available on the SAP store. ByD also got Android Support as SAP also released its player for Android-based devices on the Android app Store. The cloud-based application also had mobile functionality for iOS devices, Blackberry and Windows phones.
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