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SBS UNIT GETS GRACE HUNT

The SBS Group New England has acquired Grace Hunt, a Hudson, Mass.-based Dynamics reseller. SBS Group New England is an affiliate of the Woodbridge, N.J.-based SBS Group and part of the latter’s partner network which looks a lot like Microsoft’s plan for Master VARs. The New England affiliate is based in Marlborough, Mass. Read more...

BLACKBAUD BUYS EVERYDAY HERO

Despite the name, the company being acquired by Blackbaud is not a TV show; it makes fundraising tools. EveryDay Hero, based in Brisbane, Australia, serves tens of thousands of individual fundraisers and 1,400 customers in Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom, according to the official statement. Read more...

SAP STARTS ON-DEMAND UNIT

Greg TombThis goes beyond the mid-market, but SAP is demonstrating the demand for Internet-based applications with a new organization. It said it has hired for SAP exec Greg Tomb, most recently CEO of Vivido Mobile, to head its Global On-Demand Sales and Go-to-Market organization. Read more...

SAGE LOSES FOUR IN CRM SALES

Jeff GregorecThe Sage CRM sale management team is getting a face lift with the departure of a vice president and three directors. Gone are VP Jeff Gregorec, senior director Seth Ellertson, and directors Jeffrey Woods and Robert Fierros.

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INFOR RENEWS VAR PUSH

Jeff Abbott, InforInfor is out to recruit new resellers while trimming hundreds of unproductive members of its channel. The push is the next step of the Infor Partner Network that was launched during the summer, according to Jeff Abbott, VP of global partners and alliances. Read more...

MICROSOFT SETS MASTER VAR RULES

Jeff EdwardsBusinesses that want to be named Master VARs by Microsoft must have a minimum of $1 million operating capital and at least $500,000 in gross license revenue in the previous 12 months. Those are some of the terms spelled out last week in a blog post by Jeff Edwards, director of channel strategy for Microsoft Business Solutions.

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SAGE ENDING SIMPLY VARS

Jennifer WarawaSage has concluded that sales through its Simply Accounting Solution Providers are not enough to justify the program's continuation. It is being dropped effective October 1. However, members will continue to get the same product discounts until Sept. 30, 2012. No new VARs will be authorized.

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PARTNER EVENT 2011 POSTPONED

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The Partner Event 2011, a conference for Dynamics resellers, has been postponed. Sponsored by The Partner Channel, this year's conference was scheduled for September 25 through 27. But the site was in flux and was going to be in the Great Plains homeland of Fargo, N.D., or in The Partner Channel's new HQ town in Minneapolis, according to the company's website. Read more...

BLYTHECO LEADING ERP SALES

blytheco logoIt's no surprise that Blytheco is leading the package in product revenue from the sale of ERP products for Sage among resellers that market two or more packages from the vendor's multitudinous product line. Read more...

SAGE’S HOUILLON SELLS STOCK

Pascal HouillonPascal Houillon, CEO of Sage North America, recently cashed out some shares.  According to a notice by the parent Sage Group, on September 26 Houillon sold 248,335 of the company’s ordinary shares for 248 pence each. Read more...

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