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BLACKBAUD TIGHTENS CEO'S CONTRACT

Marc Chardon, BlackbaudBlackbaud has tightened the terms of its employment for CEO Marc Chardon that includes the elimination of its automatic renewal, generally making them less liberal.  After December 31, 2012, it will no longer automatically renew for one-year periods, but must be extended annually by the board of directors. Read more...

INFOR BUYS RSVP APPLICATIONS

infor logoInfor has acquired product lines from RSVP Business Systems, a Rochester, N.Y.-based member of the Infor channel. The applications include Quality Control Solution, built using Infor's Mongoose development toolset, which helps manufacturers track, control and manage quality throughout the daily procedures of receiving, manufacturing and shipping products. QCS is architecturally compatible with Infor10 ERP Business (SyteLine) and other Infor applications, which provides integration and accelerated development. Infor intends to develop new QCS products and integrate them with what it said were a number of core Infor platforms. The Infor announcement did not discuss the other acquired applications.
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SBS PICKS HOMEBUILDER ALLY

sbs group logoThe SBS Group, on the heels of being named a Microsoft Master VAR, has completed a deal that will enable it to sell home building software across the country. The reseller has picked Constellation HomeBuilder Systems' products and will represent Constellation’s HomeDev Pro and BuildTopia software packages. Constellation had worked for the last six months with SBS Group-Denver.  The SBS Group is based in Woodbridge, N.J., and handles Acumatica, Deltek Vision, Dynamics AX, GP, SL and NAV, MAS 500 and Sage PFW.

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CLOUD CONSOLIDATION ONGOING

It happens in any market that this issue arises: buy versus build yourself; the big add product lines by acquiring smaller companies. And the cloud is starting to pick up speed in the M&A game. The most recent example is Salesforce.com which is buying HR company Rypple. That’s on the heels of SAP getting ready to spend $3.4 billion to buy an HR cloud vendor, Success Factors, which itself just acquired Jobs2Web for $100 million. Read more...

HOLIDAY SCHEDULE

happy holidaysReaders probably don’t want to spend their time reading this newsletter over the holidays any more than I want to write it. And people stop doing things worth writing about anyway about this time. So there will be a final issue for 2011 on December 30. Happy Holidays for the holiday of your choice: Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwanza, Festivus, Saturnalia.

 

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SAGE GROWS PAYMENTS ISV PROGRAM

Sage North America is expanding the Sage Development Partner Program for its Sage Payment Solutions division. The program enables ISVs to avoid needing to comply with the Payment Application Data Security Standard on their own as once they integrate their products with the Sage Exchange platform with Sage handling the compliance issues.

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CHAPTER 11 TRUSTEE SOUGHT FOR CDC

cdc software logoThe fact CDC Software reported a wider loss on flat revenue for the third quarter ended September 30 is probably less important than events in bankruptcy court. Earlier this month, a United States trustee and CDC debtholders both moved for the appointment of a Chapter 11 trustee. Meanwhile NASDAQ implemented a move that turned a trading halt for the company’s stock to a suspension that went into effect on December 12. The Class A shares moved to the pink sheets. Read more...

CONNECTWISE GETS GP LINK

connectwiselogoConnectWise, which markets products of IT service providers, says that Massey Consulting has completed the integration of Dynamics GP with ConnectWise. The product, DynamicsConnect, is a customizable tool that enables synchronization of information between Microsoft Dynamics GP and ConnectWise in real time or on a schedule. Massey is a Raleigh, N.C.-based reseller of Dynamics GP and Intacct.

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NEW SAGE FUND ACCOUNTING OUT

sagelogo80Sage North America has introduced Version 11.0 of Sage Fund Accounting. Enhancements include the streamlining of the upgrade process with the new Sage Auto Update console. The console enables users to see which products have updates available; when the update was published; what the update contains; if the update is critical; and if their Sage Business Care support plan is current, nearing expiration or expired.

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INFOR INTEGRATES SAP APPS

Infor logoInfor, which is trying to attract third parties through an integration platform, is delivering its ION connector for use with SAP applications. The company said it plans additional integrations with other companies’ applications, including multiple Oracle products. The Infor10 ION connector can also be utilized to develop integration with custom applications. Read more...

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