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EYING SAGE’S BERRUYER FROM AFAR

Guy BerruyerThis month has produced the first opportunity for many of us to see Guy Berruyer, new chief executive of the Sage Group, in action.  That is through the webcast of the Sage analyst event which was held on February 2 in London. There were no earth-shaking announcements, although the overall emphasis on building up premium support worldwide was noted in last week’s newsletter.

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CPABIZ'S ASGEIRSSON: WOOPS

In both this newsletter and in the Progressive Accountant magazine, a sister publication, I chided the American Institute of CPAs and its for-profit arm, CPA2Biz, for its handling of a press release in which the AICPA announced its new Service Organization Control reports.  The SOC reports succeed SAS 70 and are designed for companies that outsource services to third parties via the cloud. Read more...

SBS GROUP BUYS ANOTHER

The SBS Group, a Dynamics reseller based in Woodbridge, N.J., has continued on its path with the acquisition of Pittsburgh-based EcoSoft as part of its SBS Partner Network.  The SBS Web site is not very detailed in describing what the network is although notes the following “Partner organizations must meet and follow a detailed set of best practice guidelines and processes, participate in business and market planning sessions, utilize and market the brand assets, and collaborate with other Partners to learn and grow.”

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INTUIT, SAGE DO MOBILE PAYMENTS

Sage North America has introduced a payment processing application, Sage Mobile Payments, while Intuit is extending support for mobile operating systems with GoPayment for Honeycomb, which is designed for Google's Android 3.0. This is going to be one of the hot competitive areas over the next few years. The Sage product, which is PCI compliant, has an optional card reader. Read more...

MICROSOFT: NADELLA TO SERVER AND TOOLS

Satya Nadella, who was originally part of Microsoft Business Solutions, has been named as president of Microsoft’s server and tool business, a $15 billion operation. Nadella was originally slated to succeed Doug Burgum before he moved elsewhere in 2007. I said at the time it was Microsoft saying Nadella had too much talent to be left with something as small a part of the business as MBS. Read more...

SUBS BOOST BLACKBUD REVS

blackbaudLicense fees barely budged, but subscription revenue once again pushed Blackbaud’s revenue higher as the company closed its fourth quarter on December 31. Net income for the nonprofit software vendor rose to $8.5 million, an increase of 7.3 percent from just under $8 million in last year’s corresponding quarter. Read more...

SAP INTROS BBD FEATURE PACK

SAP logoSAP has introduced Business By Design feature pack 2.6 which the company said serves as an open platform on which “a broad ecosystem of partners can further customize the software”.  The company said 2.6 also serves as a platform on which SAP will develop new on-demand offerings “for various lines of business.” That latter might better be phrases as industry segments or verticals, I suppose.

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MCGLADREY NAMES AX HEAD

RSM McGladrey has named Bob Bell as director of its Dynamics AX practice, a new position for the firm. Bell, who will be based in Moorestown, N.J., will serve as a national resource for McGladrey Technology Services. Bell, who spent 1983-1993 at BearingPoint, also worked at VisAlign for just over five years. VisAlign was a Dynamics AX reseller that was acquired by CDC Software late in 2007, (I probably should have said Dynamics AX Head, AX Head? Well…) Read more...

ACUMATICA MAKES VAR AWARDS

 

Acumatica is relatively new to the reseller game. But the company, which makes on-premise and Internet-based versions of its financial application, has lost no time in handling out awards and is planning a conference sometime this year. The Acumatica Honor Roll picked six businesses for awards. Read more...

DELTEK SPENDS ITS GAINS

Deltek logoDeltek had a 23-percent increase in revenue for the fourth quarter ended December 31. But the company decided to spend money across all major expense categories and a 70-percent increase in operating expenses produced a net loss of $7.7 million, compared to net income of $7.2 million a year earlier. Read more...

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