Although Lawson Software's results fell for the year ended May 31, the software vendor ended fiscal 2010 with improved results for the fourth quarter. That period saw the company produce revenue of $197 million, up 6 percent from $186.2 million for the same period a year earlier. And organic revenue was up 8 percent for the compared periods. Earnings were cut by a $5.6 million increase in the income tax provision, that stemmed from a variety of reasons.

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Dallas-based Ascendix Technologies, which terms itself an award-winning SalesLogix partner, says it is will now focus investment on industry solutions based on Microsoft Dynamics CRM. That was the punch line of a press release that billed Ascendix and Infinity Info Systems as forming a strategic sales and services partnership. Under the relationship, the two will expand the marketing of Real Estate Advantage, a specialized CRM product built on the Microsoft offering, to the east coast and central regions of the country. However, Ascendix’s SalesLogix customers will be jointly supported by Infinity, a New York City-based company that is a perennial award winner in both the Sage and Microsoft channels. The Ascendix Web site shows it carries SalesLogix, but Dynamics CRM is far more prominent. Read more...