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SAGE: 2017 A BIG YEAR FOR BOTS

Stephen Kelley, SageSage this month showed its 12-month product road at the home country version of its Summit conference in the United Kingdom. While there were the U.K-0nly products, the company's update of its three global products, Sage One, Live and X-3, presumably has worldwide consequences.

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NETSUITE NAMES VARS

NetsuiteNetSuite has named the first set of resellers recruited since its acquisition by Oracle. Now called Oracle NetSuite, the California-based company has added four VARs to its base at time competitors say they are seeing dealers fleeing the software organization.

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BLACKBAUD ACQUIRES ACADEMICWORKS

Paul Hill, BlackbaudNonprofit software vendor Blackbaud has acquired AcademicWorks, which makes scholarship management software. The acquired company's products serve higher education and K-12 institutions, foundations and grant-making institutions. Terms were not disclosed.

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ELDRIDGE MOVES TO CGS

Ken Eldridge, CGSChannel veteran Ken Eldridge has joined outsourcer Computer Generated Solutions as VP of sales and strategic alliances. Eldridge joined the New York-based company this month. He was previously EVP of sales for Columbus A/S, a job he started in July 2015.

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MACOLA UPDATES PARTNER PROGRAM

Alison Forsythe, MacolaMacola has rolled out version 2. of its Unity Partner Program, which was originally introduced in January 2015. Macola also said it is continuing to enroll new VARS. "Since it was unveiled more than two years ago, the Macola Unity Partner Program has been the cornerstone of our channel-driven strategy," managing director Alison Forsythe said in a prepared statement.

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UNIT4 BUYS PSA PROVIDER

Stephen Sieber, Unit4Unit4 has acquired Assistance Software, which makes out-of-the-box PSA software for specific services industries. The product from Assistance,  based in Naarden in the Netherlands, is now the Unit4 PSA Suite, adding a front-end to the offerings. Terms were not disclosed.

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NAV-X TO HANDLES AGILES SUITE

Thomas Falteich, NAV-XNAV-X has reached an agreement to represent the Agiles Group as a master VAR for the Agiles productivity suite, which includes its Workflow for Dynamics NAV. NAV-X markets NAV-X for Dynamics NAV which provides added functions for manufacturing and distribution users. 

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HALEY SELLS BCS PROSOFT TO VESPE

Clark Haley, BCS ProSoft CEO Clark Haley has sold ownership of San Antonio, Texas-based BCS ProSoft to co-owner William Vespe. Vespe has served as president since 2009. Haley, who has headed the reseller since 1986, will remain as an advisor and focus on strategic relationships with key accounts in the rental industry.

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SIMPRO CHANGES U.S. TEAM

Ken Del Gobbo, simProHaving hired a new president for its American operations in January, simPro Software has added three executives here. Based in Australia, the company markets job management software for trades and field service management products. 

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MACOLA'S GRIFFIN DEPARTS

Dan Griffin, MacolaDan Griffin has left the position of director of product marketing and product management at Macola. Griffin served in the job from October 2013 through this month and it seems to me there was a decent amount of turnover in the software company's marketing leadership.

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