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AXUG EXTENDS DYNAMICS 365 RANGE

Grant Wilson, AXUGThe Dynamics AX User Group is being extended to incorporate users of Dynamics 365 for Operations. Similarly, the sister CRM User Group is being extended to include Dynamics 365 for Sales, Dynamics 365 for Marketing, Dynamics 365 for Customer Service, Dynamics 365 for Field Service and Dynamics 365 for Project Service.

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SERVICES BIG IN COLUMBUS' YEAR

Thomas Honoré, ColumbusGrowth in service revenue was a major factor in financial results for Columbus for the year ended December 31. The Copenhagen, Denmark-based reseller this week reported a 25-per cent rise in net profit after tax on a 6-percent increase in revenue. A major factor in the improved services segment was increased chargeable hours in operations in Norway and the United States.

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NET@WORK STARTS CLIENT TEAM

Seth Ellertson, Net@WorkNet@Work, a New York, N.Y.-based reseller, has formed a Client Success Management Team. The new group formed by the Sage and NetSuite VAR is designed to service clients and clients of alliance partners. Each will be assigned a dedicated team member for business planning for achieving a variety of goals.

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ACCUFUND PLANS USER CONFERENCE

Peter Stam, AccuFund AccuFund has scheduled its first national user conference to be held October 23 through 25. The AccuFund Summit for Nonprofits & Government, Ascending to New Heights, will be held in Centennial, Colo. Three session tracks will be offered: reporting, application and technology.

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FINANCIALFORCE HIRES STUDER

Fred Studer, Financialforce Financialforce has named Fred Studer, who was a long-time Microsoft employee and then head of NetSuite's marketing, as its first chief marketing officer. His hiring comes on the heels of the naming of Tod Nielsen as CEO. FinancialForce says the appointment follows a year in which it grew by 40 percent to a $100-million annual run rate.

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MESSAGE ABOUT REALWORLD UPGRADES

RealWorldThe current message to RealWorld users on the Passport Software website is a testament to how long software can endure. Great Plains acquired the former RealWorld early in 2000. Great Plains killed the product, which served as a lesson of what not to do with acquired software. During that time, the RealWorld code lived on as Passport Business Solutions.

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EDGEWATER CEO SINGLETON REPLACED

Shirley Singleton, Edgewater TechnologyAn investment group that pledged to oust Shirley Singleton, CEO of Edgewater Technology, has kept its promise. The board of directors has named one of its members, Jeffrey L. Rutherford, as chairman, interim president and CEO. An investor group, which had vowed to replace Singleton and the company's chief technology officer David Clancey, won a proxy fight in February.  

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RANDOM THOUGHTS: PEE WEE HERMAN

Paul Reubens as Pee Wee Herman, 1978A Brooklyn parking garage space recently sold for $300,000. Unfortunately, it's metered and requires almost 3,300 quarters daily. ... ... A news report the FDA failed to seize 300,000 pounds of rat meat being marketed as chicken wings turned out to be a hoax. However, the FDA continues to receive reports of diners reporting their wings occasionally have tails.

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SAGE WANTS TO BE COOL

Santiago Solanas, SageSage's description for what it wants it in a new chief marketing officer has some interesting phrases. According to the job posting on the company's website, the person Sage hopes to replace departing Santiago Solanas is supposed to "Transform Sage's brand position so it is positioned as "cool" and innovative and seen as a thought leader in its target geographies".

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ANOTHER TOP EXEC LEAVING SAGE

Jacqueline de Rojas, SageSage has confirmed that Jacqueline de Rojas, managing director of Sage U.K., Ireland and Northern Europe, is leaving the company. That comes on the heels of the move by global chief marketing officer Santiago Solanas to Cisco this month. While Solanas was a 10-year employee of the software company, de Rojas had taken her position only in July.

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