News and Analysis (15669)
FINANCIALFORCE DROPS .COM
- Thursday, 11 February 2016
- News and Analysis
- Written by PMG Admin
FinancialForce.com has decided to drop the .com from its name. Headline writers should rejoice as the company opted for the simpler form. The company, owned by Salesforce and Unit4, also named Joe Fuca as president of worldwide field operations. Fuca will lead and expand the global sales organization and its services arm, Customers for Life. Fuca was most recently VP of worldwide sales for DocuSign. He also held senior executive for McAfee (now Intel Security), MarketLive, PeopleSoft and Evolve.
CURRENCY WHACKS QLIK NET
- Thursday, 11 February 2016
- News and Analysis
- Written by PMG Admin
The growth of the American dollar took a bite out of the bottom line for Qlik Technology for the year ended December 31. The business analytics software vendor reported a net loss of $30.5 million, an increase 48 percent from red ink of $24.6 million in 2014. Qlik's revenue for last year was $612.7 million, up 10 percent from $556.8 million the prior year. But currency changes added $6.9 million in red ink to operating losses, a 250.1-percent rise from slightly less than $2 million in currency losses in 2014.
ENVISION—DUD ON ARRIVAL?
- Wednesday, 10 February 2016
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
First the good news: the parties are on at Microsoft's new Envision conference in early April in New Orleans. If you can't party in the Big Easy, why attend? Two major regular events of Microsoft's Convergence and Worldwide Partner Conference are planned—Rock N' Rave and the Randy and Andy Party. Envision will be held April 4-6 and that's nine weeks away and hmm, no speakers have been announced other than executives from Microsoft. Reports are there are no Dynamics break-out sessions planned and the agenda so far simply shows there will be breakouts in three categories: Business trends and themes; Industry trends; and Leadership in key business roles.
UXC SHAREHOLDERS OKAY CSC OFFER
- Wednesday, 10 February 2016
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
Shareholders of UXC, an Australian company with diverse technology holdings, have overwhelmingly approved the company's purchased by Computer Sciences Corp. The vote was held this week. The primary operation of note in the United States is UXC Eclipse, which markets Dynamics AX and makes this one of the notable events in the ongoing consolidation in the AX market. The purchase is valued at approximately $403 million.
SAGE: WHAT'S IN A TITLE?
- Friday, 05 February 2016
- News and Analysis
- Written by PMG Admin
As bodies continue to fly at Sage, one thing caught my eye on LinkedIn. The title for long-time executive Connie Certusi has changed from VP, general manager to VP, managing director on her page. "We're moving to standard titles across the globe and the new precise title is 'Managing Director.' The overall role is basically the same though," she wrote in a response to an email question. Well, MD is often the person running a geography.
ENVISION ALTERS SHOW MAP
- Friday, 05 February 2016
- News and Analysis
- Written by PMG Admin
Microsoft's decision to end Convergence and replace it with a conference called Envision has set a lot of parts in motion. Overall, Envision, aimed at business leaders, is a bit of a Dynamics AX show with those catering to three other ERP packages not pleased. The AX crew seems happy, although one report that the number of user attendees is down sharply, won't please anybody if true. Josh Richards, marketing director for Merit Solutions, notes, "We do believe we will have more access to, and higher quality conversations with, organization's C, VP, and director levels," he says. He also reminds people Envision is not a Dynamics-centric conference.
PRICES POSTED FOR SAGE LIVE
- Friday, 05 February 2016
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
Prices have been published for three editions of Sage Live, the new online accounting and business application from Sage. Personally, I like to call it the Emperor's New Software. The product is described as being suited for small business users who need mobile access to accounting data. Sage Live Essentials starts at $30 per month per user billed annually for full users, who can use Live from office and mobile devices. Business users, who can utilize it only via mobile devices, pay $10 per month per user.
ACUMATICA TO HAVE FIELD SERVICE
- Thursday, 04 February 2016
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
Acumatica has acquired technology from Englewood, Colo.-based M5 that will enable it to launch the Acumatica Field Service Edition later this year. Acumatica had a lot of announcements at this week's Partner Summit. But CEO Jon Roskill summed up why I think this is among the most important. "It's the first foray of Acumatica into a vertical market," Roskill told attendees.
MYOB HITS 170K CLOUD USERS
- Thursday, 04 February 2016
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
The MYOB Group said this week it has reached 170,000 online users for 2015, an increase of 46 percent from 2014. The Australia-based company announced the number at its annual MYOB Incite road show. That compares to 250,000 online subscribers that Xero has in Australia and another 150,000 in its home country of New Zealand. However, MYOB has thousands of on-premise users in its home country while Xero is cloud-only.
FRESHBOOKS REDESIGNED
- Thursday, 04 February 2016
- News and Analysis
- Written by PMG Admin
Online accounting software package FreshBooks has been redesigned. In what he called an open letter, CEO and company co-founder Mike McDerment said the revamp is needed to enable the company to meet its goal of serving self-employed professionals and their teams. McDerment, who said the re-write is still under way, said the result would be "A product that's easier to use, evolves faster and makes working with clients and teams easier."
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