News and Analysis (15669)
SAGE'S KELLEY STARTS BLOG
- Thursday, 12 February 2015
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
Sage CEO Steve Kelley has started a blog about mobile technology. It's less important what the blog's content is on the Sage Group site at www.sage.com than the fact the top executive of this company has a blog. Long-time chief executive Paul Walker and Kelley's predecessor, Guy Berruyer, never tried anything like this that offers such a connection between Sage's customers and channel. Kelley's first posting offers several points, nothing terribly surprising.
NETSUITE NAMES PACIFIC SVP
- Thursday, 12 February 2015
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
NetSuite has hired Lee Thompson as SVP of its Asia Pacific Japan business. Well, earlier this month the company said International business would be a focus of growth this year. It didn't waste time as it also opened a larger Asian HQ in Singapore and said it had added channel throughout the region. The company intends to add to the 1,000 employees in the region. Thompson was operating officer at Technology One from January through October in 2014.
ADSS GLOBAL GOES ALL SAGE
- Thursday, 12 February 2015
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
ADSS Global has decided to sell only Sage business applications. The Miami, Fla., and Exton, Pa.-based reseller had also sold NetSuite, but that cloud-based product disappeared from the list submitted by the company in the fall with its VAR Star submission. With $27 million in revenue for 2014, ADSS is the largest Sage only-VAR at a time when most of the big players have added other financial packages, particularly web-based ones.
BILL.COM RECEIVES $50 MILLION
- Thursday, 12 February 2015
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
Bill.com, which markets invoicing services, has closed a $50-million financing round. The company intends to use the proceeds to fuel growth on the heels of doubling its business in the last 12 months. The latest infusion of capital brings the amount it has raised to more than $100 million. Funds came from Silicon Valley Bank, which joined existing investors DCM Ventures, Scale Venture Partners, August Capital, Napier Park Global Capital, American Express Ventures and Commerce Ventures.
AUSTRALIA'S RECKON EYES EXPANSION
- Wednesday, 11 February 2015
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
Australia-based Reckon, one of the online accounting pack, saw a 3-percent decrease in net earnings for the year ended December 31 on a 3-percent rise in revenue. On the glass half-full side, non-IFRS basis earnings were up 5 percent. Either way you look at it, the bottom line was about $20 million as the difference between non-IFRS and IFRS was in the 2013 results.
TOUR DE FORCE STARTS CHANNEL
- Wednesday, 11 February 2015
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
Tour de Force, which markets a variety of non-financial software products, has launched a channel program. The effort is being managed by channel sales director Ken Ledyard, a veteran of Sage and Dynamics reseller Socius. Tour de Force sells CRM and business intelligence software. Ledyard, who was hired in January, says the company has integration with more than 40 ERP products.
JEEVES KILLS SWEDISH CHANNEL
- Friday, 06 February 2015
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
Jeeves Information Systems is abandoning its channel in Sweden. The company announced this week it will not renew any agreements with companies that sell, service and support its ERP product in Sweden. That came after its annual channel partner analysis. I might be reading too much into this, but I'm not surprised. The parent company's CEO is Austin, Texas-based Jeff Tognoni, who took his position after Battery Ventures acquired Jeeves
UNIT4 EYES PARTNER PROGRAM
- Friday, 06 February 2015
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
Unit4, which has previously been sold only direct in North America, is considering a partner program on this continent. "We are looking at building a partner program for the North American market," Unit4 marketing communications manager Maggie Kerr-Southin said this week. Her comment came in response to a question about a corporate statement last month attached to a brief description of results for 2014.
LANGNER OUT IN NEAR FUTURE
- Friday, 06 February 2015
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
Catching up on the widely discussed departure of Joe Langner, EVP of Mid-market Solutions from Sage--it took a while to realize that an email to Sage about this subject had not actually been sent. And the late email then went into spam. However, Sage North America appears on the verge of structural changes. As to Langner's fate, a spokesperson provided this confirmation:
INFOR HANDS OUT CHANNEL AWARDS
- Wednesday, 04 February 2015
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
Infor presented a number of awards to channel members this week at its Americas Partner Summit. The software vendor's awards went to those involved with its wide-ranging product line with Smart Solutions International named the Office of the CFO Partner of the Year. The Boca Raton, Fla.-based company carries Infor's SmartStream, SunSystems and Performance Management products.
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