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SAP FORECAST: CLOUDY WITH MORE CLOUDS

Rainer Zinow, SAPSAP has put into motion what it called an acceleration of its cloud strategy. That's based on the recently completed acquisition of SuccessFactors, whose CEO and founder Lars Dalgaard is leading the effort. Beyond the broad scope, among the more immediate concerns to the channel is the company said it was accelerating release cycle of Business ByDesign from six months to six months.

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SWK REVS UP, SOFTWARE SALES OFF

swk technologies logo.SilverSun Technologies, the parent of Sage reseller SWK Technologies, swung to a loss for the first quarter ended March 31 while revenue rose by 5.3 percent. The company lost $708,191 for the most recently ended quarter, compared to net income of $465,653 a year ago. Read more...

SAGE ONE SLOPPED INTO U.S. MARKET

sage one logoIt was once the practice that when a company had a launch for what it considered an important new product, it would try hard to generate publicity. It would contact the press in advance of the launch date, schedule an event, set up interviews with product managers and executives and explain the new product. Read more...

SAGE KICKING OFF BRAND CAMPAIGN

Sage logoSage is kicking off the Sage Today advertising campaign that is designed to spread the word of its new names for major lines. Since the PDF about the plan has been circulating, this is probably not news to many people. But for the others, this the first view of the big step in putting to rest historic names. Read more...

EAGLE TO RETIRE AS ITA PREZ

eagle ron newRon Eagle has announced that he will step down as president of the Information Technology Alliance in September. Eagle said it was time for new leadership after his 15 years in the position. Eagle presided over the organization when it transformed from Acute, which had started as a group of IBM PC users to the adoption of the new name minus the IBM sponsorship. ITA has two parts: the largely reseller oriented track and also the Internal Technology Leaders track for technologists from firms who are in the middle of the Top 100 of  CPA organizations. Read more...

INTUIT STARTS TWO-TIER PROGRAM

Dave Vieregg, IntuitIntuit's channel program, which has been very quiet for a while, is getting some new life as the company introduces a two-tier reseller program. The Intuit Solution Provider program gets Authorized and Premier layers. One of the biggest changes is the imposition of the first annual sales requirement.

 

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SERERRA PICKS UP SUGARCRM

sererra logoCloud application specialist Sererra has added SugarCRM to its portfolio. That gives the Irvine, Calif.-based reseller one of the most complete SaaS lineups in the channel. It is offering NetSuite, SuiteCloud, Intacct, Saleforce.com and SAP's Business ByDesign. Sererra came in as No. 85 on Bob Scott's Top 100 VAR list with $4.2 million in annual revenue, making it one of the larger cloud-only members of the channel. Read more...

NETSUITE ADDS BLYTHECO, GT, DELOITTE

Steve Blythe, BlythecoNetSuite has announced the four latest - and significant -additions to its channel. As expected, it has added Sage's Blytheco. But it has also signed up Frank, Rimerman Consulting and Grant Thornton. NetSuite's of penetration of accounting firms is starting to outstrip Intacct in terms of size.

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FLIGHT OF THE SAGE VARS

Doug Deane, DSDIt's not just that a large number of Sage resellers have showed up at recent conferences hosted by other vendors. It's the tone that is coming through.  One said that he had talked to 35 Sage reselling organizations that sent representations to SugarCRM's recent SugarCon. Read more...

ERP GURU TOP NETSUITE VAR

ERPGuru LogoERP Guru has pulled down the top reseller award at NetSuite's SuiteWorld Conference in San Francisco. The Montreal-based organization was named NetSuite's WorldWide Solution Provider of the Year. Award presentations were made in to a crowd of more than 175 that spilled out of a conference room during a channel-only meeting.

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