News and Analysis (15671)
EPICOR GETS NEW CHANNEL EXEC
- Wednesday, 21 March 2012
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
When you ask "whatever became of" regarding corporate managers, the chances are they are no longer there. Epicor did not announce the hiring of Matthew Bauer as channel director, Americas in February. He replaced Patrick Coulbourne, who was senior director of channels for the Americas. Coulbourne resigned in January and became VP of channels and ecosystems at KeyedIn Solutions.
ARXIS SIGNS WITH SUGARCRM
- Wednesday, 21 March 2012
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
Arxis Technology, a reseller influential far beyond its size, has become the latest reseller to pick up the open source SugarCRM application. The Los Angeles-area Sage reseller joins a steady stream of colleagues entering the SugarCRM Open+ Partner Program. And that comes on the heels of Arxis picking up Intacct's online offering.
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VARS INTO THE CLOUD
- Wednesday, 21 March 2012
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
Evidence is building that part of the channel is not buying Microsoft’s cloud strategy. One example is long-time Dynamics VAR, Lindy Antonelli of Chicago whose Access Teknologies this year sold its Dynamics GP customer base to Sikich to concentrate on the Intacct line. A long-time SL VAR said he was being forced to consider the cloud because of Microsoft's lack of progress and is looking at Intacct and Acumatica.
HIGHTOWER END LOOMING
- Wednesday, 21 March 2012
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
Hightower, which has been an important Sage reseller and developer, appears to rapidly moving toward an end. Company employees were asked to go home for five to 10 days, given boxes for packing personal possessions, and instructed to call for further information. The Internal Revenue Service has filed a lien against the company and reports are that its bank has pulled the plug. Via an email, Hightower has now told customers "Effective today, Friday March 23, 2012, SWK will be handling all HighTower client support, as well as supporting resellers of HighTower enhancements."
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INTACCT, INTUIT LINKS TO TIGHTEN?
- Wednesday, 21 March 2012
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
DELTEK FOUNDER DIES
- Tuesday, 20 March 2012
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
Donald deLaski, who cofounded Deltek in 1983, died on March 9 at the age of 80. According to Deltek's website, deLaksi provided $100,000 in capital to fund the programming effort to write the first versions of the company's software. Deltek said deLaski had battled asthma all his life and died of lung disease.
INFOR: 110 NEW RESELLERS SINCE JUNE
- Tuesday, 20 March 2012
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
Infor says it has signed 110 new resellers since the Infor Partner Network launched in June. And the company says its target is 400 new reseller partnerships over the next three years. Infor intends to recruit in all regions of the world. For a company that has not always been channel friendly, the message was extremely warm and fuzzy.
MICROSOFT GOING MULTI-PLATFORM
- Tuesday, 20 March 2012
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
One of the signs of change was Kirill Tatarinov standing before room full of press people and commenting, "I've never seen so many Apple laptops in one room." Then there was Craig Dewar starting his presentation at about mobility capabilities of Dynamics CRM on an iPad. That highlighted this week's keynote at the Convergence conference by Microsoft COO Kevin Turner that the company is going to support multiple platforms and devices.
E2B PICKS UP SUGARCRM
- Tuesday, 20 March 2012
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
MICROSOFT REAL CLOUD OR NOT?
- Monday, 19 March 2012
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
During a keynote session at the Convergence user conference, Microsoft's COO, Kevin Turner, pointed to his company's ability to serve Dynamics customers via private, pubic and hybrid clouds. At a press briefing about plans for Dynamics NAV, the company's Dan Brown noted the company's more frequent release schedule.
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