News and Analysis (15672)
INTUIT DROPS RESELLER FEE
- Wednesday, 16 November 2011
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
Intuit has eliminated a $1,000 annual fee for members of its Intuit Solutions Provider program. A spokesperson said that the decision "is consistent with Intuit’s practice of constantly reviewing and evaluating the right program requirements and benefits to meet the needs of the company’s customers, solution providers". That seems to have been the biggest news out of the Intuit Solution Provider Summit 2011, which was held October 9 through 12.
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- Monday, 14 November 2011
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
The Sage Group, parent to Sage North America, has been sued by a private equity firm over its decision to drop a bid for MYOB this year. Sage broke the news in issuing a statement which said that, "Sage strongly rejects the claim, which it understands to be in the region of A$130m, and will defend itself vigorously."
NETSUITE: SAP TALKS LEAD TO US
- Friday, 11 November 2011
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
Organizations that talk to SAP because of their interest in SaaS often bring NetSuite into the discussions. That was the process outlined this week by NetSuite’s CEO Ron Gill at the Piper Jaffray Technology, Media & Telecommunications Conference. Gill said NetSuite often gets into deals it otherwise wouldn’t when SAP talks to prospects first.
ERP MESSES A GOOD MARKET IN 2012?
- Friday, 11 November 2011
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
The Panorama Consulting Group has issued its top ten predictions for the ERP market for next year. The most interesting thing is what two of them may mean in terms of opportunity. These are No. 3, acceleration of ERP failures and No. 5, fewer do-it-yourself ERP products. There’s a direct relationship between these since it’s the D-I-Y jobs that lead to failures. It’s sort of like the TV sitcom when the main character tries to fix the plumbing to save money and ends up spending a bundle to rebuild the bathroom.
WAVE BUYS PAYROLL OPS
- Friday, 11 November 2011
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
Wave Accounting, which markets online accounting applications, has acquired Small Payroll, which markets online payroll services. Both companies are headquartered in Canada. The acquired product is being launched in a beta program this quarter and in the United States early next year. It is being renamed Wave Payroll. Read more...
ELDRIDGE JOINS QUEUE ASSOCIATES
- Friday, 11 November 2011
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
Ken Eldridge, a veteran Dynamics reselling executive, has joined Queue Associates of New York as VP of Sales. Eldridge spent January 1998 through May 2006 at ePartners after that organization purchased his reselling business, Boston Sales Automation. He then cofounded Crossroads Partner and remained there until June 1910.
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COLUMBUS IT BAILS IN SPAIN, FRANCE
- Friday, 11 November 2011
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
Columbus IT Partner, a large Microsoft retailer in Europe, has sold its subsidiaries in France and Spain. The operations were purchased by Prodware, which in the words of one (largely English) press release: “Prodware blev etableret i 1989 og skaber, integrerer og hoster it-løsninger for virksomheder.” You can probably get the gist of that. That information was released as the company reported results for the third quarter ended September 31.
SALES EXPENSES PRODUCE SILVERSUN LOSS
- Friday, 11 November 2011
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
SilverSun Technologies, the parent of Sage reseller SWK Technologies, reported a $14,141 loss for the third quarter ended September 30, compared to $730,785 in net income in last year’s corresponding period. But revenue grew to $2.4 million in the most recent quarter, up a healthy 24.2 percent over last year’s $1.9 million as consulting revenue propelled growth. This is the first quarter for SilverSun (formerly known as Trey Resources) in which the lines on the financial statements look more normal.
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DELTEK MOVES INTO HQ
- Friday, 11 November 2011
- News and Analysis
- Written by
Deltek has moved into a new headquarters in Herndon, Va. The company said the facility consolidates 700 local employees in one building. Interesting that in describing the facility as having 103 open collaboration spaces, 120 community whiteboards and 29 huddle rooms, the announced said that there are also two game rooms. Must be for the programmers.
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INFOR BUYS SERVICE MANAGEMENT APPS
- Friday, 11 November 2011
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
Infor is staying on the acquisition road with the purchase of product lines from Single Source Systems, a third-party developer for Infor and Sage. Infor acquired products that include Service Management Plus (SM-Plus), SM-Plus Mobile and Workbench Suite. SM-Plus is described as enabling service-centric companies that make, distribute and service high-value or complex equipment to manage the entire service life cycle of that equipment.
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