News and Analysis (15673)
BLACKBAUD CFO PLANS EXIT
- Friday, 22 October 2010
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
No one can accuse Timothy Williams of hurrying to leave Blackbaud, where he has served as CFO for 10 years. Williams has announced he will leave the Charleston, S.C.-based nonprofit vendor next year after a replacement is found. The company said it will evaluate internal and external candidates and start a search process this year. Williams' total compensation for 2010 is $841,496, which is down significantly from a couple of years ago largely because of a decrease in bonuses during the current economic problems.
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DISCOVERING RETAIL PRO’S “ARUBA”
- Friday, 22 October 2010
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
SKYYTEK DOWNPLAYS CUSTOMIZATION
- Friday, 22 October 2010
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
A lot of resellers have worried about their ability to provide customizations when the financial software market moves more to the cloud. Judging from a blog written by Ray Tetlow, CEO of Skyytek, they shouldn't worry about that because customizations aren't all that necessary. Tetlow wrote that 50 percent of Skyytek customers request customizations and about half of those are handled by existing functions in the software. Read more...
Sticking With Microsoft Office? It’s Almost A No-Brainer.
- Wednesday, 20 October 2010
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
CEO PETRZELKA LEAVING TECTURA
- Wednesday, 20 October 2010
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
Terry Petrzelka, who founded international Dynamics reseller Tectura, is retiring from the company he founded in 2001. Petrzelka will remain with the company during the next three months with his day-to-day responsibilities being assumed by Duane Bell, the COO, who becomes CEO and president.
SAGE SHIFTS PRO AND PFW
- Friday, 15 October 2010
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
Sage North America has taken its Sage Pro and PFW accounting software products out of the "Value" organization they were placed in two years ago and placed them in the Mid-Market Enterprise Division under VP Laurie Schultz. The announcement talked about aligning internal resources, providing more product choices and giving resellers a chance to grow their business.
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THINKING LIKE A CEO
- Friday, 15 October 2010
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
The title here is not quite modest, but with Sage's new chief executive taking over, I started thinking of what I would do in his position. And it's something that Guy Berruyer hasn't done and maybe it's just the Sage culture. But since Sage relies on its channel, I would have immediately sent out a note to resellers telling them how much I valued them and would do everything in my power to ensure their success because Sage's success depends on them.
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THEFT LEADS SECURITY THREATS
- Friday, 15 October 2010
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
Microsoft has issued its security survey for the first half of the year and, as usual, theft of equipment is the single largest threat to data, at 30.5 percent. There's no breakdown on the following, but I'd like to see the percentage stemming from laptops stolen from vehicles. The more feared malware – spam, spyware, viruses and the like – were well down the list.
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MICROSOFT LOWBALLS CRM ONLINE
- Friday, 15 October 2010
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
Out to steal market share from Salesforce.com, Microsoft is offering a blue-light special on monthly subscriptions to Dynamics CRM. The pricing, announced by Kirill Tatarinov, head of Microsoft Business Solutions, in a speech at Convergence Europe, is $34 per user, per month, for the first 12 months of service.
SAGE DEVELOPS PAYMENT PLATFORM
- Friday, 15 October 2010
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
Sage Payment Solutions has signed an agreement with Ingenico, which markets credit card terminals, to develop an integrated payment offering for SMBs. Utilizing Sage Exchange, Sage customers can use Ingenico terminals to process payments. The devices are being tested by Sage customers and are expected to be available later this year.
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