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COLUMBUS IT APPROVES STOCK BUYBACK

Friday, 07 May 2010
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The directors of Columbus IT, an international Dynamics reseller  based in Copenhagen, has approved a buyback of up to 10 percent of the company’s stock over the next 18 months. The motion was approved at the company’s recent annual meeting. In other recent moves, Columbus IT entered an agreement with Tacticus, a Swedish Dynamics reseller, which will act as the Danish company’s representative in Sweden. The companies were already engaged in joint work in serving clients. Read more...
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OMNIOS NAMES CEO

Friday, 07 May 2010
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Omnios, a Dynamics SL and Deltek reseller, has added Chris Kremer as a partner and CEO, along with hiring Patrick Rossett, who has become part of the Chicago-area’s Dynamics SL consulting team. The two founding Omnios partners are Mike Silver and Craig Sommerfield. The company’s newsletter also reports it has a “Going Green” initiative in which it is working with an organization that specializes in the secure disposal and removal of old electronic and information technology equipment. Read more...
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SUBSCRIPTION REVS SAVE BLACKBAUD'S TOP LINE

Friday, 30 April 2010
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Blackbaud, which markets nonprofit accounting and fundraising software, showed improved results for the first quarter ended March 31, but company executives noted that the nonprofit business usually lags other markets in a recovery. That’s because it takes a while for donors to start giving money to small NFPs again as business gets better. Read more...
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SIMPLY ACCOUNTING GOES BILINGUAL IN U.S.

Friday, 30 April 2010
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Sage North America doesn't actively sell Simply Accounting in the United States--its efforts here a few years ago weren't productive enough. But it is considering entering the market in this country with a Spanish/English version of the low-cost accounting package. A spokesman confirmed that discussion, and noted that although the product is listed at www.simplyacocunting.com, it is not being actively marketed in the U.S., yet. The Web page shows the Spanish/English of Simply Accounting 2010 as the only product in the line being sold  south of the Canadian border. Sage also offers a French/English version in Canada. Over the years, Simply has expanded its product offering in much the same way that Peachtree and QuickBooks have grown. There are 10-, 15-and 20-user packages available in the Enterprise version of Simply. Read more...
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A FRUGALER CONVERGENCE

Thursday, 29 April 2010
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Although Microsoft succeeded in bringing attendance of Convergence back to 8,500 from 6,500 last year that was still short of the 10,000 for 2008. Still, it was a good achievement in this economy and reflected the most incessant marketing of a conference in this market in recent memory. But there were signs that money was spared. First, the hotel key card sponsor was Microsoft Dynamics. N Read more...
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SAP RAISES VOLUME ON BBD BUILD UP

Thursday, 29 April 2010
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As it announced good results for its March quarter, SAP also starting trumpeting its mid-year launch of its SaaS-based BusinessByDesign this year. There wasn't a lot of new information, but the tone from company executives was noticeably brasher in an earnings Webcast this week than in prior statements. The company said it has an opportunity to disrupt the SaaS market. Given the size of vendors in the SaaS market to date, a company SAP's size has got a shot at that if the product is good. Read more...
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NETSUITE BASHES COMPETITION IN AWARDS

Thursday, 29 April 2010
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NetSuite has released the names of the winners of its Hairball Awards, which were honored at its conference last week. But the awards say as much about the SaaS vendor's no-holds barred marketing as it does about the honorees. Each award description listed the products that NetSuite replaced at the end-user company, which contrasts with yesterday's earnings conference calls by the CEOs of Deltek and Blackbaud. Read more...
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LYNN PICKS TALLAN FOR M&A VEHICLE

Thursday, 29 April 2010
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Jeff Lynn, the former Tectura COO who is out to help the VAR market consolidate, has picked Tallan, a Rocky Hill, Conn.-based infrastructure dealer as his vehicle for merger and acquisition. Lynn has a company called Dynamics Ventures, but that is primarily for securing funding and won't likely be the go-to-market unit, he said at this week's Convergence conference. Lynn noted Microsoft is encouraging smaller VARs to aggregate and he intends to help in that effort. Tallan, headed by CEO Craig Branning, has 87 employees of whom 63 are field consultants. Read more...
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MICROSOFT SORTING OUT DCO CONFUSION

Thursday, 29 April 2010
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Microsoft managed to make an existing element of its product licensing a hot topic at Convergence as apparently unintended results had ISVs fuming. The change involves a $195 charge per user under the Dynamics Client for Office, which is imposed when any product "touches" the Dynamics database. But what caused this probably routine move to become a major topic was that products that connect through e-Connect were included in the DCO requirement, which ISVs said meant they would have to pay the charge for all users in the installed base. Read more...
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DELTEK PUSHES BUSINESS TO VARS

Thursday, 29 April 2010
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Kevin ParkerIn a good March quarter that followed a poor 2009, Deltek, which makes software for project-based companies, began concentrating on its top accounts and steering smaller ones to its resellers. That was the picture given by CEO Kevin Parker as the Herndon, Va.-based company reported results for its first quarter ended March 31. Although revenue from VARs did not increase as a percentage of revenue, there were more customers. Read more...
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