The final story on this may take some time. But Taylor Macdonald is no longer in his position as vp of worldwide channels at Infor. That information came just as Infor had issued a press release saying it had enlisted 25 new channel partners, which is what Macdonald, the long-time channel champion at Sage North America, had been doing for this vendor.  Infor released a statement that Macdonald had left the company ... drum roll please ... to pursue other opportunities. Infor's prepared statement said, " Taylor devoted his full energy to an evaluation of our current channel program, including extensive travel to visit partners around the globe." And of course, they wished him well.

 

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Epicor Software, whose Version 9 seems to be one of the hottest products in the financial software market, has come out with what it calls a major new release, 9.05. Since 9's release  late in 2008, the company said it has 140 live customers with 35,000 seats, and as noted in the last newsletter issue, there are reports Epicor is showing up competitively in a way it hasn't in a long time. If you can wade through the press release puffery of analysis from research organizations, the press release actually provides information on the product, although that takes some work. Read more...

Exact has churned out more product announcements in the last two months than in the prior two years.  In the latest rounds, the parent company said that customers can utilize the new Exact E-Risk Management to integrate credit risk information from Dun & Bradstreet into the company's Globe and Synergy products.

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It wasn't a good year for many companies, but revenue from Dynamics AX slid sharply in the Americas, according to Columbus IT, as it reported results for 2009. While Dynamics NAV sales were unchanged at $5.8 million at the current value of the dollar, the Dynamics AX results were $11.7 million for 2009, down 47 percent from 2008 when measured in Danish kroner. The company discussed the overall drop in American results as related to the sale of subsidiaries last year, but did not touch upon the impact on specific products. Read more...