Among a series of polling questions published in its Winter issue, the Partner Channel published answers to the following question: "How much time do you spend on Facebook during the average work day?" While it didn't show the number of respondents, the answers are still interesting. Read more...

Spider Johnk, who has been described as the creative force behind Stampede when that former Great Plains conference was the best in the business, has decided to leave The Partner Channel to concentrate on other interest, including Spider & Co. The Partner Channel provides sales and marketing services and publications to the Dynamics channel. Johnk, who has been working with VARs since 1989 when he was at Great Plains, said it was time to step away. Johnk, who founded the company seven years ago, said he will be transitioning over the next 90 to 120 days and is turning it over to Jennie Davis, managing editor of the quarterly Partner Channel magazine, and Jane Olsen, who heads sales. The organization also holds an annual fall conference in Fargo, N.D., for Dynamics resellers. Whether you have an interest in the contents of the The Partner Channel magazine or not, I recommend it as one of the best-looking business publications on the market. Its approach to graphics is often stunning.
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Exact, the Dutch company that owns the Macola and Synergy lines, has named Max Timmer as CFO of Exact Holding as of January 1. For those of you who understand Dutch governance, he will be nominated to the board of managing directors at the first general shareholder meeting in January. Read more...

The recent road shows by executives of Sage North America was about a new way of communicating, according to Laurie Schultz, the general manager of mid-market ERP solutions. The troop visited 11 cities and heard from about 400 resellers from 300 different firms. Schultz said the sessions were three-hour question and answer events.

 

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