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INTUIT STANDS BY FISCAL GUIDANCE

Intuit logoIntuit has reiterated the guidance it gave Wall Street for its expectations about the company's financial performance for the year ending July 31, 2010 with its financial institutions business expected to show the most growth.

 

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VAR STARS: FINAL CALL

The deadline for entries for consideration for the first annual selection of BSI's VAR Stars is gone. But we know how people are—you’re busy or there are email problems or you thought you sent the form back to pmgb2b2.com and it’s stuck in the draft folder. Yes, there are all sorts of reasons that form hasn’t made it back. Yet, we have pity and there’s still time to be part of the first-annual selection which will be announced in early November. We’re holding a spot open for you. Remember: this selection isn’t made on how much revenue you have, it’s on how good you are and what you contribute to the industry as a leader, a participant or just somebody who stands out for doing more with less.

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MICROSOFT NIXES RESELLER CREDIT CARD PAYMENTS?

Credit Card logos"No credit cards please" is reportedly the order Microsoft has delivered to its Dynamics channel. From November 1 on, the report goes, the Fargo, N.D. operations will accept checks and debited accounts, but not the plastic stuff. Read more...

QB DROP OUT RATE HIGH

Kiran Patel, Intuit Twenty percent of those who buy QuickBooks never use the product, according to statistics used this week at Intuit's Investor's day by Kiran Patel, EVP and general manager of Intuit's Small Business Group.

Since Intuit sold 1.6 million units of its accounting product in the year ended July 31, that's a lot of boxes left lying on the shelves. Patel said Intuit has learned a lot about what issues deter buyers from using the package and the installation process is part of the problem. Intuit worked on that barrier with QuickBooks 2010, which debuts next week. Read more...

INFOR HINTS AT SIZE

InforRapidly growing Infor dropped a few hints that help size up the largest privately held software company that serves the mid-market, well within a fairly wide range.

 

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ADVERTURES IN SOCIAL NETWORKING.

The message I got from Facebook this week that ought to cheer anybody who considers using Read more...

INFOR HOLDS WAKE FOR FSE

Dennis Michalis, InforDuring a conference call this week, Infor said it is whole heartedly behind the Fourth Shift Edition that it acquired with the purchase of Softbrands. It's just that no new sales can be made; only sales services offered to the installed based, which can add modules and seats.

 

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FOUR AX APPS BOUGHT BY MICROSOFT

Dynamics AX logoAfter a very quiet month, Microsoft made a very loud noise this week with the acquisition of four Dynamics AX applications from four of its resellers. There are agreements in place with at least two that mean Microsoft has hired partners to develop vertical market capabilities for AX.

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PEACHTREE QUANTUM HITS 30

Connie CertusiThat's not 30 years, since Sage North America has hardly had Peachtree Quantum, its entry opposite Intuit's QuickBooks Enterprise Solutions, for that long. Thirty, well about 30, is the number of mid-market resellers who handle other Sage products and who have become certified on Quantum.

 

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SAGE GETS SAAS-Y WITH SALESLOGIX

Larry RitterSage looked to Amazon.com to provide the platform for a pilot test of a cloud computing edition of its SalesLogix suite of customer relationship management products, which was announced recently. Commercial availability is planned for early next year. The use of the term SaaS in a press release from Sage North America was a first and this looks like a step towards a broader program of Internet-based apps from the vendor.
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