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BLACKBAUD MAINTENANCE DROPS

Mike Gianoni, BlackbaudBlackbaud saw maintenance revenue drop by 12.8 percent for the year ended December 31. But the story is not just a decline for one period, it is about the decline of maintenance revenue throughout the industry as subscription revenue increases.

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GRAVITY INTROS T&B

John Silvani, Gravity SoftwareGravity Software has released a Time and Billing module. The recent release by the Detroit, Mich.-based company offers a fairly standard array of T&B features. Cloud-based Gravity is built on the Dynamics 365 (CRM) platform.

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HENDRICKSON LEAVES COLUMBUS

John Hendrickson, former Columbus executiveJohn Hendrickson, who founded Interdyn BMI, has left Columbus, the company that acquired his reselling operation in February 2015. His last day at Columbus was January 31.

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RANDOM THOUGHTS: JAY-Z

Rapper Jay-Z (Shawn Carter), photo by Joella MaranoA poster for United Airlines at Newark Airport promotes the amenities available to fliers. The sign informs coach passengers, "You have seats with cushions." ... There was smoke coming from down the street.

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SAP: CLOUD TO OVERTAKE LICENSES

Bill McDermott, SAPThe news in SAP's financial results for 2017 was what lies ahead for this year. As the company continued the pattern of double-digit cloud revenue and single-digit software growth, it foresees a fundamental change in the source of revenue for the year ending December 31.

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SIKICH NAMES TECH PARTNERS

Lee House, SikichAccounting firm Sikich has promoted three members of its technology practice to partner. These include Lee House, who has national sales for the technology group since June 2016.

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CCG TOP DELTEK VAR FOR 2017

Jim Falkanger, Central Consulting Group The Central Consulting Group has been named Deltek's Reseller of the Year for 2017. Headed by Jim Falkanger, the Minnesota, Minn.-based VAR was among those honored at the recent Global Partner Kickoff.

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DYNAMICS REVS PLUS 10 PERCENT

microsoftDynamics revenue for the second quarter ended December 31 was 10-percent higher than in last year’s corresponding period. As usual, Microsoft did not issue actual revenue numbers for the product line.

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SAGE: NAMES EVOLVING

Ron McMurtie, SageThe change of product names for the Sage product line is about providing a path to the cloud. And despite some reseller outcries about the renaming of Sage 100c as Sage 100 Cloud "in no way are we trying to be deceptive," says interim chief marketing officer Ron McMurtie.

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ACUMATICA READIES WHOLESALE DISTRIBUTION

Jon Roskill, AcumaticaCloud vendor Acumatica is eying an April 1 launch for a wholesale distribution module. The product will come out the door with financials, inventory management, order management and advanced fulfillment.

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