SilverSun Technologies, parent of Sage reseller SWK Technologies, has been tooting the horn of its only money-generating operation. This week, SilverSun said that SWK has sold 60 new licenses for its Mapacdoc EDI packages so far this year, already ahead of the number sold in 2013. The parent says in the past three weeks SWK has sold five new licenses valued at more than $170,000. This is the second press release this month about significant sales at SWK. The prior one said SWK had a sale of Sage ERP X3  valued at more than $1.1 million for software and services. Considering that on December 31 last year, the parent had just over $4,000 in cash – and there was a lot of speculation based on that – and a deal to merge with ISM and then one to buy Vicor Business Services both fell apart,  you'd have to say the year has been pretty remarkable for SWK CEO Jeff Roth and his staff. Mapadoc, which integrates with Sage 100, 500 and X3, is designed to reduce document mapping time during the EDI process.

The story for Epicor Software's fiscal 2013 was the contribution by SolarSoft, which was acquired in October 2012. Epicor ended its year on September 30 with a 3.3-percent increase in its loss and a 10-percent rise in revenue from the prior year, driven primarily by the former company's software. Meanwhile, Epicor's bottom line continued to be hampered by interest expense, which hit $93.7 million for fiscal 2013, compared to $90.5 million for 2012. The net loss was $40.4 million for 2013, up from $39.1 million the prior year The company' revenue hit $961.7 million for the most recently ended, up from $855.5 million the prior year with $77.4 percent of the 2013 total from SolarSoft products. ERP revenue, the company's largest segment, rose to $598.5 million, a hike of 15 percent from 2012's $515.2 million. This week's earnings conference call was more noted by wasn't said and who didn't say it as new CEO Joseph Cowan let CFO Kathy Crusco do most of the talking. Cowan, who replaced Pervez Qureshi in the top job on October 4, largely discussed meeting different teams and getting to know Epicor. Cowan emphasized that he was brought in to accelerate growth and the company has been performing well. There was general discussion of making a bigger international effort and moving into verticals adjacent to the existing Epicor markets. In one sentence, Cowan briefly noted the next-generation ERP product. "We've got Epicor 10," he said and then talked about driving products in general into the company's channels. The successor to a highly successful Epicor 9, the next generation has been expected. but this is the first public mention by a company executive. However, Cowan let go only those five words.