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CLOUD APPS UP WITH VAR STARS

VAR Stars logoThe 2012 selection of Bob Scott’s VAR Stars, which will be announced next month, shows the growth of cloud-based applications in the midmarket reseller channel. This year, there were 39 members of the VAR Star class carrying a SaaS financial application. That’s up from 20 in 2011 and 11 in 2010. Read more...

SAGE SELLS TIMESHEET

Sage logoSage has sold its TimeSheet time tracking application, to Insperity Time & Attendance, while agreeing to utilize that company's TimeStar product in its Sage HRMS application. Terms, not surprisingly, were not announced.

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SPS COMMERCE NET DIPS

SPS Commerce logoNet income for SPS Commerce, which markets supply chain management tools, fell to $174,000 for the third quarter ended September 30, down 1.7 percent in last year’s corresponding period. The Minneapolis-based company reported $20.3 million in revenue for the quarter, up 31 percent from a year earlier.

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CURRENCY CHANGE COSTS QLIK

Qlik logoForeign exchange losses took a bite out of the bottom line for Qlik Technologies for the third quarter ended September 30, countering a decent performance on the top line. Net income for the business intelligence software vendor, which markets the QlikView line, for the quarter was $200,000, down sharply from $1.2 million a year earlier.

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SUGARCRM LISTS NEW PARTNERS

Sugar logoSugarCRM has added a number of new channel members during the third quarter. The company listed ten new enlistees in nine countries across the globe including Secure Technology Hawaii in the United States in making its announcement. This is a very diverse group.

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SAP ROLLS OUT SOCIAL OFFERINGS

SAP logoSAP has debuted to two products as part of its social strategy, the SAP Jam social software platform and Social OnDemand application. Jam is designed to integrate social capabilities into applications and daily business processes, creating a unified environment.

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INFOR INTROS SOCIAL MODULES

Infor has introduced modules for inbound and outbound marketing, Social Commerce Advisor and Insight for Social Commerce. The new applications stem from a collaboration with 8thBridge, the developer of 8thBridge Graphite. The new modules utilize Infor’s Epiphany CRM suite and the 8thBridge technology.

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SAP HOLDING SME SUMMIT

William McDermott, SAPThe fact the SAP is holding an SME Summit on November 29 in New York is not important by itself. The fact that co-CEO William McDermott is scheduled to be there is. Call it, the power of showing up. There is nothing a top executive can do to demonstrate what is important to management then taking the time to show up at an event.

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ADP SELLS TAXWARE

ADP logoAutomatic Data Processing has left the sales tax software business via the sale of TaxWare to Vista Equity Partners. Terms were not disclosed, but some might want to make some calculations based on ADP's report of TaxWare's results as discontinued operations. Read more...

WINDOWS PHONE STRIKES OUT AT SYNERGY

iPhone artAccountants are known for conservatism. So a show of hands at a session about mobile devices at the Thomson Reuters Synergy conference this week should be interpreted with that in mind. And in a session with about 80 attendees, not one person admitted to having a Windows Phone.

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