News and Analysis (15659)
RETAIL PRO GETS HP DEAL
- Friday, 19 August 2011
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
Retail Pro International has signed a deal with Hewlett-Packard under which the two companies will provide a hardware-software bundle to retailers. The companies said the package would serve retailers from small, local operations to large multi-national chains and that it provides tools to manage point of sale, store operations and back-office needs.
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COLUMBUS IT EARNINGS SINK
- Friday, 19 August 2011
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
Longer-than-anticipated restructuring in France, price pressure and rising costs all took a chunk out of the bottom line of Columbus IT Partner for the first half ended June 30. The Copenhagen-based Dynamics reseller reported a loss of about $1.59 million for the period, compared to net income of just over $1 million a year earlier.
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SAGE CONFIRMS BID FOR MYOB
- Wednesday, 17 August 2011
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
The Sage Group has confirmed it is one the parties bidding to acquire MYOB, an Australian company whose names has roots in the United States. The British parent of Sage North America released a statement that "Sage can confirm that it is currently considering a potential acquisition of MYOB. However there is no certainty that it will proceed. The company will provide further information, if and when appropriate." Published reports have the Sage bid at $1.4 billion.
EPARTNERS SELLS U.K. OPS
- Tuesday, 16 August 2011
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
EPartners has sold its operations in the United Kingdom to eBecs Ltd., another Dynamics reseller based in that country. It's interesting from two points: the simple news of the event and the fact that ePartners and Tectura, the other major U.S.-based Dynamics VAR, have gone from acquiring operations (well not recently) to disposing of them in the same year.
FRAHMANN DEFENDS SAGE REBRANDING
- Tuesday, 16 August 2011
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
Sage's plan to rebrand its software line is a hot topic, particularly after Steve Blythe, who heads the company's largest reseller, gave the way it's being done thumbs down. In a post on the Sage North America website this week, Dennis Frahmann, corporate marketing EVP, defended the company's plan, particularly the use of numbers in product names, the way Sage does them in Europe and England.
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ALFAPEOPLE HIRES FORMER COLUMBUS IT CEO
- Tuesday, 16 August 2011
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
AlfaPeople, a Dynamics AX reseller, has hired former Claus E. Hansen, former CEO of Columbus IT Partner as its new COO. The company, which entered the United States this year, says its goal is $7.2 million in profit and $71 million in sales within three years, double its current size.
INTACCT SIGNS BRITTENFORD
- Friday, 12 August 2011
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
Intacct seemed to have taken a breather in channel recruitment. But this week, it said it had signed Brittenford Systems, a Dynamics VAR based in Reston, Va. After looking like it would stay on a reseller-a-week tear, Intacct had not announced any new channel members since June 22. Although Intacct has done well with accounting firms, it is still having trouble penetrating the top Dynamics VARs. Brittenford had $4.5 million in revenue for 2010 and rank as 91 on my Top 100 VAR list so it's a good catch.
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COUGAR RELEASES NEW CMS
- Friday, 12 August 2011
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
Cougar Mountain Software has released of CMS Professional 2012 which now includes the ability to update all Multi-Location Inventory locations at once, use Positive Pay to prevent check fraud, and post transactions to a file in all CMS Professional modules.
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OMNIVUE NAMES FINANCE VP
- Friday, 12 August 2011
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
Omnivue, an Atlanta-based Dynamics reseller, has named Bryan Krohn as VP of financial operations. Krohn's hiring was announced this week although his LinkedIn page shows he took over the job in July. From June 2006 through May 2011, he was director of financial for the U.S. surgical market of Molnlycke Healthcare, and from June 2007 through December 2010 held the same position with the company's Golden Gloves business unit.
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MICROSOFT TALKS VAR CUTS
- Friday, 12 August 2011
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
Microsoft is intensifying its talk about culling its channel to eliminate weaker players.And while that's hardly a new topic, executives apparently were more open about their intention to go forward and boot nonperformers at the recent retreat held at St. Andrews, Scotland, for this year's Inner Circle members.
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