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UNIT 4 OFFERS “SHARED JOURNEY”

Unit 4 has launched Share Journey for public and private sector organizations for both Agresso Business World and Coda Financials. Shared Journey is designed to let groups of companies establish a shared services operation based on either ERP line. The system is available with three components. These include a virtual machine environment of choice allowing grouped users to migrate to whatever cloud/hardware environment suits them best. There is also a private/public cloud environment and a redundant web backbone and data storage hub. The cloud deployment is managed by Unit4 IT Solutions on the Unit4 Hybrid Computing Platform. Read more...

LAWSON REPORTS 4Q

Lawson logoIn what was presumably its next-to-last report of fourth quarter results, Lawson Software this week handed out preliminary numbers. It expects revenue for the quarter ended May 31 to be in the range of $208 million to $212 million. That compares with year-ago revenue of $197 million. Earnings per share are expected to range between six and seven cents per share, compared to two cents a year ago. Read more...

ACCUFUND INTROS EMPLOYEE PORTAL

Nonprofit vendor AccuFund has introduced an Employee Portal as a new web-based component in its AccuFund Accounting Suite. The portal’s customizable interface enables organizations to provide employee access to organizational news and personal information. It can be utilized through an internal network or over the web via an SSL connection. Employees see only information designed for them and their department. PDFs of documents such as health enrollment forms can be attached for printing or download. Read more...

FISHBOWL BUYS OUT SHAREHOLDER

David WilliamsThe management and employees of Fishbowl Inventory have purchased all the interest from what was described as a former majority shareholder.

There were a lot of glowing statements of praise from CEO David Williams and president Mary Michelle Scott, but little on the details other than the employees now own 100 percent of stock. The statements  did not disclose the price or the name of the former shareholder. Read more...

SIKICH PICKS UP EPICOR

Sikich logoSikich, the Aurora, Ill.-based accounting firm, has added Epicor ERP to its financial software application line up. The addition was made in the last month and follows its December announcement of SAP’s Business ByDesign. However, Sikich has not yet itself publicly announced the new product as it did with the SAP product. Jeff Rudolph, who runs the practice, said simply the addition was made because the firm, "Just wanted to expand our offerings."

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SUGAR RELEASES VAR HONOREES

SugarCRM has released the names of resellers that it honored at its channel conference in April. And among the awards handed out was the naming of the following as MVPs for outstanding performance: BrainSell, Cynergy Solutions, Epicom, GrowIT, Insignio CRM, iZeno, Loaded Technologies, Profiling Solutions, RedK, and Redpill Linpro. The company also said Levementum became its first member of the Million Dollar Club with more than $1 million in billings. The only name I recognized was BrainSell, which handles much of Sage’s financial software lineup and a variety of CRM packages including SalesLogix, Sage CRM, Dynamics CRM and PIvotalCRM.

 

 

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ALFAPEOPLE NAMES VITAK DIRECTOR

David VitakAlfaPeople, which specializes in the retail market, has named David Vitak as partner and director of product management for its operations in the United States.  Vitak was director of product management and marketing at Navision and Damgaard and was a key player when Navision began building its channel in this country. AlfaPeople says Vitak, based in the Atlanta area, has been in involved in several large store-focused implementations as the chief architect and pre-sales lead. Read more...

NETSUITE INKS BURR PILGER MAYER

NetSuite logoNetSuite has entered a systems integrator partnership with Burr Pilger Mayer, a San Jose, Calif.-based accounting firm, which plans to build a cloud integration practice. Besides implementing and supporting the NetSuite line, the firm will build vertical applications for the NetSuite SuiteCloud platform. It plans to write applications to serve companies in markets including manufacturing, technology, retail, professional services and life sciences. Read more...

OPEN SYSTEMS ADDS VENDOR

Open Systems has been active in 2011 in its announcement of members of its Preferred Vendor program. In fact, I don’t think it’s had this much news about such vendors in the almost 20 years I’ve been covering this business. This time, it has added SmartLinc, which will integrate its web-based shipping system, Process Shipper, with the Traverse and Open Systems Accounting Software Lines. Process Shipper supports all carriers from UPS, USPS, FedEx, DHL, LTL and Full Truck load carriers to regional carriers, local couriers or a company’s own vehicle fleet. Read more...

SERENIC OKS STOCK BUYBACK

Canadian Serenic Corp., which owns the Serenic Navigator nonprofit accounting software line, has a plan to buy back up to 10 percent of its publicly traded stock. The company will conduct a Normal Course Issuer bid under which it could buy up to 938,249 of the 9.38 million that are publicly traded. That’s out of a total 15.2 million common shares issued and outstanding. The bid starts on June 23 and ends on June 22, 2012 or earlier if the number of shares sought has been obtained. Read more...

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