News and Analysis (15659)
SUITEWORLD: THE BODY COUNT
- Friday, 13 May 2011
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
There are few better ways of measuring the impact of NetSuite in the market than the number of press and analysts attending SuiteWorld in San Francisco. Officially, there were 80 which puts it in the same ballpark as the attendance from this estate as attended Microsoft’s Convergence confab. (I’m officially admitting analysts into the fourth estate to make this analogy fly.) Read more...
DELTEK EXEC DIES
- Friday, 13 May 2011
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
Sean M. Hickey, who served as VP of sales for Deltek, died last week at his home in Melrose, Mass. Hickey, 41 years old, joined Deltek in 1998 after that software vendor acquired Harper and Shuman where he was regional sales manager. Hickey took over the position vacated by Taylor Macdonald who left Deltek at the end of 2008.
NETSUITE GOING BIG IN CHANNEL
- Friday, 13 May 2011
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
With NetSuite having signed Accenture and RSM McGladr
ey in its channel, the logical thought was what other major players might its sign for its program. With the price of OneWorld up around $100,000 and now the addition of NetSuite Unlimited, the thought occurred that there ought to be a lot of consulting services around the upper end of the company’s product line. It wasn’t hard to surmise that other big fish might be enticed into the NetSuite pond. With the crowd flowing by, it was a little hard to spot but there were representatives of PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Deloitte and KMPG present with badges bearing the name “Guest.”
AVALARA DOES OPEN SYSTEMS
- Friday, 13 May 2011
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
Avalara continues to develop links to financial applications and Open Systems has become the latest vendor for whom the sales-and-use tax vendor has developed an integration with its AvaTax product. Avalara is starting with a link to Open System’s Traverse Accounting line and will follow with a connection to the company’s Open Systems Accounting Software. As with all the links developed for AvaTax, this means the sales-and-use tax engine can scour the universe for rate changes and handle calculations.
TRIBRIDGE ACQUIRES XCELLIGENT
- Friday, 13 May 2011
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
Tribridge, the expanding Dynamics reseller based in Tampa, Fla., has acquired privately-held Xcelligent, an Orlando, Fla., company that utilizes Microsoft Project Server and SharePoint to enhance project management. Terms were not disclosed. According to the announcement, Xcelligent has development expertise in process mapping and workflow, performance management and analytics for project-driven companies. Partners Josh Portnoy and Tommy Simon, along with the rest of the acquired company’s staff have joined Tribridge. Portnoy is now Project Server Practice Manager role, while Simon has joined the sales organization as a business development manager.
Read more...LARRY AND ME AND 79 OTHERS
- Friday, 13 May 2011
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
NetSuite trotted the press and analyst corps out to Pacific Heights to Chateau Ellison, whose views span the Golden Gate Bridge and Alcatraz (where Oracle chairman Larry Ellison’s business enemies are imprisoned). All floors had balconies and are connected by spiral staircases with fine wood railing. I walked into one of the floor-to-ceiling windows while trying to exit. It was hors d’oeuvres as usual, if usual normally includes steak tartar, lobster tortellini, fava bean risotto, short ribs and Peking duck.
EQUATION BUYS BALGORD SAGE BIZ
- Friday, 13 May 2011
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
Equation Technologies, a reseller based in the U.S. and Canada, has acquired the Sage practice of Balgord Software Solutions. Founder Annette Balgord joins Equation as a partner and will lead the Sage practice. Equation, which carries Accpac and Deltek, had $5 million in revenue last year. Balgord was just under $1 million, according to the last count I had from the company, and had carried Accpac and Sage MIP.
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FISHBOWL OFFERS COMMISSIONS
- Friday, 13 May 2011
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
Fishbowl, which markets Fishbowl Inventory for the QuickBooks arena, is offering a 10-percent commission to anyone who refers a lead that turns into a software sale. Once it gets a referral, Fishbowl takes over the process, described as including product demonstrations, providing information and closing the sale. All interested parties have to do is fill out a referral agreement “so that Fishbowl knows where to send the commission check” and then find a prospect to refer. Read more...
ROSS SETS PRODUCT PATH
- Friday, 13 May 2011
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
Ross Systems has outlined a three-year plan for the delivery of the Ross ERP 7.0 product suite. The company says phase one extends through 2012 and will include integration of the CDC Software Event Management Framework’s alert engine into the application. Key performance analytics will be embedded into the baseline workflow of Ross ERP that can handle decision making without the need for an external data warehouse. Also in this phase is the integration of SharePoint into the Ross Smart Client User interface level and into the application level enabling data to be access through portals.
Read more...NCOMPASS TOPS NETSUITE CHANNEL
- Friday, 13 May 2011
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
Ncompass Business Solutions took home the award a Solution Provider of the Year, Worldwide at the NetSuite SuiteWorld conference. Ncompass has offices in Atlanta, Ga., and Charlotte, N.C. Bellevue, Wash.-based Explore Consulting took home the similar titled Solution Provider of the Year, Americas. The reseller winner in EMEA was First Hosted and in the APAC region it was JCurve Solutions. Celigo walked away with SuiteCloud Developer Network Partner of the Year honor and eBizNet Solutions was SuiteApp Partner of the Year.
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