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AKA HIRES CLOUD PRACTICE LEAD

AKA Enterprise Solutions has named Greg Inks as cloud practice lead. Inks will manage an effort that includes the following areas: cloud strategy consulting, cloud infrastructure engineering, cloud managed services and native cloud application development.

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DYNAMICS 365 COLLABORATION

Rickard Hannson, IncentiveIncentive has launched Dynamics Connect, which is designed to enable users of Dynamics 365 to collaborate. The application, embedded in Dynamics 365, helps any entity within Dynamics 365 to collaborate through via a variety of methods.

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RANDOM THOUGHTS: COMEY

James Comey, former FBI directorI think we are working on a new saying—as sure as a British election. Let's have a referendum on Scottish independence, it won't even be close but we'll let them have a good feeling of having a say. ... Or let's vote on leaving the European Union—not a problem. The supporters will win.

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MICROSOFT BUYING SECURITY COMPANY

 Terry Myerson, MicrosoftMicrosoft has agreed to acquire Hexadite, which makes provides security products. Hexadite is described as providing agentless, automatic incident investigation and remediation applications. Terms were not disclosed.

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SAP: SOFTWARE ENSURES HIRING DIVERSITY

Bill McDermott, SAP at Sapphire 2017SAP's Sapphire conference was filled with the giant software maker's product announcements and the company's very broad role in social activism. And the company particularly talked about its program to ensure diversity in hiring and promotion.

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RSM MODEL SPEEDS IMPLEMENTATIONS

Christian Hutter, RSM USAccounting firm RSM US has introduced the Enterprise Resource Planning Rapid Verification Model. The system is designed to cut implementation time and costs by incorporating real company data, rather than sample data, into models.

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SAGE CBCs: A CHANGED ROLE

Ron McMurtie, SageSage announced its plans for its Customer Business Centers in June 2015 with two opening that year. At that time, it called for more centers to open in 2016 to revolutionize the way it supported and serviced customers—none did. Things appear to have changed since then.

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INTUIT TO SUPPORT MULTIPLE CRMS

 Sasan Goodarzi, IntuitIntuit has decided to support multiple CRM packages for QuickBooks Online. The company had previously integrated with a limited number of CRM titles, Sasan Goodarzi, Intuit's EVP of small business, said at this week’s Stifel 2017 Technology, Internet & Media Conference.  Read more...

TRIBRIDGE TOP DYNAMICS INDUSTRY VAR

Tony DiBenedetto, TribridgeTribridge has been named as Microsoft's Small and Midmarket Cloud Solutions Partner of the Year. The Tampa, Fla.-based Dynamics and NetSuite reseller, was previously, Dynamics VAR of the year in 2015, and is headed by CEO Tony DiBenedetto.

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PRIVATE EQUITY GROUP BUYING SAGE PAYMENTS

Stephen Kelly at Sage SummiPrivate equity firm GTCR has agreed to buy Sage Payment Solutions for $260 million, a business that generates $150 million in annual revenue in North America. The deal is expected to close in the third quarter. Based in the United Kingdom, GTCR says it has committed up to $350 million of equity capital to the SPS platform.

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