News and Analysis (15703)
EXACT SHAREHOLDERS APPROVE SALE
- Tuesday, 27 January 2015
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
Shareholders of Exact Holding have approved the sale of the company's assets to funds managed by Apax Partners. The action at this week's extraordinary meeting also approved the dissolution of Exact as it has existed and the supervisory board of directors will replaced as of the settlement date. Exact has at least one more set of public numbers to report with the release of financial results for the year coming next week.
QAD RAISES $37.1 MILLION
- Tuesday, 27 January 2015
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
Manufacturing software company QAD raised about $31.7 million from the sale of 2 million shares of stock this month. Another 1 million shares of Class A common stock were sold by controlling shareholders Karl F. Lopker and Pamela M. Lopker through their living trust. The price was $20 per share with the underwriters holding a 30-day option to purchase another 450,000 shares. Karl is CEO and Pamela is chairman and president.
RANDOM THOUGHTS: BELICHICK
- Friday, 23 January 2015
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
The world is such a hostile place—people of differing views who are unalterably opposed to each other, refusing to acknowledge any good in the other side. But enough about the President and Congress, there are some real issues in the Middle East. … Just ordered a new pair of ice skating boots. They did not have my size in stock for figure skating boots. But there were a number of lovely dresses available that fit me. Johnny Weir, look out!
NAVIGATOR PICKS UP SAP HONOR
- Friday, 23 January 2015
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
Navigator Business Solutions has been received the North America Partner Excellence Award 2015 in the category “SAP Cloud Resell." The award was one of many handed out this week in San Diego, Calif., North America Partner Excellence Award 2015 in the category “SAP Cloud Resell." The awards were given, as the always are, at the year’s Field Kick-Off Meeting. Grant Fraser, owner of the Pleasant Grove, Utah-based firm, said this was his firm's tenth consecutive award as a top partner.
UXC RAISES GUIDANCE
- Friday, 23 January 2015
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
Australia-based UXC, which operates in this country via reseller UXC Eclipse, has raised its guidance for the first half of 2015 ended December 31. The company based its decision on what it called "a solid first quarter and in light of a strong performance in November and December." The change included earnings that are substantially about the guidance given at its annual meeting in November. UXC had said revenue would be more than 8-percent higher than the $231.1 million reported in the first half of fiscal 2014.
ARMANINO PICKS PRECISIONPOINT
- Friday, 23 January 2015
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
Armanino has become the exclusive North American distributor for PrecisionPoint, which provides business intelligence functions for Dynamics AX and GP. As a part of the deal, the North American PrecisionPoint staff has joined Armanino's consulting team. Tom Mescall, Armanino's partner in charge of consulting, said the San Ramon, Calif.-based firm had utilized PrecisionPoint's data warehouse in building its Dynamics Insights reporting and analysis package.
ADAPTIVE TABS CITRIX CHAIR AS CEO
- Thursday, 22 January 2015
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
Online budgeting and forecasting software maker Adaptive Insights has named Thomas F. Bogan as CEO. The previous CEO, John Herr, joined Palo Alto, Calif.-based company in 2011. However, in July the company said he was making a transition to senior advisor while founder Rob Hull became chairman at the same time. Last year was a team-building year.
SALES MANAGER JOHNSON LEAVES AVALARA
- Wednesday, 21 January 2015
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
Robert Johnson, a former Sage North America manager, has taken a job as executive director of sales and marketing for CRO MECLABS. His LinkedIn page describes his new employer as a " research institute that has spent the past 20+ years understanding the cognitive psychology of conversion." Johnson had been national sales manager, channels, for Avalara from September 2011 through this month.
SWK TECHNOLOGIES TO BUY ATR
- Wednesday, 21 January 2015
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
SWK Technologies has signed a letter of intent to acquire Accounting Technology Resources of Santa Ana, Calif. Both are Sage and Acumatica resellers. SWK's parent SilverSun Technologies says the deal should add $1.5 million to its annual revenue and is expected to close by February 16. ATR also handles the JobOps manufacturing package, Avalara's sales-and-use tax system, BizNet's financial reporting application and Altec's document management software, among its lineup of third-party products.
SAP SEES CLOUD TIPPING POINT
- Wednesday, 21 January 2015
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
SAP this week predicted that its cloud revenue will exceed software revenue by 2018. The company gave a long look at its prospects with several figures about the shape of its business in 2020 during an earnings webcast. Executives provided this view as they discussed the fourth quarter and year ended December 31.
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