News and Analysis (15709)
AVALARA HIRES GENERAL COUNSEL
- Wednesday, 08 May 2013
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
Sales tax vendor Avalara has hired Alesia Pinney as general counsel. The appointment comes as the growing company is filling out positions. Piney was general counsel and secretary for Radiant Global Logistics for a year before joining Bainbridge Island, Wash.-based Avalara. Avalara founder and CEO Scott McFarlane described the move as part of effort in building a world class management team with an eye toward accelerating our rapid growth.”
ACUMATICA NAMES ASIAN GM
- Wednesday, 08 May 2013
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
Acumatica has named 
as general manager for its Asian operations. Philippe, former head of SAP Business One for Southeast Asia, will be based in Acumatica's new Asian headquarters in Singapore. Philippe held the most recent SAP job from March 2012 through this April and before that was senior channel development manager of Southeast Asia for SAP from February 2011 through March 2012.
INFOR'S M&A BILL - $5.25B DEBT
- Wednesday, 08 May 2013
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
Most of us aren’t used to dealing with numbers like this. But since Infor has been reporting its numbers for three quarters, we can see the total bill for its years of buying other companies. The balance sheet for March 31 showed long-term debt at $5.25 billion. Obviously, debt has been retired as it operates, but that looks like a pretty good hunk left from buying people like Lawson. The M&A markers also show up on the balance sheet.
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PRODUCT DISPOSALS HURT SAGE EARNINGS
- Wednesday, 08 May 2013
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
The sale of non-core products by Sage pushed its operating earnings for the half ended March 31 to a loss of about $12 million. The loss was triggered by a roughly $306 million charge for the sale of applications such as Sage Fund 100, Act and SalesLogix, along with some products in Europe. That compared to EBITDA of about $206 million in last year's first half, calculated at current exchange reports. Sage North America had revenue of $325 million, up 4 percent organically.
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ACUMATICA TWINS: HAVE US YOUR WAY
- Wednesday, 08 May 2013
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
Acumatica has taken a page out of the PC versus Mac ads of a couple of years ago with the Acumatica twins versus the NetSuite cloud guy. It all adds up to increasing evidence that this company is very innovative in marketing. I don't use the software so I'm in no position to judge that. But the tag line by the blond twins in its YouTube ad: "You can have us any way you like" will probably attract more than nerds. The offer refers to the fact that Acumatica is available on-premise and in the cloud.
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COLUMBUS PUTS IT IN PRIVATE CLOUD
- Tuesday, 07 May 2013
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
Global Dynamics reseller Columbus has put its internal IT datacenter in a private cloud. The Copenhagen, Denmark-based VAR and software developer said that move has "improved our ability to service our customers better and faster than ever before. In a prepared statement, Erik Ødemark, corporate IT manager, said "This is an enormous advantage, when changes occur in the integration with customers and partners, and Columbus' consultants have to react very quickly to new decisions."
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THE PUBLIC: WINDOWS 8 DOES SUCK?
- Tuesday, 07 May 2013
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
Microsoft probably does not agree to the wording here (I’m gonna hear about this). But read this week’s headlines about often bad-mouthed update to the operating system. They have language like “a humbled Microsoft”, “A Reboot for Windows 8; What's Next for Microsoft?” “Can Microsoft really make a 'U-turn' on Windows 8?” and “Microsoft Falls as Windows 8 Sales Stumble to Slow Trickle.” Given the influence of these financial writers, maybe my wording isn't so bad.
MANAGING DATA TOPS AICPA LIST
- Friday, 03 May 2013
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
Managing and Retaining Data emerged as the top issue 2013 Top Technology Initiatives Survey from the American Institute of CPAs. The No. 2 issue is Securing the IT environment. You may remember that this was once the Top 10 technologies and used to be issued before the second quarter of the year. But that was before it got mired in technology language goo and the Institute’s need to tinker with the format every year. I’ll repeat what I’ve said before which is that when it was the Top Ten technologies, it had a lot of headline appeal.
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BLACKBAUD CEO'S PAY TAKES BIG DIP
- Friday, 03 May 2013
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
Compensation for lame-duck CEO Marc Chardon fell by 29.3 percent and it’s the second straight year of double-digit declines for the outgoing leader of Blackbaud. Chardon will leave the nonprofit vendor once a successor is named. In the meantime, the Charleston, S.C.-based company reported his 2012 pay fell to $2.2 million, down from $3.1 million in 2011. And it’s off by 52.2 percent from the $4.57 million he got in 2010.
BLACKBAUD HAPPY DESPITE DOWN NET
- Friday, 03 May 2013
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
The bottom line at nonprofit vendor Blackbaud continued to feel the impact of last year’s acquisition of Convio. Net income of $2.7 million for the first quarter ended March 31 fell 3.4 percent from $2.8 million in the first quarter of 2012. That was primarily the result of a $3.2 million restructuring charge related to layoffs in January. However, executives were happy with the results, saying they had realized greater savings than anticipated from post-acquisition cost-cutting.
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