News and Analysis (15669)
INFOR IN DEAL WITH RED HAT
- Wednesday, 26 September 2012
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
Infor has entered an agreement with Red Hat under which the Infor ERP suite will be available on Red Hat Enterprise Linux and JBoss Enterprise Middleware, Infor10 ION and Infor LN are now certified on both platforms. Also, Infor LN and ION can now leverage MySQL and MariaDB.
KASEYA STARTS ADVISORY COUNCILS
- Wednesday, 26 September 2012
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
Kaseya, which market products for managed service providers, has established a Customer Advisory Council and Partner Advisory Council. The Customer Advisory Council is comprised by 30 managed service customers from the Americas, Europe, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand and Asia-Pacific. Members range from long-time customer using the Kaseya platform to new customers using on a portion of the line. The Partner Advisory Council is launching with 10 members who will meet on a quarterly basis. The company did not provide a list of members of either body or state if officers have been selected.
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DELTEK WORKING ON SOCIAL SOFTWARE
- Wednesday, 26 September 2012
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
Deltek is working on a social enterprise software project, which is in the early stages of development. Called Kona, the project is discussed in revised documents filed with the SEC as part of the company's proposed acquisition by private equity investor, Thomas Bravo, for $1.1 billion. Originally, the information filed by Deltek said only that there was a project that the board of directors had considered spinning off, along with the sale of the company.
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SAGE LINKS WITH MOBILECAUSE
- Friday, 21 September 2012
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
Sage North America plans to integrate a cloud-based application from MobileCause with its fundraising products. The deal will enable Sage to provide mobile fundraising applications to nonprofit customers. The cloud-based MobileCause app will first be integrated with Sage Millennium and later with Sage Fundraising Online and Fundraising 50.
CATERPILLER BIZ GETS INFOR RESOURCES
- Friday, 21 September 2012
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
Infor is making a significant investment in the equipment dealership industry. The company says it will have about 200 staff dedicated to the Infor Equipment product line at its new innovation center in Stockholm, Sweden. It has also has created an Infor CAT Dealer Advisory Council for the support, development and use of an industry-specific template in the business. There are nine members on the council, which is focused on identifying effective business processes "that scale to provide accessibility to a wide range of dealers."
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SAGE BUYS BRAZILIAN COMPANIES
- Friday, 21 September 2012
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
The Sage Group increased its presence in Brazil this week with the acquisition of two companies. These are the second and third purchases in the South American country this year. Sage bought Empresa Brasileira de Sistemas, which makes accounting, business management and tax software, for about $17.3 million. It also picked up Cenize Informática, which makes accounting software for small businesses, for about $6.3 million.
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UNIT4 MERGING NORTH AMERICAN OPS
- Thursday, 20 September 2012
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
Unit4, which markets the Coda and Agresso lines, is merging its two North American business units. Unit4 Business Software and Unit4 Coda are being combined under the first name. The company expects the merger to provide customers with greater coverage and support, better global integration and additional product sets. This apparently puts operations on this continent in the same model via which the company operates in the rest of the world.
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PERVASIVE SOLICITS BUYERS
- Thursday, 20 September 2012
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
Pervasive Software is seeking bids for the company after getting an unsolicited proposal last month. Austin, Texas-based Pervasive received the proposal from Actian Corp. on August 13 and has instructed its financial advisor, Shea & Co., to seek non-binding bids from interested parties. Actian offered $8.50 per share in cash in a deal that is valued at about $154 million. Actian said that Pervasive had so far repeatedly declined its offer to discuss the proposal.
ACQUISITIONS HIKES K3 REVENUE
- Thursday, 20 September 2012
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
The acquisition of other resellers boosted the revenue of the K3 Business Technology Group, a retail specialist based in the United Kingdom by 28 percent for the year ended June 30. Its profit rose by 28 percent although the final comprehensive income line was reduced by this year's currency losses, which contrasted with currency gains a year ago.
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NET@WORK, PLUS LEAD SAGE CRM SALES
- Thursday, 20 September 2012
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
New York-based Net@Work and Canada's Plus Computer are leading in the sales of Sage's major CRM products, Sage CRM and SalesLogix through August. The numbers get plugged into the selection of five top VARs and an all around Partner of the Year for Sage's year ending September 30. It seemed wise to break the CRM sales leaders from the ERP leaders covered in an another news item to avoid a shopping list of names.
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