Sage ERP X3 has achieved Oracle Database Ready status the Oracle Partner Network. That means that the product has been fully tested and that Sage supports X3 on Oracle Database 11g Release 2. Support for that database also allows Sage to run its application database on the Oracle Database Application. What this shows is what we’ve heard for a longtime about X3, that it has some horsepower for competing upmarket. The importance of the database working on the appliance is that it means a substantial saving of time and expense in manual configuration, the company said.
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Sage North America has had a lot movement among it channel sales staff this month. The company reported it was at “80 percent capacity from an organization standpoint” as it announced new jobs and changing responsibilities of 10 employees. Read more...

Epicor Software has reported that it expects revenue for the first quarter ended December 31 would range from $218 million to $219 million, a 4- to 5 -percent increase year over year. In a conference call, CEO Pervez Qureshi said software license revenue would be up 8 to 10 percent from a year earlier. Read more...

SAP says that financial results for the period ended December 31 were the best-ever fourth quarter and year the company has reported. The information was a pre-release of financial results and the earnings webcast will not be held until January 25. Read more...