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MACONOMY SPURS DELTEK GROWTH
- Friday, 29 July 2011
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
Maconomy continues to be the major story at Deltek as the product that was acquired last year has opened the doors for Reston, Va.-based Deltek in international markets. "It has opened up a new global market for us," CEO Kevin Parker said in this week's earnings call. International revenue for the second quarter ended June 30 was 26 percent of the total, double the contribution a year ago.
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SAP CHANNEL REVS UP 60 PERCENT
- Wednesday, 27 July 2011
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
SAP reported this week that its channel sales for the second quarter ended June 30 were up 60 percent over the prior year. The company did not reveal channel sales numbers during an earnings webcast. But it did claim growth across all products and geographies as software license revenue rose by 26 percent (IFRS) and 35 percent (non-IFRS). Co-CEO William McDermott described the results as part of a fundamental change in technology purchasing in which buyers are turning an increasing amount of their budgets toward software.
SAP SLOWS BYD VAR RECRUITMENT
- Monday, 25 July 2011
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
SAP has slowed down its recruitment of resellers to carry the web-based Business ByDesign. Recruitment got ahead of enablement and capacity, Kevin Gilroy, the VP who heads North American recruitment, said in an interview this week. Earlier this month, Gilroy said enablement had become a bottleneck in the ByD campaign and also said that the company was reshuffling resources to deal with the problem.
JAEGER, ASHLEY LEAVE SAP CHANNEL TEAM
- Monday, 25 July 2011
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
Two managers involved in recruiting resellers for SAP's Business ByDesign, Dawn Jaeger and Geoff Ashley, have left the company. SAP confirmed departures which it pictured as being "normal attribution." Ashley had held the position of director of business development since July 2010. He was gone from SAP for four months after he had served as director of channel sales for ByD, having worked at SAP from September 2004 through March 2009.
SAGE'S SCHULTZ LEAVING
- Friday, 22 July 2011
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
After a paragraph describing his pleasure in meeting channel members at least week's Summit Conference, Pascal Houillon, CEO of Sage North America, wished Laurie Schultz luck in an organizational announcement.
INFOR TO INVEST IN M3
- Friday, 22 July 2011
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
Infor's acquisition of Lawson Software is going to be much more than buy and milk the installed base. This week, Infor said it considers Lawson's M3 product line strategic to its growth and would deliver what it called complete industry suites built around the core M3 application. M3 systems were described as "designed for companies that make, move and maintain products or equipment."
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INTUIT ACCOUNTING PROGRAM GOES GLOBAL
- Friday, 22 July 2011
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
Veteran Intuit staffer Rich Walker, who has handled public relations for the American accountant program, will direct the company's efforts to expand its accountant efforts in the English-speaking world. Walker has been named to the new position of director of accountant strategy and programs with the Intuit Global Business Division.
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SAGE RETOOLS VAR, CPA PROGRAM
- Friday, 22 July 2011
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
Sage is taking another look at its Business Partner Alliance Program, which is supposed to bring accountants and value-added resellers together. However, not much has happened with the program in recent years. "We haven't been actively pursuing new connections between the VAR and the CPAs," says Jennifer Warawa, the senior director for partner programs for Sage North America.
INTUIT ISP MEET; ALL QUIET
- Friday, 22 July 2011
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
Intuit is planning a conference for the Intuit Solutions Provider program for September. Unlike the first two meetings, this one isn't open to the press. The official reason was since there are no announcements, there is no need for the press. Just for the record: going to a meeting to gather announcements is one of the dumbest reasons for the press to attend any event. Read more...
TRIBRIDGE FLOATS CLOUD SERVICES
- Friday, 22 July 2011
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
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