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SYSPRO 8 PREVIEWED

Louise Thompson, Syspro. Syspro has released a Community Preview of Syspro 8. New features include Machine Learning and social media as a collaboration tool. The manufacturing software maker made the preview available this week on a microsite.

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EPICOR'S CRAIG JOINS BCS/PROSOFT

Sally Craig, BCS/ProSoftSally Craig, who has been a key figure in Epicor's channel plans, has joined reseller BCS ProSoft. The San Antonio, Texas-based VAR says Craig was made its VP of sales and marketing.

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RANDOM THOUGHTS: MANAFORT

Paul Manafort, former Trump campaign managerToday's kids are so wedded to technology. Rather than walk around their neighborhoods for hours begging for treats, some them sent drones door to door with recorded messages. "Hand over candy or I'll drop eggs on your house."

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CHINA BIG IN SAP PLANS

Bill McDermott, SAPChina has become strategically important for SAP. That was clear by the software company's recent earnings webcast for the third quarter ended September 30. China had double-digit revenue growth and CEO Bill McDermott described the results this way:

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ARMANINO TOP INTACCT VAR

ArmaninoAccounting firm Armanino has been named VAR Partner of the Year by Sage Intacct. In the press release concerning the award, it was said Armanino, based in San Ramon, Calif., "had a record-breaking year with Sage Intacct in 2017".

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XERO HQ COMING TO U.S.

Keri Gorman, XeroXero HQ  is coming to the United States. No surprise—it debuted in September at Xerocon in Melbourne, Australia. The company will show the product in an Americas edition on Xero Now on Facebook live on November 8 at 11 am PT.

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AVIDXCHANGE PICKS VP

Heather Caudill, AvidXchange AvidXchange has promoted Heather Caudill to the post oSVP of relationship management. Caudill has worked with the company since December 2002. She has spent the last six years in the professional services area of Charlotte, N.C.-based AvidXchange.

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COLUMBUS UP DESPITE U.S.

Thomas Honoré, Columbus Denmark-based reseller Columbus showed decent revenue growth for the nine months ended September 30 despite a slowdown in the SMB business in the United States. The company this week reported before tax profit of roughly $9.6 million for the reported period, up 4 percent from a year earlier.

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SAGE NAMES PARTNER EXEC

SageSage has hired Julie Carman as head of global strategic alliances for accountants. Carman joined Sage in October, coming from Intapp where she was senior director, business development global accounting and consulting segment from March 2016 through July this year.

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ACUMATICA ALLY VISMA PROSPERS

Øystein Moan, VismaSwedish software maker Visma, which utilizes Acumatica for a major cloud product, has been growing rapidly. The company adopted the Acumatica platform in 2013 as its cloud-based Visma.net and has also been growing by acquisition since.

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