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FRESHBOOKS RECIVES $43M

Accounting software vendor FreshBooks has received $43 million in Series B Funding. The cloud company says it will use the funds to support North American growth and to development of its latest product, launched in September.

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INFOR PREVIEWS NETWORKED CLOUDSUITES

inforInfor has announced Networked CloudSuites. The company detailed plans at this week's Inforum conference, saying the suites will come to market during the second half of the year.

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SYSPRO DEBUTS CHATBOT

SysproSyspro has jumped on the chatbot bandwagon with the introduction of Ken. The manufacturing software publisher says Ken can handle more than 150 skill sets for routine tasks such as checking stock availability, pricing configured products, checking account balances and order statuses.

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INFOR LAUNCHES AI PLATFORM

Charles Phillips, InforAdd another name to the "talk to your software" realm as Infor has introduced Coleman an artificial intelligence platform for Infor CloudSuite applications. Coleman follows the push by SAP for its Leonardo platform,  a broad Internet of Things system that also has voice response and Sage's Pegg chatbot.

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CLOUD BOOSTS PRODWARE HALF

Prodware GroupFrench Sage and Dynamics reseller the Prodware Group saw an acceleration of revenue growth in the second quarter ended June 30. The company ended the half with about $99.4 million as SaaS sales helped pushed the increase in revenue to 3.1 percent over last year's comparable half.

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NETSUITE SIGNS FOUR VARS

Paul Doucet, Cherry BekaertOracle NetSuite this week announced the signing of four VARs. What was notable was the group included accounting firm Cherry Bekaert, which kicked off an ERP consulting practice as it took on the cloud product. It’s a sign that multi-office accounting firms continue to enter (or re-enter) the technology space.

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NOVIPRO TOP INFOR N.A. RESELLER

Yves Paquette, NoviproNovipro, which has three offices in Canada, has been named Infor's North America Channel Partner of the Year. Novipro carries a wide range of products from the software company, including Infor CloudSuite Industrial, Distribution Suite and CRM (the former SalesLogix).

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DXC TECHNOLOGY BUYS TRIBRIDGE

Tony DiBenedetto, TribridgeThe big get bigger with DXC Technology acquiring Tampa, Fla.-based Tribridge. Led by CEO Tony DiBenedetto, Tribridge, ranked No. 2 on the Bob Scott's Top 100 VARs for 2017 with $168 million. It will be combined with DXC Eclipse but will be known as Tribridge, a DXC Technology Company and will be led by Troy Richardson, DXC's SVP of enterprise and cloud applications.

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HAPPY HOLIDAY: NO NEWSLETTER

There is no Bob Scott's Insights newsletter today to take time off for the Fourth of July holiday. News will be posted as necessary, (but it's slow anyway). The regular newsletter will be mailed as scheduled on Friday, July 14. 

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RANDOM THOUGHTS: ROB LOWE

Rob LoweThe press and Donald Trump will be celebrating the Fourth of July in the spirit of their current relationship—rockets at 40 paces. Trump will be chagrined to see by the rockets' red glare if the press is still there and vows to do something about it if they are. ... In line with his appetite for electronic communications, the president says he will tweet his next State of the Union message.

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