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HAPPY HOLIDAYS: NEWSLETTER SCHEDULE

Santa ClausWith Christmas and New Year's Day moving quickly toward us, it is time to pause the newsletter schedule. There will be no newsletter on Friday, December 23. Publication will resume on Friday, December 30. News will continue to be posted to the website as needed. Happy Holidays.

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RANDOM THOUGHTS: JIMI HENDRIX

Jimi HendrixThe accusations that the Russians used hacking to influence the U.S. presidential election got a boost when someone found pictures given to fans signed "Donny and Vlady BFFs". ... The highly successful Disney "Cars" movies is being followed by a sequel "Used Cars".

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RETAIL STRONG FOR INFOR QUARTER

Charles Phillips, InforInfor saw strong results from its entry into the retail market for the second quarter ended October 31. The giant software company moved into retail two years ago and performance "continues to outpace expectations", CEO Charles Phillips said in the company's recent earnings call. He noted one sale to Nordstrom which he said represented "the largest POS invoice ever signed in an industry."

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XERO RETOOLS ADVISOR DIRECTORY

Doug LaBahn, XeroXero says it has revamped its Advisor Directory, taking advantage of the company's move to the AWS platform. The cloud software company says the directory now utilizes a chatbot to connect small businesses to advisors via social media.

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TOP EPICOR VAR MOVES INTO U.S.

John Preiditsch, Six S PartnersWaterloo, Ont.-based Six S Partners is moving into the reselling market in the United States. An Epicor VAR, Six S is merging with Yorktown Heights, N.Y.-based Tri Gem to form a jointly owned company that will operate under the Six S name in this country. Six S Partners was Epicor's Global Partner of the Year for 2015 and 2016 and Americas Partner of the Year for four consecutive years.

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RETAIL PRO NOW SAP PARTNER

retail proRetail Pro International has joined the SAP PartnerEdge program. The Folsom, Calif.-based software developer says as a result its retail management software is now available on SAP Business One. Participation in the program enables the company and distributors to build, market and applications on top of SAP software. Retail Pro says it now has access "to all relevant SAP technologies in one simplified framework under a single, global contract."

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SAGE VP WINGROVE JOINS AVALARA

Mike Wingrove, AvalaraAvalara has named Mike Wingrove as VP of channels. Wingrove comes to the sales-and-use-tax company from Sage where he was VP of North American sales from July 2012 until taking the position with Seattle, Wash.-based Avalara. He reports to Pascal Van Dooren, Avalara's chief revenue officer.

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EXACT THINKS "TRIPLE ENTRY"

ExactExact is developing a concept of "triple-entry accounting" utilizing blockchain technology. The Netherlands-based accounting and manufacturing software company made the announcement as part of its meeting of members of the Dutch blockchain community.

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SAGE MULLING PAYMENTS SALE

Steve Kelly, SageThe Sage Group is considering options for its North American payments business. The company recently confirmed media speculation about the topic and said the evaluation of the business could lead to sale, but that there was no certainly any transaction would occur. That action came after, the company's webcast of earnings for the year ended September 30.

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BAKER TILLY CONSULTING HEAD NAMED

Ethan Bach, Baker Tilly Virchow KrauseBaker Tilly Virchow Krause has named Ethan Bach managing partner of the firm's national consulting practice effective June 1, 2017. Bach is currently principal and leader of the firm's management and business technology consulting team. Based in the firm's Chicago, Ill., headquarters, he has been with the firm since 2002.

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