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RANDOM THOUGHTS: CARDINAL DOLAN

Cardinal Timothy DolanVery interesting to see the NCAA has calculated the value of sex acts provided to members of the University of Louisville basketball team and recruiting prospects. Hey come, on, this is the closest some of them will ever get to an economics class. Of course, it does suggest a completely new meaning of taking the ball to the hole.

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SAP NET DROPS AS REVS RISE

Bill McDermott, SAPRevenue growth for SAP accelerated for the third quarter ended September 30, although its after-tax IFRS profit dropped by 19 percent from last year's corresponding period. The 9-percent increase for the third quarter was ahead of the 6 percent registered for the nine months. CEO Bill McDermott said in this week's earnings webcast company is raising its 2016 outlook for the top and bottom line.

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DYNAMICS 365 USER GROUPS STARTED

Dynamic Communities Dynamic Communities has announced two new user groups for customers of the cloud-based Dynamics 365, which will be formally introduced at the beginning of November. Dynamics 365 Business User Group is for organizations using the Dynamics 365 Business edition while another group is for those purchasing the Dynamics 365 Enterprise edition.

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DYNAMICS SALES UP 11 PERCENT

MicrosoftDynamics revenue took off in the September quarter. The company said this week that for the third quarter ended September 30, the line's income rose by 11 percent over last year's corresponding period. That compares to a 4-percent increase for the year ended June 30.

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SAGE FILLING DIGITAL MARKETING JOBS

Neil Morgan, SageSage is ramping up its digital marketing with a push to fill many jobs in that area. In a recent web posting, the company said it had several roles to fill and listed 24 different job categories for which it is hiring. Sage did not enumerate the number of jobs to be filled in the categories.

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SIX S TOP PARTNER AT EPICOR

John Preiditsch, Six S Partners Six S Partners of Waterloo, Ontario, has been named Epicor's Global Partner of the Year for the second consecutive year. Headed by John Preiditsch, the firm also saw one of its employees, Ray Buchan, honored for Sales Excellence. The Marketing Excellence Award went to Cre8tive Technology & Design of San Diego Calif.

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EDGEWATER REVS TO FALL SHORT

Shirley Singleton, Edgewater TechnologyEdgewater Technology says anticipated service revenue for the third quarter ended September 30 will fall short of revenue guidance. CEO Shirley Singleton says service revenue will be "essentially flat" with total revenue of about $30.8 million, compared to $31.2 million in last year's corresponding period. Service revenue is expected to be about $27 million compared to $27.2 million a year ago.

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SBS NAMES CFO

Cardonne RayThe SBS Group, a reseller and Dynamics Master VAR, has named Ray Cardonne as its CFO. He was CFO of DLB Associates Consulting Engineers of Eatontown, N.J., from 2010 through this year. Before that, he held the same title at Refac Optical Group for 10 years.

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SCHULZ, WOLF START PODCAST

Wayne Schulz, Schulz ConsultingConsultants Wayne Schulz and Peter Wolf has started SMB Jumpstreet Podcast. The sponsors described the purpose of the bi-weekly sessions as "the only podcast guaranteed to deliver their unique brand of dumb advice about technology news and suggestions on how to survive in today's world of rapidly changing service models. "

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DELTEK RESOURCE PLANNING LAUNCHED

DeltekDeltek Resource Planning has been launched for government contractors. Part of the company's Costpoint Cloud suite, the new product includes Deltek CRM, Talent Management and Core HR capabilities. The Reston, Va.-based software company says because of the products "robust APIs, the solution easily integrates and connects to third-party ERP system and Human Capital Management systems."

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