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SAGE SEEKS NFP PERSON, SO?
- Wednesday, 15 April 2015
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
Sage is seeking a project manager with an intriguing set of qualifications. The posting says the candidate more than six years experience in the software industry. It also notes that "exposure to the government and nonprofit market is preferred (specifically around the fund accounting and fund-raising elements of those organizations). A query sent to Sage brought what appears to be an official no response and since the ad is already being passed around the channel, the speculation began without this item needing to be published here.
EXACT NAMES DIVISION HEAD
- Wednesday, 15 April 2015
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
Exact has named Paul Ramakers as managing director of its Business Solutions Division. The most notable thing about this is it is the first announcement made by the company since it went private at the end of March with its buyout by funds advised by Apax Partners. The move has no immediate impact in this country, but there are some implications. The job had been vacant since Marinus ter Laak resigned in December.
RANDOM THOUGHTS: ARIANA GRANDE
- Friday, 10 April 2015
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
Missed the defeat of the University of Kentucky basketball team because it was broadcast on Turner and we don't have full cable. I also missed the broadcast of the traditional sacrifice of the losing coach in Lexington. I hear it was accompanied by the usual assortment of chanting Druids and the sacrifice of a goat and the reading of its entrails. ... I have had a lot of requests about my singing recently. But I'm posting videos of it on Facebook anyway. ... While I was singing, a friend was putting down newspapers. "I have a trained voice," I protested. "Yeah, but I'm putting out the papers just in case."
SAP DETAILS SRI METRICS
- Friday, 10 April 2015
- News and Analysis
- Written by PMG Admin
SAP intends to increase the number of women in its management ranks at all levels to 25 percent by 2017 and reduce its carbon emissions to 2000 levels by 2020. The software giant recently discussed such plans during its Social Responsibility Initiative. SAP made it clear it sees such planning as something a modern business should do. "Engaging our employees and reducing emissions can no longer be seen as a nice to have," CFO Luca Mucic said during the webcast.
AVALARA HIRES CMO
- Friday, 10 April 2015
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
Avalara has hired Michael J. Turner as its first chief marketing officer. The Bainbridge Island, Wash.-based sales tax vendor said Turner was most recently CEO and president of 1-800-DENTIST and served there from July 2010 through February this year. He was CMO at LegalZoom from 2005 through 2010 and EVP of Teleflora's consumer business from 2001 through 2010. Avalara noted the growth in its executive ranks reflects the course of its business.
XERO TOPS 200K AUSSIE USERS
- Friday, 10 April 2015
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
Xero has more than 200,000 paying customers in Australia, the New Zealand-based cloud company said recently. That is up from 109,000 a year ago. Australia is Xero's largest market and this item came to mind because that was announced the same week Australia accounting software company, MYOB, announced an IPO to return to being publicly held after several years as a private company. In September, MYOB said it had 100,000 subscribers for its AccountRight cloud product. Unlike Xero, whose applications are all Internet-based, MYOB has on-premise products.
DSD BUYS ASI ENHANCEMENTS
- Friday, 10 April 2015
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
DSD Business Systems has acquired Sage 100 enhancements from Accounting Systems Inc., which is based in Columbia, S.C. San Diego, Calif.-based DSD said this week it acquired seven products, which will remain on the market. Jon Reiter, DSD's chief software engineer, said the applications work with Sage 100 ERP versions 4.50, 2013, 2014 and 2015 The enhancements include Service Center, which the parties described as the only Sage 100 product designed for service centers and depot repair shops.
INTACCT TAKES "STAND FOR EQUALITY"
- Thursday, 09 April 2015
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
Intacct CEO Robert Reid has taken a stand publicly opposing religious freedom laws adopted in some states. Reid made his statements recently in the Intacct Blog "View from the Cloud". He noted "One aspect of being a CEO that I appreciate is being able to occasionally use that platform to take a stance on important issues." In this case, it is a strong stand on an issue that is generating a lot of controversy and it is taking a stand in an area a lot of companies might avoid.
XERO, KMPG LINK IN SINGAPORE
- Thursday, 09 April 2015
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
Cloud software vendor Xero has extended its relationship with Big Four accounting and consulting firm KPMG to Singapore. This follows the New Zealand-based cloud company's establishment of relationships with Singapore with KPMG member firms in the United Kingdom and in Xero's home country. Xero said KMPG in Singapore became the Platinum Partner for Xero in Asia and the first outside of its four major markets, the U.K., U.S., New Zealand and Australia.
TRIDEA OPENS IN NEW ENGLAND
- Thursday, 09 April 2015
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
Dynamics reseller Tridea Partners has opened an office in Portsmouth, N.H. The company, based in Solana Beach, Calif., noted Portsmouth's proximity to Boston, Mass.; Manchester, N.H. and Portland, Maine. Tridea sells Dynamics AX, GP and CRM. In its announcement, the VAR said it has more than 300 clients in this country. The press release also says Tridea has "a strong base of companies in the Life Sciences, Manufacturing, Food and Beverage, Healthcare, Distribution and Alternative Energy."
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