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DSD PICKS UP TWO OFFICES

Doug Deane, DSD Business SystemsDSD Business Systems, a Sage VAR based in San Diego, Calif., has signed joint venture agreements with Giving Tree Consulting, based in West Hartford, Conn., and Friendly Systems, based in Atlanta. The deal gives DSD 30 offices in the United States and Atlanta. The fact that DSD issued a press release about the August signings is a bit unusual.

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ACCELLOS INKS UXC ECLIPSE

accelloslogoSupply chain software company Accellos will distribute its products in the Asia Pacific market through a partnership with Dynamics VAR UXC Eclipse. Eclipse will sell Accellos One Collect for Dynamics GP warehouse management application in that region. Collect gathers data at its origin and enters it in real time into GP. Information is gathered by RF hand-held scanners and processed by the financial package. Collect connects, collects, and controls every aspect Dynamics GP's receiving, order fulfillment, manufacturing and inventory control functions.

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BOOMER GETS XERO MVP AWARD

Gary BoomerVeteran CPA consultant Gary Boomer has been chosen as MVP by online accounting software vendor Xero. And if we need proof that the head of Boomer Consulting is all-in with the New Zealand-based Internet software company, it came this week as Xero handed out awards at Xerocon, the first edition of that show in the United States. Boomer is also a member of Xero's Advisory Council, as is Doug Sleeter of the Sleeter Group.

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SUGARCRM NAMES EMEA VP

SugarCRMSugarCRM has named Henning Ogberg as SVP of EMEA. Obgberg's job include development of sales channels in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, the U.K., France and Italy, as well responsibility for growth of the business in the enterprise market. Ogberg comes from Clearswift, a cybersecurity company, where he was worldwide head of sales from 2012.

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THIS WEEK'S ISSUE DELAYED

sorryThis issue of Bob Scott's Insights was delayed by problems involving the computerused in producing the stories. We apologize for the delay and are happy to belatedly bring you the Sept. 6, 2013 issue.

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INTUIT SUMMIT VS XERO ELEVATE

competition artWith Intuit hosting a conference of influencers in Mountain View, Calif., and Xero holding its first conference in San Francisco, things got a bit testy on Twitter. We were calling it the Twitter Wars. But one theme struck me as I hit both gatherings. At the Intuit Summit event, one question on the second day was about attracting and keeping talent and having aging firms and events.

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INFOR FILES EXEC PAY TERMS

Charles Phillips, InforInfor has published the compensation rates for its top executives. While the contracts are not new, it is the first time they have been published since Infor become a public reporting company. Under an Oct. 9, 2010 agreement, CEO Charles Phillips got a $800,000 annual salary and can earn an annual bonus of up to $1.2 million and was granted 2 million shares initially.

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INTUIT, INTACCT DEAL ENDED

Dan Wernikoff, IntuitA deal through which Intuit encouraged QuickBooks users to migrate to Intacct to meet growth needs has ended. The arrangement ended quietly in the last few months, according to Dan Wernikoff, VP and general manager of Intuit's Small Business Financial Solutions Division. The program, which began late in 2011, was designed to encourage QuickBooks users to move to Intacct's Internet-based accounting application when they had outgrown the Intuit product and the companies conducted joint marketing.

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AVALARA SIGNS A BUNCH OF VENDORS

AvalaraAvalara has announced a slew of signings of partners for companies that will integrate its sales-and-use tax products into their offerings or link via a connector. Notable in this round is the inclusion of two vendors working in the Microsoft space. Avalara has certified a connector for Infor XA, an Enterprise Resource Plannint system, and for the IBM iSeries development platform.

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NETSUITE ACCOUNTANT PROGRAM AT 1000

NetSuiteThe NetSuite Accountant Program has reached more than 1,000 members. The program was launched in 2010. It’s been a while since the maker of Internet-based financial software has talked about the program.

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