News and Analysis (15703)
ACT REBOUNDS TO RETAIL
- Monday, 11 June 2012
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
A year ago Sage pulled Act, the venerable sales management tool, off the retail shelves. This month, Sage North America has shoved it back on the shelves, which is interesting in an era in which retail sales of software has become less important, but perhaps not unimportant.
Read more...MCCOLLUM HEADING EPICOR RETAIL
- Friday, 08 June 2012
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
Craig McCollum, who had important Microsoft and Sage jobs, has reportedly been named to head Epicor's retail sales. Epicor has not made an announcement and McCollum has not added Epicor to his LinkedIn page. But he reportedly started the new job on June 4.
MICROSOFT DESCRIBES AX RANGE
- Friday, 08 June 2012
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
There has been a lot of discussion about how far upstream Dynamics AX can go. And in presentation to a financial house last month, MBS president Kirill Tatarinov said AX is doing well with companies with $1 billion to $5 billion in annual revenue.
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DO YOU HAVE A SECRET FACEBOOK PAGE?
- Friday, 08 June 2012
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
On our sister publication, the Progressive Accountant, this week, I wrote about businesses that have Facebook pages and don't know it. This got started when I found that after my community pool's page vanished, Facebook later put up one for us. You may have seen these pages---they have a button "Know the Owner?" and you can claim the page by submitting a minimal amount of information. In my case, it was just an email address.
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GOLDMINE PARENT GETS NEW EXECS
- Thursday, 07 June 2012
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
Remember GoldMine, sort of the Blackberry of the CRM world? That means it started out as a leader and faded dramatically. The line's owner, Pleasanton, Calif.-based FrontRange Solutions, has named Bob Corey as CFO and Udo Waibel as chief technology officer.
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BLYTHECO'S WEBSITE MESSAGE TO SAGE
- Thursday, 07 June 2012
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
Blytheco is sending a clear message via its website. And it's the message that the company and its owner Steve Blythe have been sending for the last few months -- that it is increasing its CRM business and turning to cloud products. Since Sage has no cloud ERP products, well ...
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BAASS BUYS CA-PLUS
- Wednesday, 06 June 2012
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
Sage reseller BAASS Business Solutions has acquired CA-Plus. Both organizations are Sage 300 dealers and both are Canadian organizations. BAASS is based in Toronto and CA-Plus in Toronto and Edmonton. BAASS president Joseph Arnone said the deal lets his company "strengthen our Sage X3 portfolio, enhance our team of Sage 300 consultants and technical resources, and expand our operations west with the establishment of an Edmonton, Alberta office.”
MENTER, HOAD, ENDERS, BAKER EXIT BLYTHECO
- Monday, 04 June 2012
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
Ruth Menter and Nicholas Hoad, who joined Blytheco with its purchase of the former Macdonald Consulting, have left the top Sage reseller. Owner Steve Blythe said he purchased the minority shares held by the two and also shares held by VPs Judy Enders and Tim Baker who have also left. All are available to help with the transition.
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PARK LEAVING MBS FOR NEW GROUP
- Monday, 04 June 2012
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
Michael Park is leaving Microsoft Business Solutions for a job with the company's server and tools division. Park has served as VP of worldwide sales, marketing and operations for the Dynamics unit since July 2009.
NOT MUCH U.S. IN EPICOR AWARDS
- Friday, 01 June 2012
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
Take out the fact that Epicor just purchased Cogita, a New Zealand-based VAR that has been its Global Partner of the Year for four straight years. There's no representation of financial software resellers from the United States in the recent channel awards.
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