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PRONTO SOFTWARE REBRANDS

David Jackman, Pronto SoftwarePronto Software, an Australian financial software company, has rebranded. A prepared statement by the company's managing director David Jackman said that “the rebrand marks a fresh way for the company to distinguish itself in the IT space in Australia and overseas.” Despite the fact that Pronto has recruited a small channel in this country, I would say that almost no one saw the old brand.

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ACUMATICA STARTS ADVISORY BOARD

acumatica logoAcumatica has created a reseller advisory board, which is pretty much a standard feature of reselling. The Acumatica Partner Advisory Board has representatives from six reselling organizations, all of whom handle Dynamics GP, SL or both in addition to Acumatica, which has online and desktop software

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SBS GROUP SIGNS TWO AFFILIATES

Norman Luke, SBS Group DallasThe SBS Group, one of three Dynamics Master VARs, continues to be the only one making any noise. This week, it announced the signing of two more resellers who have become sales affiliates that operate under the SBS brand. The other two Master VARS, Tribridge and Interdyn Socius, have said nothing publicly about their activities in the new role. Read more...

NETSUITE STAYS A SPORTS SPONSOR

oracle racingNetSuite's related-party transactions always fascinate me. And the recitation of these deals in Form 10-K for 2011 is no exception. The most interesting are the company's sponsorships of the baseball Athletics via in-stadium signage and the yacht of Captain, NetSuite funding father and Oracle chairman Larry Ellison. Both were renewed last year. But the sheer volume is intriguing. Read more...

SAGE CONDUCTS USER PRICE SURVEY

Sage Price SurveySage North America is conducting a survey of about 500 users about software pricing as it readies a change in pricing strategy. The company wants to know how much customers would be willing to pay per user per month for its applications. The grapevine has it that a customer who now pays about $8,000 per year would see maintenance rise to more than $40,000 per year.

 

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NETSUITE TO CONTINUE MOVE UP MARKET

Ron Gill, NetSuiteNetSuite is continuing its move up market and the company and the sales force for reaching larger organizations is growing at a faster rate than other parts of the NetSuite business. That description was given as CFO Ron Gill addressed the Morgan Stanley Technology Media and Telecom conference this week. Gill noted that the most important product direction for addressing enterprises is a deep vertical focus.

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INTUIT: QB GETS HALF U.K. RETAIL BIZ

brad smith -newIntuit claims it has grabbed more than 50 percent of the market share for new retail sales of accounting software in the United Kingdom. That statistic was given this week by CEO Brad Smith during his presentation that was webcast from the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media, and Telecom Conference.

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FULLSCOPE TO PICK UP DYNAMICS CRM

Shirley Singleton, Edgewater TechnologyFullscope, a Dynamics reseller owned by Edgewater Technology, will start selling Dynamics CRM this year. The plan was discussed Edgewater CEO Shirley Singleton as the company reported results for the year ended December 31.

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KLAUS COMPANY BUYS U.K. CONCERN

George Klaus, KeyedIn SolutionsKeyedIn Solutions, owned by former Epicor executives George and Lori Klaus, has acquired Atlantic Global of Bradford, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom, for about $8 million. KeyedIn, based in Minneapolis, provides consulting services for companies in the area of ERP and SaaS. Lori Klaus, who was EVP of worldwide sales and services at Epicor, is CEO of KeyedIn. Read more...

ANALYTICS PUSH, AGAIN

Gary Boddington, SageBusiness intelligence and analytic tools are sort of like movie murderers. You think they are dead and then they come back again and again. But it must be in the air. Or at least it’s the air that smells of saturated accounting software markets and customers that want to get more out of their existing systems.

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