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DYNAMICS MARKETING BUREAU LAUNCHED

dynamics logo newMicrosoft has launched the U.S. Dynamics Marketing Service Bureau. The launch was announced by Kevin Machayya on the Microsoft Dynamics Partner Community Blog. The bureau brings together a wide range of marketing services tools. He said that includes items such as lists, consulting services, an outsourced marketing director or a social media solution. Offerings include services in outbound marketing, demand generation; inbound marketing and social media; marketing consulting and content creation. Microsoft makes the services available to the channel via PartnerSource. Read more...

COLUMBUS IT MORPHS

columbus logoColumbus IT Partner has made the headline writer's job simpler. The Denmark-based Dynamics reseller has thankfully ditched the last two parts of its name in favor of simply calling itself Columbus. It was moving this direction over at least a few weeks as it was showing both the historical www.columbusit.com and the newer www.columbusglobal.com websites.

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FOUR MORE YEARS: (OF DYNAMICS GP)

dynamics logo newThe fact that Microsoft has provided a revised statement of direction for Dynamics GP is a bit of news. And the plan takes GP through 2016, meaning presumably that it will be around for the next set of Iowa caucuses, which is more than we can say for most of the candidates. There's not much information to be provided here since I don't have access to Customersource or PartnerSource to access the document. However, the statement has information about GP 2010 R2 and the upcoming release of what is generally termed Dynamics GP "12". Read more...

GARTNER CUTS SPENDING OUTLOOK

Gartner logoGartner has cut its forecast for worldwide IT spending this year, citing the impact of the problems in eurozone countries and a falloff in hard drive production. The former problem is well known while the latter stems from floods which have hampered hard drive production in Thailand. The hard drive issue has caused Gartner to lower its estimate of PC shipments. Read more...

EXACT: 2012 AND NO CEO

Max Timmer, ExactExact, which markets Progression, Macola and Synergy, has been functioning with an interim CEO for 18 months. This is not the kind of thing that gives a level of comfort about a company. In any event, Max Timmer, the finance guy for the Dutch company, is shown as CEO but read his bio on the Exact website and it explains that he took over the job for an interim period. Read more...

INFOR ENHANCES OPTIVA

infor logoInfor has introduced an enhanced version of Infor20 PLM Process (Optiva). It has Ion and Workspace functionality that gives users a single sign-on screen and middleware that unites all business applications. Infor described PLM Process as giving users direct access to all relevant, real-time data via the unifying capabilities of ION and what it called the "the consumer-grade user experience of Infor10 Workspace to connect applications in a single, easy-to-use system …" Read more...

MAINTENANCE-INDUCTED OUTAGE HITS INTUIT AGAIN

Unplugged artIntuit had another web outage due this week. On its Intuit Proline Facebook page, the company reported on Thursday that "We're sorry to report that due to our planned maintenance last night, some of our web pages are still unavailable." By my count, this is the third time in about 18 months that maintenance has knocked something off line. I must have gotten in on the tail end of this because yesterday I tried to reach www.intuit.com and got a message that the page was not available with the headline "It's not you, it's us."

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U.K. SYSPRO VAR MAKES THREE BUYS

k3_logoK3 Business Technology Group, an important Syspro reseller based in the United Kingdom, acquired three other companies in December. The deals primarily extend K3's existing lines of business in countries in which it is already operating with the acquired companies having about $10.7 million in combined annual revenue. Early last month, it acquired Unisoft, which sells retail Point of Sale applications in Holland and Scandinavia (primarily in Holland). Read more...

BCS PROSOFT GETS FOREPOINT DELTEK BIZ

Clark Haley, BCS ProSoftBCS ProSoft, a San Antonio, Texas-based software reseller, has acquired the Deltek Vision practice of Forepoint. The deal enables BCS, which already handles Vision, to expand its foot print on West Coast, and in Hawaii, and the Mountain States, according to CEO Clark Haley.

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SAGE VET GREGOREC MOVES TO BLYTHECO

Jeff Gregorec, BlythecoJeff Gregorec, who left Sage in November, has joined its largest reseller Blytheco as VP of sales for North America. In doing so, he replaces Stuart Langer, who had held the job since January 2010. Gregorec's Linkedin page reflects the change in jobs; Langer's does not. The only information about Langer was that he had left Blytheco. Gregorec held the job of VP of sales and strategic alliances for the CRM division North American when he left in October after four years seven months with that company.

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