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INFOR RENEWS VAR PUSH

Jeff Abbott, InforInfor is out to recruit new resellers while trimming hundreds of unproductive members of its channel. The push is the next step of the Infor Partner Network that was launched during the summer, according to Jeff Abbott, VP of global partners and alliances. Read more...

MICROSOFT SETS MASTER VAR RULES

Jeff EdwardsBusinesses that want to be named Master VARs by Microsoft must have a minimum of $1 million operating capital and at least $500,000 in gross license revenue in the previous 12 months. Those are some of the terms spelled out last week in a blog post by Jeff Edwards, director of channel strategy for Microsoft Business Solutions.

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SAGE ENDING SIMPLY VARS

Jennifer WarawaSage has concluded that sales through its Simply Accounting Solution Providers are not enough to justify the program's continuation. It is being dropped effective October 1. However, members will continue to get the same product discounts until Sept. 30, 2012. No new VARs will be authorized.

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PARTNER EVENT 2011 POSTPONED

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The Partner Event 2011, a conference for Dynamics resellers, has been postponed. Sponsored by The Partner Channel, this year's conference was scheduled for September 25 through 27. But the site was in flux and was going to be in the Great Plains homeland of Fargo, N.D., or in The Partner Channel's new HQ town in Minneapolis, according to the company's website. Read more...

BLYTHECO LEADING ERP SALES

blytheco logoIt's no surprise that Blytheco is leading the package in product revenue from the sale of ERP products for Sage among resellers that market two or more packages from the vendor's multitudinous product line. Read more...

SAGE’S HOUILLON SELLS STOCK

Pascal HouillonPascal Houillon, CEO of Sage North America, recently cashed out some shares.  According to a notice by the parent Sage Group, on September 26 Houillon sold 248,335 of the company’s ordinary shares for 248 pence each. Read more...

NAMING MASTER VAR PROSPECTS

There haven’t been any official releases about who wants to be a Master VAR now that Microsoft has defined the program.  But names are surfacing. Most aren’t terribly surprising. These include Interdyn Socius, the Cleveland-based member of the Interdyn consortium. Read more...

EDGEWATER IN STOCK BUY

edgewater logoEarlier this month, Edgewater Technology, which owns Dynamics reseller Fullscope, extended a stock purchase program and added to the amount it could buy.  The original cap on purchasing was $8.5 million in share which had been acquired by September 9. Read more...

SAGE ON SOCIAL MEDIA ROI

Greg TiricoThe BtoB Corporate Media Social Summit is a bit beyond the scope of most channel members.  But the fact that Greg Tirico of Sage spoke this week at that event about “proven methods for identifying ROI of social media campaigns”, means a lot of smaller companies might be interested in the presentation. Read more...

SAP OPENS BIZOBJECTS DEVELOPMENT

SAP logoMembers of the SAP channel can build, market and sell analytic applications based on the German company’s BusinessObjects line. That was the thrust of the “Build and Sell” program introduced this week by SAP. Read more...

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