As promised, Sage is bringing back its user conference, Summit, which was not held this year. While it didn’t combine the user get together with the resellers conference, it is running the tracks back to back at the same venue. Reseller tracks will be July 10 through 13 and customer tracks on July 13 to 15, all at the Gaylord National Resort and Conference Center, just downriver from Washington DC. Read more...

Intacct has added a wrinkle to the market for project-based accounting software this week with the debut of Intacct Project Management. That puts the vendor of Internet products loosely into the same market as Dynamics SL and Deltek. I say loosely, because I'm always suspicious of the ability of Version 1.0 products to take on established players and about how Intacct will compete at the different sized companies Deltek serves.

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Whether they made money or lost money, most companies reporting financial results for the June period expressed some confidence that economic conditions have improved. And businesses are starting to hire, although cautiously, as license revenue generally increased. At Epicor, CEO George Klaus said a large part of the sales force was on track to exceed plan. Read more...

Netherlands-based Exact said results improved for the half ended June 30, but earnings were down with revenue down in all categories. Net income was $15.4 million, down 21 percent when calculated in euros. Revenue of $145.5 million was off by 5 percent. Even the usual reliable source, maintenance, was down 1.7 percent because there was no adjustment for inflation, while license revenue fell by 2.2 percent. Exact's service revenue was down 18 percent for the first half. Read more...