Epicor continues to crow about the success of Epicor 9. And although results for the second quarter ended June 30 were a moderate improvement, CFO Michael Pietrini said in a webcast that because of  Epicor 9, he expects the third quarter to buck the historical trend of showing a large drop in license revenue. Still, CEO George Klaus said sales haven't approached 2007 and 2008 levels in any geography, but Epicor 9 has allowed the company to move into new geographies. Read more...

Serenic reported income of $12,024 for the first quarter ended May 31. And while that was a slim bottom line it represented a turnaround from a loss of  $114,701 a year earlier. That came as revenue fell to $2.7 million in the most recently ended quarter, down 1.6 percent from $2.75 million in last year's corresponding period. All numbers are reported in Canadian dollars. License sales grew by 25 percent over last year's first quarter with international licenses sales comprising 32 percent of the total. The company did not break out the dollar amounts in this category. Read more...