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DELTEK NAMES PREMIER VARS

Friday, 26 March 2010
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Deltek has named 10 members of its channel as Premier Partners for 2010. The company said that's out of more than 30 business partners, which is interesting since the reseller section still lists more than 50 companies. Last year, Deltek said it trimmed nonperformers, but I've not been able to tell from the list on the Web site, which didn't seem to change much. Read more...
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AN INFOR-ITE MUSES ON IBM'S SYSTEM I

Thursday, 25 March 2010
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With all the talk about the cloud, it seems appropriate to refer readers a blog entry by Bruce Richardson of Infor, who recently recounted what he called the enduring appeal of System i, formerly the iSystem, formerly the AS/400. Richardson, who joined Infor a few months ago, was surprised that so many customers run Infor software on the venerable IBM hardware and that the customer retention rate "continues to be several points higher than our 93% level average across all of our products." Read more...
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FISHBOWL VARS MUST CHOOSE ROLE

Thursday, 25 March 2010
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Fishbowl Inventory has given its resellers until June 30 to decide where they want to fit in the company's new VAR program. Current participants must choose between working as referring consults or preferred VARs. That requirement was outlined in a video of a session about the new program, available on the vendor's Web site. Read more...

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VARS LIGHT ON NEW EXACT PRODUCTS

Thursday, 25 March 2010
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Exact logoExact is planning on recruiting new resellers and driving more of its products through its channel, including Globe, Synergy and JobBoss. But for most of the 30 channel members, the former Macola products are still their primary offerings. Of the two products to cross the Atlantic from Europe, Synergy and Globe, Synergy is offered by many of the dealers. Read more...
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QURIUS GETS FUNDS, SEEKS NEW DIRECTION

Thursday, 25 March 2010
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Qurius, one of the top Dynamics VARs in Europe, has struggled through much of the last year. It halted payment on debt last year and then caught up by using proceeds from a subsidiary it sold. And it lost money for 2009. The company has now formed an International Leadership team to design a new strategy.

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MICROSOFT MAKES NOISE ABOUT CRM TECH RELEASE

Thursday, 25 March 2010
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Microsoft has announced the Community Technical Preview 3 for the next version of Dynamics CRM which it code-named CRM 5. I guess there was some cost-cutting involving the group that comes up with code names. The announcement said this is aimed primarily at software developers and after trying to wade through the blogs and videos that it points to for further information, I concluded, "Yeah, it is."

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ACCOUNTMATE LAN GOING ANOTHER ROUND

Thursday, 25 March 2010
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David DierkeSometimes old products show more life than their makers ever envisioned; think Sage's seemingly immortal DacEasy. AccountMate is encountering the same phenomenon with its AccountMate LAN product. AccountMate CEO David Dierke said the company was examining the product, thinking it might have run its course. Instead he found, "In the last seven months the sales of LAN product have increased. It wouldn’t be a good business decision." Read more...
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SAGE RAISES $300M IN U.S.

Thursday, 25 March 2010
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Sage Group, parent to Sage North America, has raised $300 million through an issue of U.S. Private Placement loan notes. It's a refinancing move and the company said the issue would extend maturities of existing debt and diversify sources of funding. Every time I read financial reports from Sage, I'm think for the American system because it always looks the English companies don't have to say a whole lot to the public. Read more...
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AZTEC BUYS BTA'S GP BIZ

Thursday, 25 March 2010
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Aztec Systems, a reseller based in Carrollton, Texas, has acquired the Dynamics GP and infrastructure practice of Austin-based Business Technology Associates. Aztec, which also carries Dynamics NAV, SL and RMS, said the move will increase its Austin footprint. A prepared statement by BTA president Steve Baker said his company will focus on the Infor/SyteLine ERP solution and related consulting and support services.

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THE HALF SAASED OFFICE

Thursday, 25 March 2010
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The problem with software as a service for the financial application world, related one observer, is that if you get the accounting package on the Internet, there are still all these other things in the office that aren't. I'll let that person speak up publicly about this viewpoint if he chooses. But it's a good argument. Read more...
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