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INTUIT CAPS RESELLER CHANNEL

Intuit has decided to limit the size of its reseller channel at 700. But it's probably not going to exceed 600, according to BJ Schaknowski, director of the Internet Solution Provider program.

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INTUIT PUTS QBES IN DISTRIBUTION

blue star logoIntuit has become the first company to put a mid-market software package in distribution with its decision to have resellers buy its QuickBooks Enterprise Solutions from Ingram Micro and Blue Star. Intuit decided that the distributors could better take orders, extend credit card clearance and process returns.ingram micro logo

 

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DYNAMICS: SO SIMPLE EVEN A CAVE MAN CAN USE IT?

Geico cave man

This pitch has probably been on the Microsoft Dynamics Web site for a while. But maybe I've just been spending too much time with Facebook. However, if the campaign didn't belong to Geico, you'd think about the only thing missing from the Microsoft spiel is a couple of guys with bushy eyebrows and a Cockney-speaking Gecko. "Microsoft Dynamics ERP works like Microsoft Office so everyone gets it."

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LONGVIEW SOLUTIONS LAUNCHES V. 7

Longview Solutions, a division of Exact  Software, has released Longview 7, which the company called a major release that touched virtually every aspect of the architecture of its CPM software.

 

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CONSONA TOUTS CRM CLOUD PLANS

consona logoConsona, whose diverse holdings include Made2Manage manufacturing software, said it's going to unveil a cloud-based develop option for CRM customers early next year. Just gotta love the executive pile on with various members of the Consona team quoted in a press release praising the upcoming launch.

 

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EPICOR RAISES PROFIT ESTIMATE

Epicor logoIRVINE, Calif.  - Epicor Software has raised its estimate of profit for the third quarter ended September 30, although it kept its previous revenue projections. The vendor now expects adjusted net income to exceed the 9 cent to 10 cents per share it forecast in July, while its expectation for revenue of $96 million to $100 million remained unchanged. The company did not say why it was raising its forecast.

 

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NETSUITE, PLEASE iPHONE HOME

iphoneNetSuite has made its Internet-based ERP suite available for Apple's iPhone and iPod touch. The capabilities are accessible for free on the App Store at http://www.itunes.com/appstore/.


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QB 2010 INTOD; QUIET ON QBES

Intuit has made its annual roll out of QuickBooks with QB 2010 hitting the market this week. There was no mention of QuickBooks Enterprise Solutions, although it seems likely any news on that product will be delivered next week at the company's reseller gathering in Chicago.

 

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PERVASIVE UPS GUIDANCE

Pervasive Software has told Wall Street to expect higher revenue and earnings than it had previously forecast for its September quarter. On July 21, the company said it expected revenue to range from $10.5 million to $11.5 million. Yesterday, it increased that to a window of $11.9 million to $12.2 million in sales.

 

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CONNECTWISE GOES TO THE CLOUDS

ConnectWise has developed a cloud-based platform that for unified business process management systems enable the intgration of  third

ConnectWise celebrates third year in the cloud with release of third-party integration platform for world’s most popular professional service automation tool

TAMPA, Fla., September 30, 2009 – ConnectWise, leading SaaS/Cloud provider of professional service automation (PSA) applications, today announced it has developed a cloud-based platform for unified business process management systems to allow the seamless integration of third-party applications for IT service companies. The new platform provides tight integration between ConnectWise PSA software and other leading products for VARs, MSPs and IT service companies. The ConnectWise Cloud provides on-demand PSA and related business applications such as CRM, financial management, collaboration, sales and service ticketing, inventory, reports and analytics, and enables customers, partners and third-party developers to build and integrate their own hosted applications.

Co-located sites in the United States, Australia and the Europe provide ConnectWise customers worldwide with the reliability and uptime expected from a cloud/SaaS model, reduced implementation risks and requirements, and the most scalable PSA integration platform available giving their partners more flexibility and better capability to optimize their company’s overall bottom line.

Gartner analysis pinpoints cloud services as showing explosive growth with services revenue being on pace to surpass $56.3 billion in 2009 and rising 21.3 percent from 2008. Read more...

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