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BIG THREE WANT OPEN DATA

Satya Nadella, MicrosoftThree software giants, Adobe Systems, Microsoft and SAP have initiated the Open Data initiative they announced this week. The companies are enhancing interoperability and data exchange between their applications and platforms —Adobe Experience Cloud and Adobe Experience Platform, Microsoft Dynamics 365, SAP C/4HANA and S/4HANA — through a common data model.

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RANDOM THOUGHTS: LION KING

Rafiki and Mufasa,  Walt Disney AnimationIn response to the weather in the Carolinas because of Hurricane Florence and its aftermath, all performances of Handel’s Water Music have been cancelled. … I have always wanted the producers of the TV show, Family Feud, to show members of winning families screaming at each other backstage as they argue over dividing their winnings.

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NETSUITE ERP CUSTOMERS UP 25 PERCENT

Mark Hurd, OracleNetSuite had strong growth for the first quarter ended August 31 with a 26-percent increase in revenue. Figures released for this year and the year-ago first quarter also show the number of NetSuite ERP customers rose to more than 15,000 from 12,000, up more than 25 percent.

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SALESFORCE GOING TO VOICE

Parker Harris, Salesforce Salesforce has announced Einstein Voice Assistant, a voice interface, which will be available as a pilot in the winter 2019 release of the company’s CRM application. Administrators will be able to build Einstein Voice Bots connected to Salesforce, which will be piloted in the summer 2019 release. Pricing information will be released at the time of general availability.

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NET@WORK ACQUIRES IMS

Suzanne Pedone, Inventory Management SolutionsNet@Work has acquired Inventory Management Solutions, the New York-based reseller said this week. IMS provides fixed asset inventory services and training for the Sage Fixed Assets Software Solutions.

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ACCTTWO TOP INTACCT VAR

Marcus Wagner, AcctTwoAcctTwo has been named Sage Intacct Partner of the Year for 2018, the fifth consecutive year it has won the award. The award to the Houston, Texas-based firm, headed by Marcus and Peter Wagner, honors the top organization for the software company’s two channel programs.

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NEW QB SUPPORT PROGRAM STARTED

Ariege Mishergi, Intuit Intuit has established a support program for “our most valued customers” called the QuickBooks Priority Circle for its higher-end products. Priority Circle support is available only to users of QuickBooks Online Advanced and QuickBooks Enterprise Solutions.

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SAP NAMES AI ETHICS PANEL

Luka Mucic, SAPSAP has named an external ethics advisory panel for artificial intelligence. The Germany-based company said recently it was the first European company to do so. But other companies have been tackling the issue of ethics and AI.

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INFOR: INTEGRATORS KICKING IN

Charles Phillips, InforInfor says its work with systems integrators is ramping up. The software company did not provide many details as it reported financial results for the first quarter ended July 31.

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GORRIE LEAVES BAASS

Wendy Gorrie, Baass Business SolutionsWendy Gorrie, a partner and general manager, has left Baass Business Solutions. Gorrie was with the Thornhill, Ont.-based reselling company from December 2014 by its acquisition of Plus Computer Solutions.

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