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TRIMBLE BUYS VIEWPOINT

 Steve Berglund, TrimbleConsolidation in the construction software industry took a big step this week with Trimble’s acquisition of Viewpoint. Trimble, which is paying $1.2 billion in cash to buy Viewpoint from Bain Capital, expects to soon have an annual run rate of more than $1 billion in the construction market.

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RANDOM THOUGHTS: SCOTT PRUITT

Scott Pruitt, EPAQueen Elizabeth recommended her son, Prince Charles, succeed her as head of the Commonwealth of Nations. But she still doesn’t trust him enough to give him the keys of the palace.

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EIDE BAILLY ACQUIRING TRUECLOUD

Scott Kost, Eide Bailly Technology ConsultingEide Bailly has entered the race to build NetSuite practices with its acquisition of reseller TrueCloud. The deal will be effective May 1. With RSM US buying Explore Consulting, it looks like a competition for NetSuite talent as cloud personnel are in short supply

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RSM BUYING EXPLORE CONSULTING

Steve Jones, Explore ConsultingRSM US is expanding its NetSuite business with the purchase of Bellevue, Wash.-based Explore Consulting. The deal is expected to close on July 1. Terms were not disclosed.

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ADAPTIVE ADDS NFP TEMPLATES

Ryan Slinkard, Adaptive Insights Adaptive Insights has released six planning and budget templates for nonprofit organizations. The visualization, KPI, and measurement templates focus on six types of nonprofits and are designed to enable organizations to quickly and easily adopt the Adaptive Insights for Finance application.

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SYSPRO SUPPORTS HYBRID MODEL

Phil Duff, SysproSyspro has released a new ERP package that supports multiple deployment options. The software company, with American operations based in Costa Mesa, Calif., said the new release can be deployed on-premise, in the cloud or in a hybrid environment.

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SAGE REVS BELOW PLAN

Stephen Kelly, SageSage held a trading up date for its first half ended March that was not on the schedule. The company this week said organic growth was below expectations and reduced its guidance from 8-percent growth for the year ending September 30 to 6-percent growth.

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RANDOM THOUGHTS: KAREEM

Kareem Abdul-JabbarOne of the public television channels recently broadcast a promo for an upcoming episode of the cooking show "Lydia's Kitchen". It's called "Crazy for Mushrooms", probably not nearly as interesting as the name sounds.

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BIZ CENTRAL CLEARS UP CONFUSION?

Greg Kaupp, ArcherPointThe launch of Dynamics Business Central is drawing reseller enthusiasm. But the response seems to be as much about clearing up confusion in the Microsoft product naming system as anything about features.

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SWK BUYS FIXED ASSET FIRM

 Angie Chase, Fixed Asset ConsultingSWK Technologies has acquired Fixed Asset Consulting of Eugene and Portland, Ore. The company has been led by CEO Angie Chase since March 2012. No terms were disclosed and Chase’s LinkedIn page shows she joined East Hanover, N.J.-based SWK in January.

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