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ITA ADDS NEW MEMBERS

John Hendrickson, Hendrickson CountyThe Information Technology Alliance said it has added three new members. The additions came as the accounting and consulting firm organization celebrated its creation 20 years ago. Before that, it was known as ACUTE, the Accountants Computer Users Technology Exchange

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RANDOM THOUGHTS: TRAVELING

Random Thoughts is taking a break this week. Given the uncertainties of wi-fi availability on a transcontinental flight and the need to complete other news elements of this publication, it will be back in May. And there was so much to make fun of in Las Vegas.

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COLUMBUS U.S. REVS OFF 26 PERCENT

Thomas Honoré, Columbus The acquisition of iStone last year drove most element of the financial performance of Columbus for the first quarter ended March 31. But that did not help the company in the United States where revenue declined by 26 percent over the prior year’s corresponding quarter.

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COMMUNITY BRANDS PICKS CMO

Rick Bradberry, Community Brands Community Brands has named Rick Bradberry as chief marketing officer. The St. Petersburg, Fla.-based nonprofit software company owns the MIP Fund Accounting line.

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EPICOR INKS VAR IN JAPAN

Vincent Tang, Epicor SoftwareEpicor has established a partnership with FPT Software Co. designed to grow its business in Japan. FPT is a subsidiary of FPT Corp., an information technology group based in Vietnam.

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SAP VOWS TO OWN FRONT OFFICE

Bill McDermott, SAPSAP wants to transform the front office. As the company reported its results for the first quarter ended March 31, CEO Bill McDermott gave general outlines of the initiative that will be discussed at the company’s Sapphire conference next month. 

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QAD HIKES LOPKERS' COMPENSATION

Karl Lopker, QADManufacturing software company QAD handed out 55.4-percent increases in compensation in fiscal 2018 for its two top executives. QAD CEO Karl Lopker and president and chairman Pam Lopker received identical pay in fiscal 2017 and 2018.

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BLACKBAUD EXECS' PAY RISES

Mike Gianoni, BlackbaudCompensation for executives at Blackbaud rose by double digits in 2017. The Charleston, S.C.-based nonprofit software vendor used stock awards to push up pay of five named executives by more than 19 percent each in the year ended December 31.

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NETSUITE SETS BROAD PRODUCT INTROS

Evan Goldberg, Oracle NetSuite Oracle NetSuite previewed or introduced a wide range of products at this week’s SuiteWorld conference. These included what executives described as a long overdue analytics product, updates to SuitePeople, SuiteTax API for indirect tax products and what it called the first intelligence cloud suite.

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JOBBOSS 2018 RELEASED

 Logan Paquin, JobBossOne thing about the new ownership of JobBoss, Max and Macola. The parent company ECi is doing more to publicize the products than prior owner Exact ever did. The company announced the release of JobBoss 2018 and offered interviews about the product.

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