When The Music Stops – Which VARS Will Find A Seat On The Cloud?

January 21, 2011

When I was out at the IT Alliance Fall Conference held during November 2010 in Salt Lake City the hottest topic was Software As A Service (SaaS). At some closed door meetings the first question out of the VARS in attendance was “how do we respond to the requests by prospects for SaaS offerings when [...]

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Cloud Computing To Drive Future IT Growth

January 17, 2011

According to PC World the worldwide increase in PC shipments for 2010 was 13.8%. This is a change from single digit growth in 2009 and leads PC World to state that: The real driver of growth over the next few years will be software and services designed to help businesses move a good part of [...]

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Sage ERP MAS 90 and 200 2011 Payroll Tax Tables – Updated

January 17, 2011

Sage have just issued their latest payroll tax table update for Sage ERP MAS 90 and 200 dated 1/11/11. This update has the following changes: Missouri – Standard Deduction Changes Puerto Rico – Withholding Tax Table Changes Puerto Rico – Standard Deduction Changes Puerto Rico – Changes for employees with wages that don’t exceed $20,000 [...]

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Sage 2010 Chairman Club Member CIS Consulting Group Ends Relationship With Sage

January 2, 2011

The details on this story are still a little murky (UPDATE: Seth Fineberg at Accounting Today has more detail surrounding this on his site – Sage Reseller CIS Consulting Sells Practice)  , however at least one client of Sage 2010 Chairman’s Club member CIS Consulting Group reports that on 12/31/10 they received an email from [...]

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SAP: We’ll Engage Directly More Often and Might Sell ERP Through the Phone Companies

December 13, 2010

Here’s an interesting story that just went live over on Managing Automation. They’ve interviewed Robert Enslin, president of SAP North America who talks about how SAP is reshaping its go-to-market strategy so that solutions and the type of buyer dictate when and how SAP engages directly. This seems to be a softer way of informing [...]

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Microsoft Offers $200 Per CRM User For Salesforce Switchers

December 6, 2010

If you’ve been itching to use Microsoft Dynamics and are a Salesforce user with at least 15 licenses then you may be interested in this new Microsoft promotion offered via their CloudCRMForLess website. Starting December 6, 2010 and running through June 30, 2011 (or while supplies last) – you can trade in your Salesforce licenses [...]

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Sage & Sage Accpac ERP 6.1A = True SaaS

December 5, 2010

I read an interesting article this morning by Stephen Smith on his blog. Stephen’s the Chief Architect for Sage Accpac ERP Software. In this post, which went live last night, he talks about the different flavors of SaaS (software as a service) and which levels Accpac reaches now — and more importantly in the future. [...]

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Nims & Associates Joins Intacct Business Partner Program

December 3, 2010

Intacct has added another mid-market player to their Business Partner Program with the addition of California based Nims & Associates, with offices in Petaluma, Sacramento, San Francisco and Reno Nevada. According to their web site Nims & Associates has been servicing the ERP market with both IT and ERP services for 25 years. Their product [...]

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SaaS CPA And Accountant Survey: How’s It Working Out For Your?

December 3, 2010

Dennis Howlett on his site AccMan has posted a survey to gather the feedback of CPA and accounting types who’ve adapted SaaS (Software As A Service). What’s interesting is that he’s not gathering names of products – but rather he wants to know the overall satisfaction with SaaS. This 23 question survey delves into the [...]

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Sage North America’s CEO Sue Swenson Out. Replaced Mid-2011 By Sage’s Pascal Houillon

December 1, 2010

Sage have just reported earnings for the year which included flat growth year over year with profit increasing 14%. EBITA margin increased to 25%. Along with the earnings release they’ve also announced that Sue Swenson, CEO Sage North America, will be leaving in 2011 to be replaced by Sage France’s Pascal Houillon. Sue came to [...]

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