Sage North America is conducting a survey of about 500 users about software pricing as it readies a change in pricing strategy. The company wants to know how much customers would be willing to pay per user per month for its applications. The grapevine has it that a customer who now pays about $8,000 per year would see maintenance rise to more than $40,000 per year.

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Fishbowl Inventory has debuted a web-based CRM product, the Pipeline Contact Manager. The Salt Lake City, Utah-based software publisher says the product is available at pre-release pricing for a limited time. Pipeline is integrated with Fishbowl Inventory 2012. Pipeline features include lead tracking, task and opportunity tracking and custom fields.

Twenty-five Dynamics NAV resellers have allied to market a distribution and warehouse management product based on their application. NAV-X is the package being brought out by the group, which is accepting applications from VARs who would like to resell the product.