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EPICOR RAMPS UP CHANNEL SUPPORT
- Friday, 03 February 2017
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
Epicor Software is increasing investment in its channel. The effort stems from one of the strategies adopted under private equity firm KKR, which purchased the Austin, Texas-based company in July. "You don't expand globally as a software company without very strong partners," CEO Joe Cowan said in a conference call this week.
MCCOLLUM LEAVING EPICOR
- Friday, 03 February 2017
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
Craig McCollum will leave his job as EVP of Epicor Software's Americas business. That news was released this week by Epicor CEO Joe Cowan as the company outlined general plans for its reselling program.
AVALARA SEEKS SOHO DIRECTOR
- Thursday, 02 February 2017
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
Avalara is seeking a SOHO partner program director. The Seattle, Wash.-based sales tax software vendor says the person hired will develop the channel for organizations that sell to businesses with five or fewer employees. The job description and needed qualifications sound like the kinds of things you'd expect for such an opening.
SAGE CLOUD NEWS PAPER THIN
- Thursday, 02 February 2017
- News and Analysis
- Written by PMG Admin
Last week, Sage issued a press release about the introduction of five cloud products globally. The problem is the information issued was about as wispy as a cloud. Some products—or new versions—were released in the United States, but not in the rest of the world. Or it went the other way around—available elsewhere, but not here. Sage did itself a disservice.
ABILA NAMES NEW CEO
- Thursday, 02 February 2017
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
Abila has selected Craig Charlton as CEO, replacing Krista Endsley, who had led the Austin, Texas-based nonprofit software company since its founding. Endsley was CEO since it was formed in March 2013 following its purchase from Sage by Accel-KKR.
BLYTHE TO PICK UP ACUMATICA?
- Tuesday, 31 January 2017
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
Acumatica continues to attract talent from around the channel. It has signed Mansfield, Ohio-based Algorithm, a long-time Macola VAR. Algorithm owner Mike Oswalt is in attendance at the Acumatica Summit this week at the La Jolla Hyatt near San Diego, Calif. There are plenty of resellers present who were once Sage loyalists.
ACUMATICA TO MARKET TO CPAS
- Tuesday, 31 January 2017
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
Acumatica intends to market to the CPA community to build its brand awareness. The Seattle, Wash-based software company says that it needs to increase CPA awareness because of the number of times businesses turn to their accountants for advice.
RANDOM THOUGHTS: STEVE WILKOS
- Friday, 27 January 2017
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
A friend of mine was cooking fish one night. I went into the kitchen two or three times and heard him bending over the fish and saying things like "I cheated on my wife last month. I stole money from my father's wallet when I was a kid."
SAGE: U.S. LAGS ON SUBSCRIPTIONS
- Friday, 27 January 2017
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
The installed base in the United States lags other major markets in moving from license sales to subscriptions, Sage said this week. That came as the United Kingdom-based company issued its trading update for the first quarter ended December 31. The company reported growth of 5.1 percent over the year-earlier quarter.
DYNAMICS REVS GROW WITH 365
- Thursday, 26 January 2017
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
For the first time in several quarters, Dynamics CRM (and CRM Online) was not cited as the revenue driver for the Dynamics line. In its SEC filings this week, Microsoft said that for the second quarter ended December 31 Dynamics revenue was up 7 percent, "driven by Dynamics 365 revenue growth. "
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