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Sage Pay Is For Sale Says Sage
Sage today confirmed rumors about their U.K. based Sage Pay payments business saying they are "evaluating potential strategic options for this business, including a sale. There can be no certainty that this evaluation will lead to any transaction." Via the Sage...
Sage Sessions 2018 Locations
Sage North America has announced that in lieu of two large North American Sage Summit conferences for 2018 they will instead host 10 (6 in United States / 4 in Canada) regional gatherings which they have rebranded as Sage Sessions. From the site: The Sage Sessions is...
Xero Tops 250,000 Subscribers in Britain
Xero, a New Zealand-based software company that develops cloud-based accounting software for small and medium-sized businesses, announced they've surpassed 250,000 subscribers in Britain. Cloud software firm Xero has notched up 250,000 customers in Britain, where it...
Sage Business Cloud To Launch October 10, 2017
Sage is set to unveil Sage Business Cloud on October 10, 2017. https://twitter.com/_StuartLynn/status/915553862781734912 According to an email: Sage Business Cloud launches October 10 You've heard us talk about Sage Business Cloud since the end of July, and I’m...
Microsoft Teams to Replace Skype for Business
At Microsoft Ignite Conference Microsoft today announced that their Teams product will replace Skype for Business which itself was a rebranding of Lync. Via Geekwire: For our cloud connected customers, As the core communications client, we will make Microsoft Teams...
Microsoft Outlines LinkedIn Integration Plans During Ignite Conference
TechCrunch is reporting that at a press briefing in advance of Microsoft Ignite conference Microsoft outlined ways they will begin integrating the data from their $26 billion purchase of LinkedIn. According to TechCrunch: Microsoft spokesperson Frank X. Shaw noted...
Sage Summit 2018 Listed On GWCC Calendar for June 18-21, 2018
When is Sage Summit 2018? That's a question we hear quite a bit from those who attended last year's event in Atlanta. Update 3-7-2018: Shortly after we posted this information the listing disappeared from the Atlanta GWCC site. Sage subsequently announced that instead...
Report: Microsoft Reorganization Due Soon
A story which originated at The Puget Sound Business Journal claims Microsoft will reorganize as soon as this week around a cloud first strategy. Bloomberg reports: Microsoft Corp. is planning a global sales reorganization to better focus on selling cloud software,...
Oracle Netsuite Announce 16-City Tour
Oracle and Netsuite have just announced a 16-city tour dubbed the "Next Ready" Business Tour. Each stop on the 16-city tour is more of a cocktail hour which starts around 5 pm. Revenue Recognition and Understanding the Transition to ASC 606 is on most agendas though...
SAP Announces Greg Tomb as President of SAP SuccessFactors,
SAP just announced Greg Tomb, a 19 year SAP veteran, as the new President of SAP SuccessFactors. He appears to replace Mike Ettling who led SAP SuccessFactors since April 2014 and whose Twitter profile now shows him on sabbatical starting May 2017....
Sage Survey Reports 60% of Small Business Plan To Hire in Coming Year
A blog post today from Sage today reveals the results of a recent survey of 700 small and medium-sized business about their confidence in the economy. Key amongst the findings: Small businesses are optimistic In order to grow, 31% wil hire staff, 21% will invest in...
DXC Technology Acquires Tribridge To Grow Microsoft Dynamics 365 Footprint
DXC Technology announced today that they've acquired Tribridge in a deal described as: The combination of Tribridge with the existing DXC Eclipse business solidifies DXC’s position as a leading global systems integrator for Microsoft Dynamics. DXC Technology is a...
019: Building a community with Pete Potsos
This interview was conducted live from Sage Summit 2017 in Atlanta, Georgia with Pete Potsos, National Account Manager for Sage Software. Pete has an interesting background. You'll hear about that and his views on building a channel, the importance of...
Sage Drops Plans For Additional U.S. Sage Session Events In 2017
Back in February 2017, Sage announced the addition of 8 local stops on a tour they branded as Sage Sessions. These stops were to be in addition to the larger regional Sage Summit events in Atlanta during May 2017 and Toronto during June 2017. Sage has updated their...
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018: Building the Future with Sage Cloud Solutions [Jennifer Warawa]
This interview was conducted live from Sage Summit 2017 in Atlanta, Georgia with Jennifer Warawa. We cover a lot of ground here discussing: Jennifer's past as a reseller and how she sold her practice Her transition to Sage and her desire to shake up the status...
Sage Launches Bi-Weekly CEO Chronicles VLOG
Sage today launched what CEO Stephen Kelly described as a bi-weekly series to chronicle the happenings at Sage through shared thoughts from the CEO and presumably other executives. The initial episode lasts about 8 minutes and highlights various meetings and...
Sage Sells North American Sage Payment Solutions for $260m
Sage announced today that they've completed the sale of their North American Sage Payment Service to GTCR LLC ("GTCR"), a leading private equity firm. The selling price is $260m of which $240m is payable as cash on completion and the remaining $20m as senior preferred...
Sage Shuffles Executive Deck
Sage have just announced changes to their executive team. This looks like more of a re-positioning as opposed to a re-organization. I was curious whether some type of announcement could be forthcoming when I heard CEO Stephen Kelly mentioning during his keynote that...
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