Small Business

Artificial Intelligence

Sage unveils new AI Trust proof of concept label to empower SMBs 

June 4, 2025 Mark Cox Comments Off on Sage unveils new AI Trust proof of concept label to empower SMBs 
The AI Trust label is designed to provide customers with clear information about the way AI functions across AI, and to overcome customer concerns about trusting it.

Artificial Intelligence

Sage unveils AI  for Sage Intacct

June 4, 2025 Mark Cox Comments Off on Sage unveils AI  for Sage Intacct
This week, at its flagship event, Sage Future in Atlanta, Sage, which makes accounting, financial and HR software solutions, made a major announcement. They stated how Sage Intacct will leverage AI, automation and deep industry insights to propel finance teams into a new era of high performance. 

Artificial Intelligence

Sage lays out roadmap for next wave of AI technologies to accelerate SMB productivity

June 4, 2025 Mark Cox Comments Off on Sage lays out roadmap for next wave of AI technologies to accelerate SMB productivity
Following waves of intelligent automation and Sage Copilot, Sage’s latest focus is on generative AI.

Cloud

Zoho strengthens Finance and Operations platform with three new tools

January 6, 2025 Mark Cox Comments Off on Zoho strengthens Finance and Operations platform with three new tools
Zoho has released three beefed-up tools to the Canadian market. They are Zoho Books, Zoho Inventory, and Zoho Practice. All are part of the Finance and Operations platform. Zoho Books now supports electronic filing for both the Canadian and Quebec governments, Zoho Inventory adds advanced warehouse management capabilities and Zoho Practice is for accountants.

Security

SonicWall rolls out SOHO and branch office-focused TZ80 small business firewall service

November 7, 2024 Mark Cox Comments Off on SonicWall rolls out SOHO and branch office-focused TZ80 small business firewall service
The TZ80 firewall platform features built-in integration with cloud-native zero trust network access (ZTNA) and VPN as a service (VPNaaS) for hybrid environments.

Cloud

New Sage study examines role of channel partners in evolving SMB market in Canada and U.S.

July 2, 2024 Mark Cox Comments Off on New Sage study examines role of channel partners in evolving SMB market in Canada and U.S.
Partners are engaging in significant changes to their business models to improve their capability to deliver new digitally-focused services that partners today are increasingly demanding.

Artificial Intelligence

Check Point explains product strategy within overall strategic context

March 8, 2024 Mark Cox Comments Off on Check Point explains product strategy within overall strategic context
While Check Point has the reputation of  being a high end product that serves the high end of the market, they also sell to SMBs as well, and even though the focus this year was on high end strategy, their SMB portfolio got its share of important announcements.

Artificial Intelligence

Sage Canada partners and customers attracted by Sage’s bold strategy at Transform

March 4, 2024 Mark Cox Comments Off on Sage Canada partners and customers attracted by Sage’s bold strategy at Transform
Sage’s new product portfolio and strategy had attendees saying this was the most exciting transform in their memory.

Artificial Intelligence

Sage extends presence in sports platforms with Sportable partnership

February 29, 2024 Mark Cox Comments Off on Sage extends presence in sports platforms with Sportable partnership
Following up on last year’s partnership with Major League Baseball, Sage is announcing a different type of sports partnership, with Sportable, a global data collection and analytics platform, which is designed to bring deeper, AI-led insights to major sports. 

Artificial Intelligence

Sage looks to improve SMB skills around carbon reporting with extended AWS partnership

February 29, 2024 Mark Cox Comments Off on Sage looks to improve SMB skills around carbon reporting with extended AWS partnership
The new strategic collaboration agreement with AWS to enable AI-powered solutions for SMBs includes a launch of Sage Earth on the AWS Marketplace will kick off in a few weeks in the UK and Ireland, but other geos, including North America, will have a bit of a wait – like 18 months.