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Sage gears up for major Business Partner program redo

July 30, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on Sage gears up for major Business Partner program redo
Mistakes were made in the last five years in terms of channel strategy, Sage admits. The vendor says it has learned from those mistakes, is now led by senior executives committed to a partner-driven strategy, and that VARs and consultants will soon see this by their deeds, not just by their words.

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Sage restates commitment to small business

July 29, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on Sage restates commitment to small business
Sage emphasized that even as it moves its technology forward, it will not forget the SMB customers who built up its business. Sage also is making an effort to pick up new customers among millennials, and to increase its presence in the U.S.

Cloud

Changing the culture of innovation at Sage

July 29, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on Changing the culture of innovation at Sage
Sage says that while it is pursuing change on multiple fronts, it has taken concrete steps to deliver a more agile culture of innovation, which is already seeing strong returns.

Channel Programs

Sage says new ISV program shows changed attitude to partnering

July 29, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on Sage says new ISV program shows changed attitude to partnering
Sage has announced a new global program for its independent software partners, which replaces multiple previous product, region and company-based initiatives, and which the company pledges will be the first of a series of initiatives which will make partners of all types much more central than before.

Cloud

Sage looks to Sage Live to rethink how SMBs manage their finances

July 28, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on Sage looks to Sage Live to rethink how SMBs manage their finances
In what Sage is styling the first new approach to accounting since the invention of double-entry bookkeeping, Sage Live, which was developed in partnership with Salesforce and announced this spring, has now, indeed, gone Live. The catch is that it’s not live yet in Canada, but should be, fairly soon

Cloud

Sage X3 moves enterprise ERP solution into the cloud

July 28, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on Sage X3 moves enterprise ERP solution into the cloud
The new Sage X3 is the company’s top-of-the-line product in what the company is no longer calling ERP, a term it has announced it is abolishing because it has historically imposed Expense Regret and Pain on customers.

Software

iDashboards signs on Canadian VAR Phoenix Systems in North American channel push

July 16, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on iDashboards signs on Canadian VAR Phoenix Systems in North American channel push
Phoenix, which is based in Newmarket, but which has offices across Canada and in the U.S., adds a key partner to iDashboards, which makes visually appealing business intelligence dashboard software.

Microsoft Office chief Julia White
Software

Whither SharePoint? Microsoft says no

July 15, 2015 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Whither SharePoint? Microsoft says no
Microsoft fires back at rivals who say its eye is off its enterprise content platform as it turns it eyes to full engaging Office 365 customers.

VMware Canada country manager Sean Forkan
Cloud

NetBackup 7.7 highlights broad refresh of Veritas portfolio

July 9, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on NetBackup 7.7 highlights broad refresh of Veritas portfolio
New products include Veritas Information Map, which is built on the company’s new Information Fabric, and Veritas Resiliency Platform, an IT service continuity solution. Veritas InfoScale is an enhancement and rebranding of the old Symantec Storage Foundations.

Cloud

New Kaseya CEO Voccola pledges new customer commitment initiative

July 8, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on New Kaseya CEO Voccola pledges new customer commitment initiative
Fred Voccola who has an extensive background in software and IT infrastructure companies, is the new CEO, and he pledges commitment to both customers and channel partners, which will make Kaseya well-loved in the industry.