Years ago, I owned a Dodge Demon, which ran very well (I got rid of it too soon). It was exactly the same car as the Plymouth Duster. The only difference between the two models was the name plate on the car. Presumably, they were minted this way because some customers that would buy Dodge might not buy Plymouth. And so companies like Sage grapple with the question of what to call the product.
Before Monday's keynote speech by Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, there was a buzz that he was going to make a major announcement. It sounded like buzz that had been started deliberately. But after press releases were handed out at the Convergence user conference before the presentation and Kirill Tatarinov, head of the Dynamics operations spoke, Ballmer said that ERP products "are going to the cloud." And that was about it.
It's hard to avoid speculation concerning the role of Dynamics AX compared to the other products in the Microsoft financial products line: Dynamics GP, NAV and SL. In this interview conducted by Software Advice, Guy Weismantel, Microsoft’s director of ERP marketing outlined what he said were the strengths of each of the four products. Software Advice, based in Austin, Texas, assists buyers in selecting software.
Back in the 1990s, when there was a conference called PC Expo, SAP arranged press meetings about its All-in-One product. During the interview, I asked, "How much is it?" "We can't tell you." "Well, how about a typical price?" "We can't tell you." "Is more or less than a million dollars?" "We can't tell you." I thanked the SAP representatives for their time and left. I was one of three reporters who walked out on these interviews.
Bob Scott has been informing and entertaining the mid-market financial software community with his email newsletters for 10 years. And he has been covering this market through print publications for 18 years, first as technology editor of Accounting Today and then as the Editor of Accounting Technology from 1997 through 2009. He has covered the traditional tax and accounting profession during the same time and continues to address that as executive editor of the Progressive Accountant.
Infor has said it plans to grow its channel. And this week, LinkedIn users may have noticed that the company is advertising on the social media site under the headline “Channel partners required.” That phrase links to an Infor web page that proclaims “Infor Partner Network: Business Beyond Boundaries.”
Blackbaudis testing an application that can be used to provide financial analysis by nonprofit organizations. The Charleston, S.C.-based nonprofit vendor has an early adopter program under way for the offering that would be sold as an add-on to applications such as the Financial Edge.
Xero says that revenue for the year ending March 31 will be double the roughly $7.7 million reported in fiscal 2011. Last year’s figure is calculated at the current exchange rate for the New Zealand dollar.
Deltek has introduced Deltek First, a SaaS-based ERP application for the project life-cycle needs of small to mid-sized organizations. This is a cloud-based package for the government contracting business. The two flavors include Deltek First Essentials, which provides accounting; job cost and project manager reporting; and timekeeping. It also interfaces with payroll services. Deltek First Essentials Plus adds budgeting and planning; ad-hoc reporting; and business intelligence and analytics. There is also access to the company’s expense management application.
Infor has introduced Infor Xtreme Support, which offers customers a portal and three plan options featuring what it calls proactive support. The open all day Support portal provides access to software patches, service packs, updates and release notes.
Bob Scott has been informing and entertaining the mid-market financial software community with his email newsletters for 10 years. And he has been covering this market through print publications for 18 years, first as technology editor of Accounting Today and then as the Editor of Accounting Technology from 1997 through 2009. He has covered the traditional tax and accounting profession during the same time and continues to address that as executive editor of the Progressive Accountant.
Years ago, I owned a Dodge Demon, which ran very well (I got rid of it too soon). It was exactly the same car as the Plymouth Duster. The only difference between the two models was the name plate on the car. Presumably, they were minted this way because some customers that would buy Dodge might not buy Plymouth. And so companies like Sage grapple with the question of what to call the product.
Before Monday's keynote speech by Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, there was a buzz that he was going to make a major announcement. It sounded like buzz that had been started deliberately. But after press releases were handed out at the Convergence user conference before the presentation and Kirill Tatarinov, head of the Dynamics operations spoke, Ballmer said that ERP products "are going to the cloud." And that was about it.
Bob Scott has been informing and entertaining the mid-market financial software community with his email newsletters for 10 years. And he has been covering this market through print publications for 18 years, first as technology editor of Accounting Today and then as the Editor of Accounting Technology from 1997 through 2009. He has covered the traditional tax and accounting profession during the same time and continues to address that as executive editor of the Progressive Accountant.
Infor has said it plans to grow its channel. And this week, LinkedIn users may have noticed that the company is advertising on the social media site under the headline “Channel partners required.” That phrase links to an Infor web page that proclaims “Infor Partner Network: Business Beyond Boundaries.”
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