| Friday, 14 January 2011 19:12 |
SAP will probably having test programs for telephone companies to resell its cloud-based Business By Design software operating this year, according to Kevin Gilroy, VP of channels and ecosystems. "I think telcos have a great reach into the market place. They have a great experience with monthly billing. They have large sales forces particularly in the SME space," Gilroy said. The VP did not provide any names but said SAP has discussions going on with telcos, which he continued would not be a threat to VARs but which would work with "the local VAR in the implementation and consulting component. I think it is a big plus."
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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.
About the Author: Wayne Schulz is a senior consultant with Schulz Consulting, located in Glastonbury, Conn.
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