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  • Easing the On Ramp–Xero Makes a Logical Move, Three Years On

    November 4, 2011

    Business
    accounting, MYOB, rod drury, sage, Sage Group, Xero, XML
     

    Around three years ago, before some “heated” discussions made communication between us a little strained, I spent a fair amount of time talking with Xero CEO Rod Drury around the Cloud/SaaS market generally. Those conversations started well before the…

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  • Private Equity Firm Bain Acquires MYOB–Looking for Increasing Value

    August 20, 2011

    Business
    Archer Capital, Bain, MYOB, Private equity firm, sage, Sage Group, Xero
     

    News just in that, despite UK accounting vendor Sage trying their hardest to purchase MYOB, another private equity firm has scooped the Australasian accounting vendor that has been on the market for a little while. Interestingly enough, the markets…

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  • Sage bids for MYOB. An Uber Alliance in the Making?

    August 16, 2011

    Business
    accounting, Business, MYOB, sage, Sage Group, Vendors, Xero
     

    Breaking news just to hand that UK accounting vendor Sage is considering making a bid for Australasian vendor MYOB. Sage has long had a strategy of growth by acquisition and tends to let the acquired company continue to run…

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  • Sage Replies re SageOne

    January 20, 2011

    Business
    Duane Jackson, kashflow, Sage Group, Simon Black
     

    Just before publishing my post talking about Sage’s new SaaS product yesterday, I had a conversation with Sage’s PR people. I asked a bunch of questions, the answers to which didn’t get to me by publishing time. It seemed…

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  • Media Relations is an Ongoing Process. Sage Seems to Forget That.

    May 10, 2010

    marketing, Strategy
    cloud computing, Duane Jackson, kashflow, Paul Walker, Phil Wainewright, sage, Sage Group, service
     

    A year ago I wrote a post congratulating Sage on an increase in communications they’d had with me. As I said at the time: So I give Sage significant kudos for reaching out and contacting some of us, but…

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Papers

The Future of ERP – Moving at the Speed of Change

If we look back a generation, business tended to be static. While it is undeniable that innovation occurred, it tended to at a much slower pace. While Henry Ford’s manufacturing and distribution models certainly marked disruption for the horse and buggy industry, this was a change that took decades.

Channel Strategies for Success in the Cloud Age

Cloud Computing is perhaps one of the biggest shifts in the technology industry in a generation. Alongside the technology shifts involved in Cloud, there is also a significant change in the way technology will be supplied, implemented and delivered going forward. While this shift offers real benefits to consumers in terms of reduced costs and increased agility

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Ben Kepes is a business leader, a technology evangelist, an entrepreneur, and a commentator. Ben covers the convergence of business and technology.

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