Sage ACT! Turns 25

Seems like ACT! has been around forever.  Actually, it’s just 25 years and while that’s an eternity in software, kudos to Sage for keeping the technology up to date with improvements like social and mobile access.  The company has released a short video commemorating the milestone. Today’s ACT! is a far cry from the product [...]

Sage Charts a New Future with Continuity, SaaS, Conected Services

Sage took a major step in clarifying its position in the market when it hosted an analyst day in Boston last week.  The company has been around for a long time and has been one of the higher revenue generators for many years thanks to an assortment of products that span the front and back [...]

Further Illumination

I don’t like ambiguity and there was some in yesterday’s post so let’s get to it.  Yesterday I wrote: Microsoft is confidently offering replacement systems that have been the beneficiaries of significant investment over the last several years.  These systems also run on cloud infrastructure, though cloud does not necessarily mean multitenant. Microsoft and others [...]

CRM Evolution wrap up

There were many encouraging signs of economic recovery at the CRM Evolution conference in New York this week.  Attendance was up over last year and even close to the previous highs.  Companies and their executives seemed upbeat and one or two announced new funding, a sure sign of resurgence. The company with new funding that [...]

Last week and the triumph of CRM

Last week was busy in a good way and also in ways that we have not seen in a while and at least some if that busy-ness showed promise for the economy and our industry.  In no particular order, Cloud9 Analytics announced it closed its C round financing, SAP held its user meeting in Orlando, [...]

Let’s get our terms straight

Sage’s introduction of SalesLogix for cloud computing has caused me to do a lot of thinking.  The operative terms we use in the industry for software functionality delivered across the Internet is SaaS or now cloud computing and numerous vendors find themselves twisting themselves and the definition into barely recognizable forms.  Enough of this I [...]

Sage SalesLogix for the cloud: The return of ASP

Perhaps the most interesting CRM development to come out of Denver this week was Sage’s unveiling of its SaaS or cloud offering.  But now that the initial hoopla has died down (mine included) it’s time to take a more measured look at what is being delivered. As I mentioned in an earlier post on my [...]

Sage’s first Cloud offering

At Sage Insights, Sage North America’s annual partner conference being held this week in Denver, the company announced its first cloud based CRM product.  This is a significant event for the company for a couple of reasons.  First, until this point Sage did not have any cloud offerings and second Sage sells through a partner [...]

Sage Insights 10

Sage Software, North America convened its annual partner meeting, Insights, in Denver today.  The meeting is Sage’s chance to speak directly with all of its partners and resellers about the business and its myriad product lines, to educate and to listen to their issues and concerns.  It will also be the partners’ chance to receive [...]

Sage, Amazon go to market

Who ever said Monday is a slow news day? Sage North America, vendor of SalesLogix and many other ERP and CRM products aimed at the SMB market, announced a partnership with Amazon today.  Sage said its cloud strategy will involve hosting its SalesLogix CRM product on Amazon’s EC2 cloud infrastructure. The announcement puts Sage clearly [...]