Tag: ERP

  • Bad Things Happen When Marketing Exceeds Channel Grasp

    Michael Vizard

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    All too often you see a disconnect in the marketplace between what a vendor aspires to be and what seems to be actually happening in the channel. Case in point is Symantec, which in the last two years has rolled out a number of significant new products while making several strategic acquisitions. All of these… Read more

  • Staff to go at DSGi

    Sara Driscoll

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    DSGi, one of the largest VARs in the UK, may cut as many as 13 jobs from its back office as it prepares to migrate ERP systems. The company, which owns the PC World Business, Equanet and Mac Warehouse brands, told eWEEK’s Channel Insider that all 13 positions are in its offices in Surbiton, UK,… Read more

  • SAP Bolsters Midmarket ERP Push With New Partners

    SAP Bolsters Midmarket ERP Push With New Partners

    Barbara Darrow

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    Enterprise Resource Planning kingpin SAP continued its midmarket push this week, announcing 33 new partners offering small and midsize business solutions in North America—26 new Business One partners and seven All-in-One partners. Additionally, nine existing Business One partners have expanded their offerings and coverage, the company announced at its summer sales meeting July 30 in… Read more

  • VAI, Berbee Partner on ERP Bundle

    VAI, Berbee Partner on ERP Bundle

    Sean Gallagher

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    With industry giants like SAP pushing deeper into the enterprise resource planning midmarket, Vormittag Associates Inc. has moved to broaden its reach with smaller customers by partnering with Berbee Information Networks. The deal, inked on July 24, could potentially lead to VAI’s S2K software being distributed through CDW’s catalog, and as a hosted application for… Read more

  • Symantec Fixes Partner Issues

    Jessica Davis

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    Horrible and excruciating are two of the words that channel partners have used to describe dealing with vendor Symantec over the past six months as it worked to integrate acquisition Veritas’s ERP system with its own. Among the problems? Two hour call center hold times, 14-step license key activation procedures, and no way to tell… Read more

  • Solution Provider Brings Wireless ERP to SMB Market

    Solution Provider Brings Wireless ERP to SMB Market

    Pedro Pereira

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    Enterprise Resource Planning software traditionally has found a home in large organizations, but a solution provider in Vancouver is helping to change that by bringing a wireless, open-source ERP application to small and midsize businesses. The provider, YellowDog Consulting Inc., developed the application for use in handheld devices utilized by warehouse workers to ship and… Read more