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Sage Software Earns Top Position in Business Software Strategic and Management Categories of CMP Channel's VARBusiness Annual Report Card With #1 Ranking in Support, Partnership, and Loyalty
Sage Software Outscores Microsoft, Oracle, SAP and Others
| Source: Sage Software
IRVINE, CA--(Marketwire - August 22, 2007) - Sage Software today announced that it has earned
the top position in the Business Software Strategic and Management
categories of the CMP Channel's VARBusiness Annual Report Card (ARC). Now
in its 22nd year, the VARBusiness ARC Awards recognize outstanding partner
programs and superb vendor service. The ARC awards were held at an awards
ceremony on August 21, at the CMP Channel's XChange '07 Conference in
Orlando, Florida.
Sage Software scores topped all vendors in the Business Software Strategic
and Management categories with number 1 rank for support, partnership, and
loyalty. The categories ranked Sage Software in relation to other vendors
serving the market, including Microsoft, Oracle, and SAP. Winners were
selected by VARBusiness editors based on the survey results of more than
5,000 systems integrators, IT consulting organizations, value-added
resellers (VARs), solution providers and software developers. This is the
first year that Sage Software was included in the ARC program. The results
reflect the collective opinion of Sage Software Business Partners
supporting the company's Sage MAS, Sage Accpac, SageCRM, Sage SalesLogix
and other business management software products and services.
"At Sage we view our Business Partner community as an extension of our
operations and invest heavily into providing them with the support they
need to be successful business people, employers, consultants, salespeople
and marketers," said Taylor Macdonald, chief channel and strategy officer
for Sage Software. "We thank them for their support and for the recognition
they've given us through these awards."
Sage Software's Partner Advantage Program includes dozens of components
that business partners can select to tailor the program to their needs.
Among them are programs that assist partners in developing business
leadership, qualifying and hiring salespeople, benchmarking best practices,
securing healthcare benefits for employees, developing marketing plans, and
engaging recruiters at sharply reduced cost. Sage Software also offers the
services of marketing coaches and sales mentors to provide one-to-one
interaction that helps partners drive new business. More information is
available at http://www.sagesoftware.com/partners/advantage/index.cfm.
"Because vendors taking part in the VARBusiness Annual Report Card are
selected by their own Solution Provider partners, the Annual Report Card
has over the last 22 years become the defining research on vendor/partner
relationships," said Robert C. Demarzo, vice president and editorial
director, CMP Channel. "We salute each of the vendors named on this year's
ARC."
About Sage Software
Sage Software supports the needs, challenges and dreams of nearly 2.8
million small and mid-sized business customers in North America through
easy-to-use, scalable and customizable software and services. Our products
support accounting, operations, customer relationship management, human
resources, time tracking, merchant services and the specialized needs of
the construction, distribution, healthcare, manufacturing, nonprofit and
real estate industries. Sage Software is a subsidiary of The Sage Group
plc, a leading international supplier of accounting and business management
software solutions and related products and services for small and
mid-sized businesses. Formed in 1981, Sage was floated on the London Stock
Exchange in 1989 and the Group now has 5.4 million customers and employs
over 13,000 people worldwide. For more information, please visit the Web
site at www.sagesoftware.com/moreinfo or call (866) 308-2378.
About VARBusiness (www.varbusiness.com)
For the past 20 years, VARBusiness' strategic resources have been the
gateway to the commercial and public sector (or government) Solution
Provider community. The VARBusiness integrated platform of media
opportunities provides strategic insight for technology integrators through
industry-defining research, in-depth editorial, channel events and
innovative Web services, enabling these IT professionals to make educated
decisions for their businesses, partnerships and customers. VARBusiness
offerings lead vendors and distributors to unprecedented access to the most
powerful strategic Solution Providers in the market. VARBusiness has been
the recipient of numerous industry awards for both editorial content and
design.