Sage MAS 90 Update

07-31-2009     Posted by: admin     Sage Software

I wanted to share with all of you an email I received from Paul Johnson, EVP Sales Sage Software. He expressed to all of the channel partners that the Sage partner community is diverse, vibrant and strong.

The key points touched upon in his email to the partner community are as follows:

• Sage is a global company whose revenue in the last fiscal year was $2.55 billion with EBITA earnings of $590 million.
• Sage has 5.8 million customers’ worldwide using business management applications to run their operations.
• Sage has a large, loyal, and growing customer base – 371,000 new customers have been added globally in FY08 (Sept. 2008), 124,000 in North America alone.
• Sage is recognized by top industry analysts as a market leader.
• IDC ranks Sage number one for financial and ERP applications serving companies with under 1000 employees. (IDC Worldwide ERP Vendor Analysis, Dec. 2008).
• AMR’s Global Enterprise Applications Market Sizing report (July 2009), places Sage number three worldwide for vendors/products serving customers of all sizes. They rank SAP number one followed by Oracle, Sage, Infor Global Solutions and then Microsoft. This fact is very impressive considering the larger vendors are focused on the Enterprise market.
• Gartner Dataquest ranks Sage the North America leader for lower mid-market ERP (for companies with 100-499 employees). They rank Sage number one followed by Infor Global Solutions, Microsoft, SAP, and Oracle. (Gartner Dataquest Insight: ERP Suite Leaders, Trends and Characteristics in the North American SMB Market, 2008. Oct. 2008).
• Sage’s portfolio offers the broadest range of business applications for SMBs on the market, from core accounting and ERP to CRM, HRMS, and the special needs of manufacturers, distributors, construction, healthcare, nonprofit, and real-estate organizations. These applications solve the needs of businesses ranging from small to medium to enterprises around the globe.
• Sage products consistently receive top-ranking in industry reviews such as those for Sage MAS 90 and 200 ERP and Sage Accpac ERP in CPATechnology Advisor.
• Sage products are among the top ranked among users: 28% chose Sage solutions as their mid-range accounting preference in the 2009 CPA Technology Advisor Reader’s Choice Awards.