Archive for Schulz Consulting
Epicor Earnings Call Wrapup – 7/30/2010
Epicor reported quarterly earnings today. Total license revenue was up 9% and George Klaus the company CEO talked a LOT about ”new name license” theme. He invoked the fact that Epicor 9 was doing well selling to new accounts – frequently. I’m not entirely sure why – but the press didn’t follow up on this [...]
MAS90 Gets An Updated Roadmap
Yesterday Sage revised their MAS 90 and MAS 200 roadmap to provide an update on expected future releases. The major new items were relatively minor. The Q4 product update for 2010 will now be a payroll only update. The MAS 200 SQL product is announced as being on track for end of year release and [...]
Sage MAS 90/200 FYI from Zip: v4.40 Product Update 2 (PU2)
Product Update 2 (PU2) for Sage MAS 90/200 v4.40 is expected mid-July or shortly thereafter. http://www.s-consult.com/2010/06/24/whats-new-in-mas-90-4-4-product-update-2/ Posted by Brett Zimmerman.
Sage’s MAS 90 & MAS 200 FRX Replacement is From Alchemex: To Be Branded Business Insights Intelligence
Alchemex was kind enough to give us an hour long demonstration of their Business Intelligence product. Sage expects to begin shipping this, rebranded as Business Insights Intelligence (Update: The branding has changed slightly since our demonstration and the product is now being called Sage MAS Insights), by the end of 2010 to all users active [...]
Sage MAS 90 and MAS 200 Payroll Taxes Get Update For 2010
Sage Software just updated their payroll tax tables for the 2010 payroll law changes. This table, available via download only, can be used on any MAS90 or MAS 200 system that is at level 3.71 or higher. In order to download the tables (none are send by disk) you’ll need to access the Sage Software [...]
SageCRM knowledgebase open to all Extended Enterprise users
SageCRM users should be aware that there is a free online knowledgebase for researching technical issues and error messages related to the software. The MAS 90 and MAS 200 Extended Enterprise Edition includes SageCRM as the CRM tool that’s tightly integrated to the accounting and fixed asset portions of the suite. Unfortunately the three core [...]
MAS90 Service Updates Now Issued Quarterly
If you’ve ever experienced a bug with a software program then you’ve probably been directed to try curing the issue with a patch or service update. That’s usually the first thing that is recommended by any technical support person when they try to diagnose a software issue. Sage issues service updates for the most current [...]
What is SaaS?
There’s a confusing array of acronyms that are thrown around to describe cloud computing. Everything from SaaS (Software as a Service) to PaaS (Platform as a Service). Do you know what each of these mean? Is running a version of MAS90 on a remote hosted Citrix box true Saas? Does it even matter? The real [...]
Add country names to MAS90 forms
If you’ve ever tried to add the country name to a MAS90 or MAS200 graphical form then you know how frustrating it can be. Early versions of MAS90 (and MAS200 also) required that you attempt to link in the master file containing the country code name (MAS90 and MAS200 data layouts here). One of the [...]
Sage UK affirms 9 months earnings expectations
Sage UK have released their 9 month earnings statement and are indicating that earnings are expected to be in line with management expectations. Sage Earnings Meet Expectations According to the company press release: Results for the nine months to 30 June 2009 were consistent with management expectations. Market conditions in the quarter ended 30 June [...]
