Archive of Sage Press Releases - 2015

Sage announced Sage Payroll Center, an online platform that enables accounting professionals to provide payroll services to clients.

Sage announced it has launched Sage Live on the Salesforce AppExchange, empowering businesses to connect with customers, partners and employees in a whole new way.

Nearly half (48 percent) of small and medium businesses (SMBs) use one technology supplier to handle accepting payments, processing payroll, issuing invoices and accounting, according to the PYMNTS.com SMB Technology Adoption Index, powered by Sage, for fourth quarter 2015.

Sage announced its North American payments division, Sage Payment Solutions, has teamed with cybersecurity leader Trustwave to expand its merchant compliance program, offering SMBs additional information security protections beyond Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) compliance.

Strong performance from Sage 50 and X3 helped maintain growth in FY 15

The world’s small and medium business owners are struggling to innovate due to competing business priorities and a lack of appropriately skilled employees, according to a new global survey by Sage.

According to a new global survey by Sage, the world’s small and medium business owners have contributed $8.3 trillion to the global economy by working beyond the standard industry hours for their businesses. U.S. small and medium businesses have contributed $1.9 trillion of that $8.3 trillion.

Sage announced two new solutions, Sage Value and Sage Match, that help accounting professionals grow their businesses and better service clients in real time.

Net@Work honored for its excellent work across the entire Sage solution portfolio

Sage announced the releases of Sage 100c and 300c, the latest additions to its portfolio of business management solutions. For SMBs currently using Sage, these new solutions allow them the freedom to adopt new technology at their own pace without disruption to their business and existing systems.

Sage announced the Sage North America Partner Program. The revitalized program, along with the Global Partner Program, provides partners with increased support and incentives while supporting the best customer experience.

Sage announced honors for its top business partners for top new license revenue, top new license growth and top revenue as well as its President’s Circle winners for 2014-2015.

Sage announced the winners of its 2014-2015 Sage Partner Advantage Awards, recognizing partners who provided positive customer experiences, personified the Sage spirit, and exceeded expectations in service to the community.

Sage announced its payments division, Sage Payment Solutions, has partnered with Kount, a leading innovator of fraud solutions in risk management, to develop and bring to market new solutions to enhance fraud detection for small and medium businesses.

Sage announced that the company's North American headquarters is officially open. Located in the heart of Midtown Atlanta at Atlantic Station, Sage will be well positioned to better serve its customers and attract the right talent to deliver exciting technology to small and medium businesses.

Sage announced that Paul Bridgewater, CEO of Sage Payment Solutions, will participate in a panel discussion during the Money 20/20 conference in Las Vegas next week. Titled “Demystifying the SMB Solutions Landscape,” the session will discuss SMB market trends and how product and service providers can best meet the unique needs of SMBs.

Sage announced a new payments integration partner. Cloud Conversion has completed an integration to Sage Payment Solutions that allows companies to easily accept and process multiple forms of payment and sell in multiple places.

Sage announced its Sage Payment Solutions business is EMV (Europay, MasterCard, Visa) ready with an EMV-certified payment processing platform and point-of-sale (POS) terminal options.

Sage announces the appointment of Paige Erickson as vice president, Partner Strategy and Programs. Erickson will lead the management of the Sage Partner Channel including Partner Strategy, Partner Programs, Partner Development and Education, and Partner Communications.

Sage has been selected as the 2015 K2 Quality Awards Prime Award recipient.

Sage announced a global agreement with Microsoft to collaborate on future product development.

Sage announced results of a new study that reveals small businesses’ support of their local communities. In the study, conducted in July 2015, Sage found that virtually all small business owners personally donate to charities and nonprofit organizations (92 percent).

Sage announced the latest version of Sage 50 Accounting--U.S. Edition, its easy-to-use small business accounting software. New enhancements include two mobile apps, streamlined installation, and easy access to chat support through the product.

Sage North America announced that it was recognized as the Technology Enabler for Constructech Vision Award winner Tim O’Brien Homes.

Sage North America announced the appointment of Ray Barlow as Vice President, Accountant Solutions.

Sage and the Sage Foundation have worked together to raise $30,000 for long-standing Sage customer New Orleans Area Habitat Humanity (NOAHH), a nonprofit organization helping low-income families in New Orleans to build and finance new, safe affordable homes.

Sage CEO Stephen Kelly emphasizes investment in customer-driven product development, Customer Business Center (CBC) model, strategic partnerships and “giving back” at the largest Sage Summit ever in New Orleans.

Sage Live, a real-time integrated accounting solution, is now available to entrepreneurs, giving them one source of information so they can look ahead and control their businesses from the palm of their hands.

Sage responds to calls from entrepreneurs wanting real-time business insight with simple, no-charge migration program.

New Sage X3 cloud solution empowers growing midsized enterprises with flexible business management, at a fraction of the cost and complexity of typical ERP systems.

Sage announced a major new mobile app for customers of its Sage View business intelligence dashboard in the United States.

Sage announced it is partnering with eFileCabinet to help accountants move away from the time-consuming and costly processes of manually scanning, storing, managing and sharing records and documents.

Sage announced that it is joining forces with the Institute of Certified Bookkeepers (ICB) to empower bookkeepers worldwide to realize their true potential to dramatically influence the business landscape.

Sage is reinventing its relationship with independent software vendors to make it easier and faster for them to energize the success of Small & Medium Businesses around the world.

It is now easier than ever for Small & Medium Businesses to rapidly deploy cloud-based business management capabilities, thanks to a new strategic partnership between Sage and Deloitte.

ATB Financial and Sage announced a partnership designed to make everyday accounting tasks quick and effortless for ATB Financial’s small business startup customers.

Kimble for Sage Live, a best-in-class preintegrated solution for consulting organizations, is now available just two months after the initial partnership between Sage and Kimble was signed.

Sage Payment Solutions launched a new extension for Magento, one of the largest e-commerce platforms in the world, powering more than 240,000 sites globally. This extension allows Magento customers to integrate payment processing directly into their online stores.

Sage announced it has joined Supplier Connection, a consortium of 27 corporations aimed at driving small business growth by simplifying access to their combined global supply chain spend.

Sage announced Diamond, Platinum, and Gold sponsors of Sage Summit 2015.

Sage released the findings of the 2015 Sage Survey on Food and Beverage Regulatory Environment Challenges, which researched the issues this industry’s producers, distributors and retailers are facing.

Sage announces the featured conversation speakers and entertainment for Sage Summit 2015, the company’s annual event taking place July 27-30, 2015, at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans.

Sage announces Provenio Technology, V1 and XM Developments as the first developers to complete the testing required for their add-on solutions to earn the Sage X3 Certification designation.

Sage announces the first of its new Customer Business Centers (CBCs) to revolutionize the way it supports customers around the world.

Sage CRM 7.3/Sage CRM Cloud was selected by ISM Inc., Customer-Centric Strategic Advisors, as a Top 15 CRM Small and Medium Business Software

Sage announces its intentions by announcing a foundation to increase corporate social responsibility.

Sage announced the speakers for Sage Summit 2015, the company’s annual event taking place July 27-30, 2015, at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans.

Sage announced the release of a tool that frees accountants and bookkeepers.

Kabbage and Sage Payment Solutions Form Innovative Partnership

Sage and Salesforce bring big business technology, mobility, social, and cloud to the world’s small businesses.

Sage One Accounting allows small businesses to perform accounting tasks and cash flow analysis to make better strategic financial decisions for their business.

Sage provides information on who's starting a business and what they're looking for.

Sage North America, a leading provider of business management software and services to small and medium-sized businesses, announced today the appointment of Rich Spring as Chief Revenue Officer. Reporting to Sage North America President and CEO Pascal Houillon, Spring will have responsibility for the New Customer Acquisition Group, focusing on new revenue growth targets while adding greater value to Sage customers.

Sage North America, a leading provider of business management software and services to small and medium-sized businesses, announced today that solution provider Swizznet has joined the Sage Partner Advantage Program, bringing its expertise in accounting, hosted applications and cloud solutions and services to the Sage business partner ecosystem.

Sage North America, a leading provider of business management software and services to small and medium-sized businesses, announced today it has been awarded a 5-Star rating in The Channel Company’s CRN 2015 Partner Program Guide. This annual directory is the definitive listing of technology vendors that provide products or service solution providers through the IT channel.

Sage North America, a leading provider of business management software and services to small and medium-sized businesses, today announced the new Sage Net Promotor Score (NPS) Program for partners. This new program is designed to help business partners provide consistently excellent customer experiences, gain insights to better serve their customers’ different needs and strengthen customer relationships.

Sage North America, a leading provider of business management software and services to small and medium-sized businesses, today announced the release of Sage Service Operations, a cloud-based service management solution for service and specialty contractors that integrates with both Sage 300 Construction and Real Estate and Sage 100 Contractor.

Sage North America, a leading provider of business management software and services to small and medium-sized businesses, today announced the appointments of Paul Bridgewater as CEO of Sage Payment Solutions, and Jim Emerick as executive vice president of customer support. Both will report to President and CEO Pascal Houillon.

Sage, a leading provider of business management software and services to small and medium-sized businesses, announced a global agreement with Salesforce.

Sage North America, a leading provider of business management software and services to small and medium-sized businesses, today announced that Vice President of Channel Management and Strategy Donald Deshaies has been named to the prestigious list of the 2015 CRN Channel Chiefs.

Sage North America, a leading provider of business management software and services to small and medium-sized businesses, announced today that Canadian resellers have named Sage as the best financial management software at the eighth annual Reseller Choice Awards, hosted by eChannelNEWS.

Sage North America, a leading provider of business management software and services to small and medium-sized businesses, today announced integration between Sage CRM and Sage X3. This integration provides mid-market and enterprise businesses with a single, customer-centric view across the organization, offering greater business insights and more opportunities for growth.

Sage North America, a leading provider of business management software and services to small and medium-sized businesses, and the Construction Financial Management Association (CFMA), an international professional nonprofit association focused on the educational needs of financial professionals in construction, today announced that Sage will renew its partnership with the association.