Comments on: Why Sage may never get saas http://www.accmanpro.com/2009/07/05/why-sage-may-never-get-saas/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:01:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Andrew Laws http://www.accmanpro.com/2009/07/05/why-sage-may-never-get-saas/comment-page-1/#comment-6495 Andrew Laws Mon, 21 Mar 2011 14:48:00 +0000 http://www.accmanpro.com/?p=5050#comment-6495 If Sage don't go to SAAS they could be the next company to prove that you can't be too big to fail. I will start recommending clients use other systems that will run SAAS, it's as simple as that. If Sage don’t go to SAAS they could be the next company to prove that you can’t be too big to fail.

I will start recommending clients use other systems that will run SAAS, it’s as simple as that.

]]> By: Andrew Laws http://www.accmanpro.com/2009/07/05/why-sage-may-never-get-saas/comment-page-1/#comment-10663 Andrew Laws Mon, 21 Mar 2011 14:48:00 +0000 http://www.accmanpro.com/?p=5050#comment-10663 If Sage don't go to SAAS they could be the next company to prove that you can't be too big to fail. I will start recommending clients use other systems that will run SAAS, it's as simple as that. If Sage don’t go to SAAS they could be the next company to prove that you can’t be too big to fail.

I will start recommending clients use other systems that will run SAAS, it’s as simple as that.

]]> By: Sage’s new Le Boss: a safe pair of hands or shades of SAP past? http://www.accmanpro.com/2009/07/05/why-sage-may-never-get-saas/comment-page-1/#comment-6494 Sage’s new Le Boss: a safe pair of hands or shades of SAP past? Fri, 23 Jul 2010 05:02:09 +0000 http://www.accmanpro.com/?p=5050#comment-6494 [...] is interesting to note that disquiet I have expressed on many an occasion about Sage’s murky cloud strategy features heavily in commentary. What concerns me is that this appointment only looks safe. The FT [...] [...] is interesting to note that disquiet I have expressed on many an occasion about Sage’s murky cloud strategy features heavily in commentary. What concerns me is that this appointment only looks safe. The FT [...]

]]> By: Sage’s astonishing claims about the SaaS market http://www.accmanpro.com/2009/07/05/why-sage-may-never-get-saas/comment-page-1/#comment-6493 Sage’s astonishing claims about the SaaS market Thu, 06 May 2010 16:54:57 +0000 http://www.accmanpro.com/?p=5050#comment-6493 [...] July, I said of Sage’s problems with SaaS: The crazy part about this is that if Sage could get its development act together, it would signal [...] [...] July, I said of Sage’s problems with SaaS: The crazy part about this is that if Sage could get its development act together, it would signal [...]

]]> By: A conversation with Paul Walker: CEO Sage http://www.accmanpro.com/2009/07/05/why-sage-may-never-get-saas/comment-page-1/#comment-6492 A conversation with Paul Walker: CEO Sage Fri, 22 Jan 2010 12:03:22 +0000 http://www.accmanpro.com/?p=5050#comment-6492 [...] However, Paul did confirm that the company is investing heavily in SaaS. What that means given Sage’s meagre commitment to R&D is another [...] [...] However, Paul did confirm that the company is investing heavily in SaaS. What that means given Sage’s meagre commitment to R&D is another [...]

]]> By: What do I call ‘the cloud’? « City Rider http://www.accmanpro.com/2009/07/05/why-sage-may-never-get-saas/comment-page-1/#comment-6491 What do I call ‘the cloud’? « City Rider Tue, 05 Jan 2010 02:33:48 +0000 http://www.accmanpro.com/?p=5050#comment-6491 [...] [...] [...] [...]

]]> By: Martin Topping http://www.accmanpro.com/2009/07/05/why-sage-may-never-get-saas/comment-page-1/#comment-6490 Martin Topping Sun, 13 Sep 2009 13:19:23 +0000 http://www.accmanpro.com/?p=5050#comment-6490 *holds breath* *holds breath*

]]> By: Martin Topping http://www.accmanpro.com/2009/07/05/why-sage-may-never-get-saas/comment-page-1/#comment-6489 Martin Topping Sun, 13 Sep 2009 13:18:20 +0000 http://www.accmanpro.com/?p=5050#comment-6489 A very interesting article. I was at Sage for eight years in the 80s and 90s, from before they became a plc through to having perhaps a dozen acquisitions. I loved it; when I started there were less than 50 employees and just four programmers in R&D. By the time I left it employed about 6,000 people. It's impossible for an organisation like that to be nimble and reactive, there are too many layers and the vision and ideas don't flow. That's not a criticism of Sage's success just a fact of business life. I think Sage funding a startup to develop the next generation of products nurtured and protected - yet distinct from the corporate monster is a very compelling approach. I'd love to back and make it happen. A very interesting article. I was at Sage for eight years in the 80s and 90s, from before they became a plc through to having perhaps a dozen acquisitions. I loved it; when I started there were less than 50 employees and just four programmers in R&D. By the time I left it employed about 6,000 people. It's impossible for an organisation like that to be nimble and reactive, there are too many layers and the vision and ideas don't flow. That's not a criticism of Sage's success just a fact of business life. I think Sage funding a startup to develop the next generation of products nurtured and protected – yet distinct from the corporate monster is a very compelling approach. I'd love to back and make it happen.

]]> By: ken http://www.accmanpro.com/2009/07/05/why-sage-may-never-get-saas/comment-page-1/#comment-6488 ken Mon, 27 Jul 2009 03:39:12 +0000 http://www.accmanpro.com/?p=5050#comment-6488 The main thing sage are good at are partying, marketing, and covering up their wrong doings. Its not about the quality of the product, the satisfaction of the customers, the well being of their staff, the development of ground breaking software, or anything that would make sage a reasonable company. I dont think they ever really had the right ethos from the beginning, and when I worked their, it was shocking how appaling things were..... Sage cant keep throwing money at things for ever. The main thing sage are good at are partying, marketing, and covering up their wrong doings.

Its not about the quality of the product, the satisfaction of the customers, the well being of their staff, the development of ground breaking software, or anything that would make sage a reasonable company.

I dont think they ever really had the right ethos from the beginning, and when I worked their, it was shocking how appaling things were…..

Sage cant keep throwing money at things for ever.

]]> By: Saas doesn't matter to Sage | Sanity with Sage http://www.accmanpro.com/2009/07/05/why-sage-may-never-get-saas/comment-page-1/#comment-6487 Saas doesn't matter to Sage | Sanity with Sage Fri, 24 Jul 2009 08:26:23 +0000 http://www.accmanpro.com/?p=5050#comment-6487 [...] That distinction distills the essential point that Dennis Howlett and others miss when discussing Sage and their disinterest in Saas. [...] [...] That distinction distills the essential point that Dennis Howlett and others miss when discussing Sage and their disinterest in Saas. [...]

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