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BAASS has just been informed that we are finalists in the CDN Channel Elite Awards under the category for Best Small Business Solution.

(Source: Marion Carr of the Sage CRM Community website)

Sage CRM secured the award by having the highest vendor score in the small enterprise market. This was primarily driven by our reach and channel strength, our strength in ERP and social media integration including integration with LinkedIn and Twitter, as well as providing a dedicated app for iPhone and Android.

According to Info-Tech award criteria ‘Champions receive high scores for most evaluation criteria and offer excellent value. They have a strong market presence and are usually the trend setters for the industry.’ 

Info-Tech's CRM vendor evaluations are based on extensive research on each key player in the market looking at areas such as company, products, technology, customers, partners, sales models and pricing. Info-Tech analysts evaluate each vendor's market position and product offering, ranking vendors on:

• viability and stability,
• strategy,
• technical merit, and
• product feature set.

All data is combined to achieve an overall rating, placing vendors in one of four categories:

• Champion,
• Innovator,
• Market Pillar, and
• Emerging Player.

For more information on Info-Tech Vendor Landscape Evaluations, please click here.

Sage CRM is a leading supplier of CRM solutions to small and medium-sized businesses. More than 12,000 organisations in 70 countries use our award winning Sage CRM software to manage their critical sales, marketing and customer service activities every day. 

This is an excellent award for Sage CRM and it recognises our on-going commitment to developing an award-winning, SMB focused CRM solution that delivers real value to customers. 

Contact BAASS for more info on how you can improve your business efficiency with Sage CRM or Sage 300 ERP. 

A Better Way to Analyze Your Business

BAASS Business Solutions, a firm that aims to offer more value and services than basic ERP implementation, considers Sage 300 (formerly Accpac) Intelligence as a solution that addresses these business needs. "Our customers are always looking for better ways to analyze their business. They want to have the information at their fingertips and would like to use tools that are user friendly," says Glen Mund, Executive Account Manager.

We are coming to you today with more news on the Sage Rebranding strategy which will begin rolling out over the next 18months. We will ensure that all of our customers are well informed of the branding changes and will strive to eliminate any confusion it may generate. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact us directly.

‘A Corporate brand will be most effective when it stands for something meaningful to the customer’, David Aaker, Brand Portfolio Strategy. This is the driving force behind the Sage rebranding strategy. The goal is to build the Sage brand as a strong and trusted brand in order to increase the value proposition of how Sage can support the needs of small and medium businesses.

Over the years, Sage users began to recognize their products as brands within the brand. Products like ‘Accpac’, ‘Simply’, and ‘Timberline’ were considered brands in themselves. In order to create a stronger brand for Sage which is recognized globally, it was decided to remove these sub-brands and replace them with a similar branding strategy to the one used in Europe.

In this approach, most products are grouped into families unified by a number, such as Sage 50 Accounting and Sage 50 Construction. Product names like Accpac, Timberline, or Simply Accounting are dropped to facilitate customer identification with the larger Sage brand. That is precisely the change that is now being made here in North America. 

Specifically to the products that BAASS carries, ‘Sage 300 – formerly known as Sage ERP Accpac’ is what you will be seeing as the strategy begins to roll out. Sage ERP Accpac 100, 200 and 500 will become Sage 300 Standard, Advanced and Premium, respectively. Some of the non-core products like Sage CRM will not change. Sage FAS Fixed Assets and Sage Abra HRMS will shorten to become Sage FAS and Sage HRMS, respectively.

We understand that this may be a confusing or frustrating change for some of you so please express any concerns you have with one of us here at BAASS. We will be happy to speak with you to clear any uncertainties. We hope that this transition will lead to a stronger relationship between Sage, its Business Partners and our customers.