Tag Archives: Sage Group

November 4, 2011 Posted in Business 2 Comments

Easing the On Ramp–Xero Makes a Logical Move, Three Years On

By Ben Kepes

Around three years ago, before some “heated” discussions made communication between us a little strained, I spent a fair amount of time talking with Xero CEO Rod Drury around the Cloud/SaaS market generally. Those conversations started well before the Xero IPO when he was still shopping little more than a

Tagged accounting, MYOB, rod drury, sage, Sage Group, Xero, XML |

August 20, 2011 Posted in Business 2 Comments

Private Equity Firm Bain Acquires MYOB–Looking for Increasing Value

By Ben Kepes

News just in that, despite UK accounting vendor Sage trying their hardest to purchase MYOB, another private equity firm has scooped the Australasian accounting vendor that has been on the market for a little while. Interestingly enough, the markets didn’t like Sage’s intentions and punished the share price resulting in

Tagged Archer Capital, Bain, MYOB, Private equity firm, sage, Sage Group, Xero |

August 16, 2011 Posted in Business 6 Comments

Sage bids for MYOB. An Uber Alliance in the Making?

By Ben Kepes

Breaking news just to hand that UK accounting vendor Sage is considering making a bid for Australasian vendor MYOB. Sage has long had a strategy of growth by acquisition and tends to let the acquired company continue to run independently – this has led to some confusion in the past.

Tagged accounting, Business, MYOB, sage, Sage Group, Vendors, Xero |

January 20, 2011 Posted in Business Leave a comment

Sage Replies re SageOne

By Ben Kepes

Just before publishing my post talking about Sage’s new SaaS product yesterday, I had a conversation with Sage’s PR people. I asked a bunch of questions, the answers to which didn’t get to me by publishing time. It seemed appropriate to communicate them here in full. Answers are from Simon

Tagged Duane Jackson, kashflow, Sage Group, Simon Black |

Ben Kepes is a technology evangelist, an investor, a commentator and a business adviser. Ben covers the convergence of technology, mobile, ubiquity and agility, all enabled by the Cloud. His areas of interest extend to enterprise software, software integration, financial/accounting software, platforms and infrastructure as well as articulating technology simply for everyday users.