Business management software solutions vendor, Sage, has released the new ACT! contact and customer manager solution with its ACT! Connect connected service which it says facilitates user access to their contact records and calendar items from virtually anywhere.

After a $1.2 billion acquisition deal with UK-based Sage Group fell through late last week, Australia's largest business software maker MYOB has been acquired by US private equity firm Bain Capital for an undisclosed sum.

Sage and its partners have begun offering prebuilt process modules for ERP X3 to suit specific industries.

Sage Business Solutions says there are more than 320 enhancements in Sage ERP X3 version 6.2.

Australian businesses feel they are performing better than in 2010 but confidence in the economy remains lukewarm and as a result businesses report only a marginal increase in confidence for the year ahead. That’s according to the SME Business Sentiment Index 2011 sponsored by Sage, a global leader in mid-market business software.

Cloud computing vendors have an unexpected ally in the form of women business owners. Or do they?

A thorough revamp of Otis Elevator's payroll systems is paying dividends.

Sage might be platform agnostic, but its Australian customers aren't.

NetSuite Inc. (NYSE: N), the industry’s leading provider of cloud-based financials / ERP software suites, today announced that more than 500 companies have switched from Sage's accounting, CRM, and ERP product lines ranging from Sage Line 50 and Line 500 to Sage MAS 90 and MAS 500, preferring NetSuite's modern, integrated cloud solutions to the dated inefficiencies of antiquated on-premise software.

The market for accounting software sold in the cloud continues to heat up with the release this week of Sage My Business.  The twist this time is that the company is making the cloud based software available for free to accounting students.