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Another hint is that Sage hosted this FY21 kickoff with nary a Sage 100 road ahead session to what predominately appeared to be a Sage 100,300, 500 crowd. That being said the FY21 North America kickoff had the hint of Sage UK driving strategy vs a "born in NA" type plan.

1. There's likely no chance a large number of  complex distribution and manufacturing customers will migrate to Intacct ( And who is left using Sage 100 if not the complex ones?)

2. The SEOS offering was presented with very little detail. Is this only for new customers ( NCA )? Is there a migration offer? What do the users of Sage MFG / PM do? ( those add-ons don't appear on the additional module list)? What ISVs will be eligible to run on Azure? Customers must remain on the latest release - which we know is very difficult given the 6+ month release cycle for the very first product update of which many of the ISVs trail weeks/months behind in issuing their updates.

3. Where's X3? If Intacct isn't catching upgrades of complex distribution and wholesale shouldn't X3 had been mentioned? Sage X3 was almost entirely absent from the kickoffs. Puzzling / Not Puzzling.

My fear is what largely emerges from this "dog and pony show" is a spreadsheet that lists all of your customers and you'll have meetings upon meetings to discuss who each customer is or is not a candidate for Sage Intacct.  I remember this strategy vividly from the Joe Langher/Doug LaBahn days. From memory, it shook the trees, knocked down some low hanging fruit, and then within the typical three-year cycle the execs were gone and we had a new strategy.

Before that it was any MAS 200 customer with over xx users was perfect for MAS 500. I'm sure some converted but that push for migration was over a similar short-lived timeframe.

Come and See the Show!

 Sage FY21 Partner Cavalcade - Flavor of the Season, Pumpkin!

A ripe round melon is what will remain after the Fairy Godmother spell wears off Sage Intacct!

Likely this is another idea that needs to squashed.

Another hint is that Sage hosted this FY21 kickoff with nary a Sage 100 road ahead session to what predominately appeared to be a Sage 100,300, 500 crowd. That being said the FY21 North America kickoff had the hint of Sage UK driving strategy vs a "born in NA" type plan.

1. There's likely no chance a large number of  complex distribution and manufacturing customers will migrate to Intacct ( And who is left using Sage 100 if not the complex ones?)

2. The SEOS offering was presented with very little detail. Is this only for new customers ( NCA )? Is there a migration offer? What do the users of Sage MFG / PM do? ( those add-ons don't appear on the additional module list)? What ISVs will be eligible to run on Azure? Customers must remain on the latest release - which we know is very difficult given the 6+ month release cycle for the very first product update of which many of the ISVs trail weeks/months behind in issuing their updates.

3. Where's X3? If Intacct isn't catching upgrades of complex distribution and wholesale shouldn't X3 had been mentioned? Sage X3 was almost entirely absent from the kickoffs. Puzzling / Not Puzzling.

My fear is what largely emerges from this "dog and pony show" is a spreadsheet that lists all of your customers and you'll have meetings upon meetings to discuss who each customer is or is not a candidate for Sage Intacct.  I remember this strategy vividly from the Joe Langher/Doug LaBahn days. From memory, it shook the trees, knocked down some low hanging fruit, and then within the typical three-year cycle the execs were gone and we had a new strategy.

Before that it was any MAS 200 customer with over xx users was perfect for MAS 500. I'm sure some converted but that push for migration was over a similar short-lived timeframe.

Another hint is that Sage hosted this FY21 kickoff with nary a Sage 100 road ahead session to what predominately appeared to be a Sage 100,300, 500 crowd. That being said the FY21 North America kickoff had the hint of Sage UK driving strategy vs a "born in NA" type plan.

1. There's likely no chance a large number of  complex distribution and manufacturing customers will migrate to Intacct ( And who is left using Sage 100 if not the complex ones?)

2. The SEOS offering was presented with very little detail. Is this only for new customers ( NCA )? Is there a migration offer? What do the users of Sage MFG / PM do? ( those add-ons don't appear on the additional module list)? What ISVs will be eligible to run on Azure? Customers must remain on the latest release - which we know is very difficult given the 6+ month release cycle for the very first product update of which many of the ISVs trail weeks/months behind in issuing their updates.

3. Where's X3? If Intacct isn't catching upgrades of complex distribution and wholesale shouldn't X3 had been mentioned? Sage X3 was almost entirely absent from the kickoffs. Puzzling / Not Puzzling.

My fear is what largely emerges from this "dog and pony show" is a spreadsheet that lists all of your customers and you'll have meetings upon meetings to discuss who each customer is or is not a candidate for Sage Intacct.  I remember this strategy vividly from the Joe Langher/Doug LaBahn days. From memory, it shook the trees, knocked down some low hanging fruit, and then within the typical three-year cycle the execs were gone and we had a new strategy.

Before that it was any MAS 200 customer with over xx users was perfect for MAS 500. I'm sure some converted but that push for migration was over a similar short-lived timeframe.