Sage 100

Anyone else on the Sage 100c Transition call? I see that @LarryBradford is listed as a presenter on the panel

Yes, I am. Very rugged picture of Felicia....

Not the greatest look, I agree.

Can't wait to hear Larry. I wonder if he is going to talk about his v3.23 account migration and how Sage 100c was pivotable in this client moving up the ladder????

Q - How long do you expect to be with Sage??

Easy... I can do two things at once. I am monitoring this as well. :)

They did buy 100c BTW. This is mostly migrating current clients to 100c.

@LarryBradford - Very impressive looking head shot!!

@LarryBradford - Let us know if you want us to ""feed"" you some questions....

Is everyone else hearing that beeping sound on the call?

I like Mike Smart's perspective

Wedding from a few years ago. I cropped out the rest in my party. I like it better than the MOTM. Partly because I am old in that one. I use this one on all my professional Social Media.

Whoa... Six months at Sage!!!!!

What?

Isn't that the ""chirping"" that we hear at Sage??

yes the beeps I think are callers being auto muted.

what's DHG leadership?

What is a ""clear message""????

Dixon Hughes Goodman (CPA firm I belonged. It is about 15th largest in the nation. I was voted off that island which is why I now own AT.

Oh got it. Sorry about the vote...

She is lying already!! This not necessarily the end of 100?????

Hey she's only been their almost 4 months, she doesn't have the a master in Sage lies yet.

I wonder if they will figure out how to handle the business care portion for Fixed Assets before January rolls around.

I sat through the calls for this. This group seems genuinely concerned for the channel.

4 months? She is a SEASONED Sage employee!!!

Linda Cade - zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

We here at Sage are committed to 100 investment???? She means those of us that are left......

It's so painful to listen to her...

Reminds me of the Gong Show. Where is the hook or at least the bag to put over my ears?????

We did a dry run on this the other day. She did such a better job when it was just the panelist. A really good job.

The Sage Culture apparently does not involve rehearsing what you will read before going in front of ~100 of your salespeople who are already moonlighting with the competition. If presenters are excited here, they are really, really good at hiding it ...

@LarryBradford - Are you being swayed by the Dark Side????

I think the main goal for those remaining at Sage is not to rock the boat to the point where someone notices and fires you.

Put the kool-aid down, @LarryBradford, put it down!

Ouch. Seriously, it was interesting to sit through the prep for this.

4 likes in 1 minute! Really?!?!!? :)

We are worried...

The New Features box should be invisible.

That's a record for me, I think!

LOL. I am feeling a little light headed with this kool aid they gave me.

Thank you very much..... Linda Cade. Wonderful, wonderful!!!!! And now the Lenin Sisters singing ""The Easter Parade"" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mCTYgJKFt8

hmmm....

Did Linda say what those Compliance Updates represent?

yes, you probably dozed off during that part. basically tax table updates and accounting compliance I think

Looks like they pushed most of this out a year or more (multi-bin, inactive warehouse)

Or MORE!!

so C is for connected = cash flow?

confused

Somebody ask who they have contracted with for Multi-Bin...I dare you!

I think you have to triple dog dare someone!!!!

OK, I triple dog dare you, @JeffSchwenk

There is a god out there!!!!!

This is all there is???

Shocking, isn't it?

Here's another question - Is it true that when you sell additional users to a 100c customer, there is no partner margin or tier??

What is Sage 100 Anywhere?

It was good knowing you @BrianKelly - Posted the question to the panelists......

Go Larry!!

What's the concern/fear re: Multi-bin?

Bigger question, what is Sage ANY WAY???

Besides no one at Sage will talk about it??

Dianna Lane probably doesn't realize she is posting her chat responses to all participants

Geesh Louise - I just tell people that 100 will not be supported in the future - now is the time to switch....

From Q&A window: (CW) Is the Multi-Bin solution ACSG's? (Linda) We are not at liberty to discuss that at this point

Thanks @BrettZimmerman

(Linda) Sage 100 Anywhere is an extension of MS Office 365 that allows customers to access Sage 100 data, documents, and perform transactions through the Office integration

Someone scrape all the chat window comments if you can

At a 50% discount during Sage year end give aways....

Hmm, ,that's the Microsoft whatchamacallit technology they were talking about at Summit

from Felicia Thomas to All Participants: If there are any questions during the webcast, please send them through the chat and we will address from Dianna Lane to All Participants: i think i can from Dianna Lane to All Participants: im on my cell from Dianna Lane to All Participants: is this the last slide? from Dianna Lane to All Participants: before me? from Felicia Thomas to All Participants: If there are any questions during the webcast, please send them through the chat and we will address from Linda Cade to All Participants: We won't force anyone to move ... unless they go off-plan ...

how do you scrape chat @WayneSchulz

Sometimes just copy/paste

Someone got it last time and I'm not sure -- 99% of the time the real value is in the Q&A not the canned ppt deck

Can't see all of it, they are only showing what you might post or what was posted to all. from Felicia Thomas to All Participants: If there are any questions during the webcast, please send them through the chat and we will address from Dianna Lane to All Participants: i think i can from Dianna Lane to All Participants: im on my cell from Dianna Lane to All Participants: is this the last slide? from Dianna Lane to All Participants: before me? from Felicia Thomas to All Participants: If there are any questions during the webcast, please send them through the chat and we will address from Linda Cade to All Participants: We won't force anyone to move ... unless they go off-plan ... from Moira Goggin to Host & Presenter: What is the tier plan for patners with subscription in the future? Will partners still earn tier and earn tier on new users or modules for example?

People moving on a monthly basis????

I can't see a way to get everything from the Q&A window, like how @DavidOverholt was able to post the Chat window contents above (and @MoiraGoggin ).

Someone ask how long we are going to be faxing order forms to Sage for new payroll or 100c. ...

Tier plan was my question...stalled by Dianna...thanks so much Sage.

Gosh, there will be more of these!! And Dianna can't answer the question about tier/margin today????

I sold three additional user licenses to a subscription customer and have received NO tier or margin.

Moeera, please retype Wayne's question....

Fax orders, asked it, answer was avoided, again....

Has there been any further discussion on how long 100 to 100c migrations will receive a credit to keep the 100c cost in line with their prior 100 cost?

I did...and still am wondering who Moeera was, sounds like she wants to know too.

And the answer is, Yes, we need a secure fax for cc numbers, etc.

Larry, while there may not be a lot of smoke stacks in the DC area, there are a lot of people blowing smoke out their butts......

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wK9odsWwfIo

Yes fax orders are required because the secure fax order that's how we receive the credit card or ACH information. Per Linda Cade, they will look for a better method....

Will they be releasing a secure fax ordering module once UK sells Sage Payments?...

The Feature Map from earlier in the presentation makes it seems like the new Framework modules will be for 100 and not 100c. (MA) Did Linda just say that Sage 100 (not c) will get the mfg modules in the Business Framework? (Linda) Yes, I did say that. There will be some pricing differentiation, but it will be available to all.

Did it really take her like 3 minutes to say ""read only"" and ""you can run reports""?

And she also practiced saying it!!!!

@BrettZimmerman I think the feature map means that 100c gets all of the above plus more. More features. More money.

While Larry did a superb job, did anyone here get anything out of this today? So many unanswered questions.

I took the time to use canned air on my keyboard. Amazing what an hour of blowing hard can do!

Yes, updated roadmap. That's new info that I had not seen since the Summit 2015 presentation by Mike Ritchie. Edit: At least not in a single neat slide like they showed today..

Did anyone take attendance of the Sage names on the call? That's a useful way to know who may be on their way out.

Same as Wayne, plus I think I was able to determine that the incessant beeping was people entering/exiting the webinar. Annoying.

I felt much of what was addressed was already known but I saw a reseller asking if they could transition a client to Advanced or Premium at the same cost. That is a huge value and it is at no additional cost (that has moved two of our larger clients). I also saw comments about the upfront fee which is waived on transitioned clients from 100 perpetual. This was not a new sale meeting (by their design) it was transitioning current clients. As for the additional users in the future, I understand we get a % of renewal and sales, so I am not sure why there would be no margin. The tier credit is something else and would be annoying if not given. Our tier credit is already significantly reduced by the reduced cost entry point on Sage 100c.

WRT the question about tier credit - yet another reason we need to continue to think about ways to build our own recurring revenue subscriptions that are independent of Sage. We need to ask ""What is it that customers value that they cannot get from Sage"". In most cases that's speed of response, last mile on-site and managed upgrades we perform every year and not just during the next server move in 6 years. Clearly things are going to happen with Sage in terms of executive leadership, ownership, etc. However in most situations if we are smart we can continue to earn our own recurring revenue from the customers.

Someone asked for the Q & A scrape (Wayne?) here is a word doc with all the Q&A - we have a Sage100c FAQ link for our customers so I wanted to get them to see if any of these should be added to our FAQ's I couldn't capture the name of the people asking or answering. I cleaned up some of the spelling and such but it is pretty much a cut and paste of each Q&A I agree the most beneficial part of the webinar was the Feature Map and Core differentiation screens.

David - How did you do this? I tried, but could only copy the Q's.

I didn't do anything special, just cut and paste I could highlight the answers but not the ""who"" part of the screen

Thanks!! I converted this to a PDF