General Consultant Discussion

The content is not surprising, but even fewer core applications that I guessed.  In the brochure 9 are listed under Sage 100.  Of those 3 are truly knowledge about the core application  with one being the road ahead session we saw at MOTM and 2 being on how to win vs, the competition in Service and "Manufacturing and Distribution."  The others are about extensions to the product like HR, CRM, Lockstep, Sage Cloud and Sage Active.  

If you are a partner that recently added Intact and can go for free, definitely go!  If your firm represents Intacct and either Sage 100 and 300 there is tons of Intacct content to make it worth you while.  If you only represent Sage 100 and/or 300 in the BMS portfolio, it may be a good trip to take for the networking with Sage, attending sessions on CRM and Fixed Assets and to understand more about where Sage is going in the future.

What I really think this event does for 90 Minds is to give us a roadmap on how we can add value to its members.  We can and should provide:

• Substantive content on Sage 100 and 300 like the sessions @Carmen Cruz and @Alnoor Cassim provided
• Add content on extended Sage Solutions like CRM and Fixed Assets
• Provide competitive intelligence sessions led by members that represent the competition
• Educate our community on best practices for bringing customers to the cloud.

I encourage everyone to complete their surveys, contact the education committee members or Anne and make certain that MOTM 2024 and interim webinars and events provide timely and constructive knowledge to improve the service we provide to our customers.  With your feedback I am quite certain that the value of 90Minds and MOTM 2024 will far exceed its cost.

I've been working on a Premium upgrade and have a few other Premium/SQL projects on the horizon.

From my experience, having a decent knowledge of Premium/SQL is an excellent way for consultants to add value and earn their full++ rate. Most customers don't want to fool with SQL. The path to migrate/move SQL within Sage 100 is not well documented by Sage, and Sage has few internal resources available to assist. 

I had a customer call Sage asking for more information on the SQL requirements, and they come back to me shaking their heads at how little information they could obtain. I can practically guarantee that the pool of knowledge around Sage 100 at Sage is going to get shallower and shallower over time.

Premium is an area that most MSPs (aka we do it all including your Sage upgrades)  and lone ranger IT folks won't be capable of tackling either. It's the one area perfect for Sage consultants to be familiar with and ready to assist their customers. 

This is worth doubling down on for the next 3 to 5 years of Sage 100's life

The content is not surprising, but even fewer core applications that I guessed.  In the brochure 9 are listed under Sage 100.  Of those 3 are truly knowledge about the core application  with one being the road ahead session we saw at MOTM and 2 being on how to win vs, the competition in Service and "Manufacturing and Distribution."  The others are about extensions to the product like HR, CRM, Lockstep, Sage Cloud and Sage Active.  

If you are a partner that recently added Intact and can go for free, definitely go!  If your firm represents Intacct and either Sage 100 and 300 there is tons of Intacct content to make it worth you while.  If you only represent Sage 100 and/or 300 in the BMS portfolio, it may be a good trip to take for the networking with Sage, attending sessions on CRM and Fixed Assets and to understand more about where Sage is going in the future.

What I really think this event does for 90 Minds is to give us a roadmap on how we can add value to its members.  We can and should provide:

• Substantive content on Sage 100 and 300 like the sessions @Carmen Cruz and @Alnoor Cassim provided
• Add content on extended Sage Solutions like CRM and Fixed Assets
• Provide competitive intelligence sessions led by members that represent the competition
• Educate our community on best practices for bringing customers to the cloud.

I encourage everyone to complete their surveys, contact the education committee members or Anne and make certain that MOTM 2024 and interim webinars and events provide timely and constructive knowledge to improve the service we provide to our customers.  With your feedback I am quite certain that the value of 90Minds and MOTM 2024 will far exceed its cost.

We have many Premium clients, but push certain SQL support activities back at the customer / their IT, because we don't want to "own" the backup and recovery responsibilities or the SQL licensing.  This way there is no "competition" between us and their IT, and we are free to focus on Sage 100 specifics.  Occasionally we'll run into IT people trying to get us to teach them how to support Sage 100... which is a big "no"... but otherwise this strategy works well.

The big selling points for Premium / SQL are data security and custom report processing speed.  That is primarily what the extra $ for SQL licenses (and additional processing power to run SQL server) gets them.  (I think one client made the decision, about switching to Premium, during an unrelated conversation when I mentioned SQL data is locked away and inaccessible from a workstation crypto infection).

I've been working on a Premium upgrade and have a few other Premium/SQL projects on the horizon.

From my experience, having a decent knowledge of Premium/SQL is an excellent way for consultants to add value and earn their full++ rate. Most customers don't want to fool with SQL. The path to migrate/move SQL within Sage 100 is not well documented by Sage, and Sage has few internal resources available to assist. 

I had a customer call Sage asking for more information on the SQL requirements, and they come back to me shaking their heads at how little information they could obtain. I can practically guarantee that the pool of knowledge around Sage 100 at Sage is going to get shallower and shallower over time.

Premium is an area that most MSPs (aka we do it all including your Sage upgrades)  and lone ranger IT folks won't be capable of tackling either. It's the one area perfect for Sage consultants to be familiar with and ready to assist their customers. 

This is worth doubling down on for the next 3 to 5 years of Sage 100's life

The content is not surprising, but even fewer core applications that I guessed.  In the brochure 9 are listed under Sage 100.  Of those 3 are truly knowledge about the core application  with one being the road ahead session we saw at MOTM and 2 being on how to win vs, the competition in Service and "Manufacturing and Distribution."  The others are about extensions to the product like HR, CRM, Lockstep, Sage Cloud and Sage Active.  

If you are a partner that recently added Intact and can go for free, definitely go!  If your firm represents Intacct and either Sage 100 and 300 there is tons of Intacct content to make it worth you while.  If you only represent Sage 100 and/or 300 in the BMS portfolio, it may be a good trip to take for the networking with Sage, attending sessions on CRM and Fixed Assets and to understand more about where Sage is going in the future.

What I really think this event does for 90 Minds is to give us a roadmap on how we can add value to its members.  We can and should provide:

• Substantive content on Sage 100 and 300 like the sessions @Carmen Cruz and @Alnoor Cassim provided
• Add content on extended Sage Solutions like CRM and Fixed Assets
• Provide competitive intelligence sessions led by members that represent the competition
• Educate our community on best practices for bringing customers to the cloud.

I encourage everyone to complete their surveys, contact the education committee members or Anne and make certain that MOTM 2024 and interim webinars and events provide timely and constructive knowledge to improve the service we provide to our customers.  With your feedback I am quite certain that the value of 90Minds and MOTM 2024 will far exceed its cost.

Is anyone at Summit?  Does it look sold out?  What were the Sage 100 sessions that are being presented?

We have many Premium clients, but push certain SQL support activities back at the customer / their IT, because we don't want to "own" the backup and recovery responsibilities or the SQL licensing.  This way there is no "competition" between us and their IT, and we are free to focus on Sage 100 specifics.  Occasionally we'll run into IT people trying to get us to teach them how to support Sage 100... which is a big "no"... but otherwise this strategy works well.

The big selling points for Premium / SQL are data security and custom report processing speed.  That is primarily what the extra $ for SQL licenses (and additional processing power to run SQL server) gets them.  (I think one client made the decision, about switching to Premium, during an unrelated conversation when I mentioned SQL data is locked away and inaccessible from a workstation crypto infection).

I've been working on a Premium upgrade and have a few other Premium/SQL projects on the horizon.

From my experience, having a decent knowledge of Premium/SQL is an excellent way for consultants to add value and earn their full++ rate. Most customers don't want to fool with SQL. The path to migrate/move SQL within Sage 100 is not well documented by Sage, and Sage has few internal resources available to assist. 

I had a customer call Sage asking for more information on the SQL requirements, and they come back to me shaking their heads at how little information they could obtain. I can practically guarantee that the pool of knowledge around Sage 100 at Sage is going to get shallower and shallower over time.

Premium is an area that most MSPs (aka we do it all including your Sage upgrades)  and lone ranger IT folks won't be capable of tackling either. It's the one area perfect for Sage consultants to be familiar with and ready to assist their customers. 

This is worth doubling down on for the next 3 to 5 years of Sage 100's life

The content is not surprising, but even fewer core applications that I guessed.  In the brochure 9 are listed under Sage 100.  Of those 3 are truly knowledge about the core application  with one being the road ahead session we saw at MOTM and 2 being on how to win vs, the competition in Service and "Manufacturing and Distribution."  The others are about extensions to the product like HR, CRM, Lockstep, Sage Cloud and Sage Active.  

If you are a partner that recently added Intact and can go for free, definitely go!  If your firm represents Intacct and either Sage 100 and 300 there is tons of Intacct content to make it worth you while.  If you only represent Sage 100 and/or 300 in the BMS portfolio, it may be a good trip to take for the networking with Sage, attending sessions on CRM and Fixed Assets and to understand more about where Sage is going in the future.

What I really think this event does for 90 Minds is to give us a roadmap on how we can add value to its members.  We can and should provide:

• Substantive content on Sage 100 and 300 like the sessions @Carmen Cruz and @Alnoor Cassim provided
• Add content on extended Sage Solutions like CRM and Fixed Assets
• Provide competitive intelligence sessions led by members that represent the competition
• Educate our community on best practices for bringing customers to the cloud.

I encourage everyone to complete their surveys, contact the education committee members or Anne and make certain that MOTM 2024 and interim webinars and events provide timely and constructive knowledge to improve the service we provide to our customers.  With your feedback I am quite certain that the value of 90Minds and MOTM 2024 will far exceed its cost.

Here's an image from the Sage 300 session. It's hard to draw any conclusions on attendance though usually if they expect a fuller house they won't use circular tables and you'll start seeing pictures of a full hours.

Is anyone at Summit?  Does it look sold out?  What were the Sage 100 sessions that are being presented?

We have many Premium clients, but push certain SQL support activities back at the customer / their IT, because we don't want to "own" the backup and recovery responsibilities or the SQL licensing.  This way there is no "competition" between us and their IT, and we are free to focus on Sage 100 specifics.  Occasionally we'll run into IT people trying to get us to teach them how to support Sage 100... which is a big "no"... but otherwise this strategy works well.

The big selling points for Premium / SQL are data security and custom report processing speed.  That is primarily what the extra $ for SQL licenses (and additional processing power to run SQL server) gets them.  (I think one client made the decision, about switching to Premium, during an unrelated conversation when I mentioned SQL data is locked away and inaccessible from a workstation crypto infection).

I've been working on a Premium upgrade and have a few other Premium/SQL projects on the horizon.

From my experience, having a decent knowledge of Premium/SQL is an excellent way for consultants to add value and earn their full++ rate. Most customers don't want to fool with SQL. The path to migrate/move SQL within Sage 100 is not well documented by Sage, and Sage has few internal resources available to assist. 

I had a customer call Sage asking for more information on the SQL requirements, and they come back to me shaking their heads at how little information they could obtain. I can practically guarantee that the pool of knowledge around Sage 100 at Sage is going to get shallower and shallower over time.

Premium is an area that most MSPs (aka we do it all including your Sage upgrades)  and lone ranger IT folks won't be capable of tackling either. It's the one area perfect for Sage consultants to be familiar with and ready to assist their customers. 

This is worth doubling down on for the next 3 to 5 years of Sage 100's life

The content is not surprising, but even fewer core applications that I guessed.  In the brochure 9 are listed under Sage 100.  Of those 3 are truly knowledge about the core application  with one being the road ahead session we saw at MOTM and 2 being on how to win vs, the competition in Service and "Manufacturing and Distribution."  The others are about extensions to the product like HR, CRM, Lockstep, Sage Cloud and Sage Active.  

If you are a partner that recently added Intact and can go for free, definitely go!  If your firm represents Intacct and either Sage 100 and 300 there is tons of Intacct content to make it worth you while.  If you only represent Sage 100 and/or 300 in the BMS portfolio, it may be a good trip to take for the networking with Sage, attending sessions on CRM and Fixed Assets and to understand more about where Sage is going in the future.

What I really think this event does for 90 Minds is to give us a roadmap on how we can add value to its members.  We can and should provide:

• Substantive content on Sage 100 and 300 like the sessions @Carmen Cruz and @Alnoor Cassim provided
• Add content on extended Sage Solutions like CRM and Fixed Assets
• Provide competitive intelligence sessions led by members that represent the competition
• Educate our community on best practices for bringing customers to the cloud.

I encourage everyone to complete their surveys, contact the education committee members or Anne and make certain that MOTM 2024 and interim webinars and events provide timely and constructive knowledge to improve the service we provide to our customers.  With your feedback I am quite certain that the value of 90Minds and MOTM 2024 will far exceed its cost.

Green is apparently the color of everything at the conference. It reminds me of the broadway musical Wicked

Here's an image from the Sage 300 session. It's hard to draw any conclusions on attendance though usually if they expect a fuller house they won't use circular tables and you'll start seeing pictures of a full hours.

Is anyone at Summit?  Does it look sold out?  What were the Sage 100 sessions that are being presented?

We have many Premium clients, but push certain SQL support activities back at the customer / their IT, because we don't want to "own" the backup and recovery responsibilities or the SQL licensing.  This way there is no "competition" between us and their IT, and we are free to focus on Sage 100 specifics.  Occasionally we'll run into IT people trying to get us to teach them how to support Sage 100... which is a big "no"... but otherwise this strategy works well.

The big selling points for Premium / SQL are data security and custom report processing speed.  That is primarily what the extra $ for SQL licenses (and additional processing power to run SQL server) gets them.  (I think one client made the decision, about switching to Premium, during an unrelated conversation when I mentioned SQL data is locked away and inaccessible from a workstation crypto infection).

I've been working on a Premium upgrade and have a few other Premium/SQL projects on the horizon.

From my experience, having a decent knowledge of Premium/SQL is an excellent way for consultants to add value and earn their full++ rate. Most customers don't want to fool with SQL. The path to migrate/move SQL within Sage 100 is not well documented by Sage, and Sage has few internal resources available to assist. 

I had a customer call Sage asking for more information on the SQL requirements, and they come back to me shaking their heads at how little information they could obtain. I can practically guarantee that the pool of knowledge around Sage 100 at Sage is going to get shallower and shallower over time.

Premium is an area that most MSPs (aka we do it all including your Sage upgrades)  and lone ranger IT folks won't be capable of tackling either. It's the one area perfect for Sage consultants to be familiar with and ready to assist their customers. 

This is worth doubling down on for the next 3 to 5 years of Sage 100's life

Is anyone at Summit?  Does it look sold out?  What were the Sage 100 sessions that are being presented?

We have many Premium clients, but push certain SQL support activities back at the customer / their IT, because we don't want to "own" the backup and recovery responsibilities or the SQL licensing.  This way there is no "competition" between us and their IT, and we are free to focus on Sage 100 specifics.  Occasionally we'll run into IT people trying to get us to teach them how to support Sage 100... which is a big "no"... but otherwise this strategy works well.

The big selling points for Premium / SQL are data security and custom report processing speed.  That is primarily what the extra $ for SQL licenses (and additional processing power to run SQL server) gets them.  (I think one client made the decision, about switching to Premium, during an unrelated conversation when I mentioned SQL data is locked away and inaccessible from a workstation crypto infection).

I've been working on a Premium upgrade and have a few other Premium/SQL projects on the horizon.

From my experience, having a decent knowledge of Premium/SQL is an excellent way for consultants to add value and earn their full++ rate. Most customers don't want to fool with SQL. The path to migrate/move SQL within Sage 100 is not well documented by Sage, and Sage has few internal resources available to assist. 

I had a customer call Sage asking for more information on the SQL requirements, and they come back to me shaking their heads at how little information they could obtain. I can practically guarantee that the pool of knowledge around Sage 100 at Sage is going to get shallower and shallower over time.

Premium is an area that most MSPs (aka we do it all including your Sage upgrades)  and lone ranger IT folks won't be capable of tackling either. It's the one area perfect for Sage consultants to be familiar with and ready to assist their customers. 

This is worth doubling down on for the next 3 to 5 years of Sage 100's life

The content is not surprising, but even fewer core applications that I guessed.  In the brochure 9 are listed under Sage 100.  Of those 3 are truly knowledge about the core application  with one being the road ahead session we saw at MOTM and 2 being on how to win vs, the competition in Service and "Manufacturing and Distribution."  The others are about extensions to the product like HR, CRM, Lockstep, Sage Cloud and Sage Active.  

If you are a partner that recently added Intact and can go for free, definitely go!  If your firm represents Intacct and either Sage 100 and 300 there is tons of Intacct content to make it worth you while.  If you only represent Sage 100 and/or 300 in the BMS portfolio, it may be a good trip to take for the networking with Sage, attending sessions on CRM and Fixed Assets and to understand more about where Sage is going in the future.

What I really think this event does for 90 Minds is to give us a roadmap on how we can add value to its members.  We can and should provide:

• Substantive content on Sage 100 and 300 like the sessions @Carmen Cruz and @Alnoor Cassim provided
• Add content on extended Sage Solutions like CRM and Fixed Assets
• Provide competitive intelligence sessions led by members that represent the competition
• Educate our community on best practices for bringing customers to the cloud.

I encourage everyone to complete their surveys, contact the education committee members or Anne and make certain that MOTM 2024 and interim webinars and events provide timely and constructive knowledge to improve the service we provide to our customers.  With your feedback I am quite certain that the value of 90Minds and MOTM 2024 will far exceed its cost.

Sage announces Partner Summit 2023 attendance of over 1,200 partners Our President of Sage North America,

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Wayne Schulz
wayne@s-consult.com
Schulz Consulting
(860) 516-8990
Moodus, CT
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Hmmm.  So if you were an Intacct reseller, you got in for free?  Not sure if that would have been enough.  Do you think there were 1200 people there?  Or Sean Spicer doing the press conference for Sage?

Sage announces Partner Summit 2023 attendance of over 1,200 partners Our President of Sage North America,

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Wayne Schulz
wayne@s-consult.com
Schulz Consulting
(860) 516-8990
Moodus, CT

Hmmm.  So if you were an Intacct reseller, you got in for free?  Not sure if that would have been enough.  Do you think there were 1200 people there?  Or Sean Spicer doing the press conference for Sage?

Sage announces Partner Summit 2023 attendance of over 1,200 partners Our President of Sage North America,

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Wayne Schulz
wayne@s-consult.com
Schulz Consulting
(860) 516-8990
Moodus, CT

There are probably 1,200 there. Remember, this is a global conference.  If I recall, the old Sage Summit - before it joined with customers - attracted around 2,500 ( someone, please correct me if I'm off on these numbers ). Then when customers were allowed, I think that increased by 1,000 to around 3,500. I may be of a couple hundred, but I think that's in the ballpark(?)

I'm also not 100% sure if Steve Hare will show up in the photos. It seems very strange for a global conference not to have the CEO at least present ( I think in prior years, Hare was not on the speaking roster but did appear somewhere a the conference ).

Hmmm.  So if you were an Intacct reseller, you got in for free?  Not sure if that would have been enough.  Do you think there were 1200 people there?  Or Sean Spicer doing the press conference for Sage?

Sage announces Partner Summit 2023 attendance of over 1,200 partners Our President of Sage North America,

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Wayne Schulz
wayne@s-consult.com
Schulz Consulting
(860) 516-8990
Moodus, CT

Another opening day crowd shot.

There are probably 1,200 there. Remember, this is a global conference.  If I recall, the old Sage Summit - before it joined with customers - attracted around 2,500 ( someone, please correct me if I'm off on these numbers ). Then when customers were allowed, I think that increased by 1,000 to around 3,500. I may be of a couple hundred, but I think that's in the ballpark(?)

I'm also not 100% sure if Steve Hare will show up in the photos. It seems very strange for a global conference not to have the CEO at least present ( I think in prior years, Hare was not on the speaking roster but did appear somewhere a the conference ).

Hmmm.  So if you were an Intacct reseller, you got in for free?  Not sure if that would have been enough.  Do you think there were 1200 people there?  Or Sean Spicer doing the press conference for Sage?

Sage announces Partner Summit 2023 attendance of over 1,200 partners Our President of Sage North America,

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Wayne Schulz
wayne@s-consult.com
Schulz Consulting
(860) 516-8990
Moodus, CT

Sage announces Partner Summit 2023 attendance of over 1,200 partners Our President of Sage North America,

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Wayne Schulz
wayne@s-consult.com
Schulz Consulting
(860) 516-8990
Moodus, CT
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I registered to go to Summit before I went to 90 Minds MOTM, so I was already committed to going and networking. It certainly feels like there are 1,200 people here - if not more. The opening keynote session yesterday and the evening opening receptions felt quite full.

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Basil Malik
e: basil@ss-adv.com
p: (918)600-8700

"Whatever you are, try to be a good one."
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Sent: 05-22-2023 19:52
From: Wayne Schulz
Subject: Sage posts list of detail Sage Partner Summit workshops

Sage announces Partner Summit 2023 attendance of over 1,200 partners Our President of Sage North America,

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Wayne Schulz
wayne@s-consult.com
Schulz Consulting
(860) 516-8990
Moodus, CT

@Basil Malik  Is Steve Hare there? If not, what reason have they given for the CEO not attending/speaking at a global conference?

I registered to go to Summit before I went to 90 Minds MOTM, so I was already committed to going and networking. It certainly feels like there are 1,200 people here - if not more. The opening keynote session yesterday and the evening opening receptions felt quite full.

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Basil Malik
e: basil@ss-adv.com
p: (918)600-8700

"Whatever you are, try to be a good one."


Original Message:
Sent: 05-22-2023 19:52
From: Wayne Schulz
Subject: Sage posts list of detail Sage Partner Summit workshops

Sage announces Partner Summit 2023 attendance of over 1,200 partners Our President of Sage North America,

------------------------------
Wayne Schulz
wayne@s-consult.com
Schulz Consulting
(860) 516-8990
Moodus, CT

I haven't seen Steve. If you went to the Sage Partner Summit last year, the same emcee that facilitated the sessions was on the main stage. And Aziz facilitated the Act I of the keynote. I had to leave about 30 minutes in to take a sales call, so I'm not sure if they mentioned anything about Steve.

I believe today's keynote is supposed to be the official kickoff for the event for the entire summit as yesterday was the partner-focused day. We'll see if they mention it or if Steve makes an appearance.

@Basil Malik  Is Steve Hare there? If not, what reason have they given for the CEO not attending/speaking at a global conference?

I registered to go to Summit before I went to 90 Minds MOTM, so I was already committed to going and networking. It certainly feels like there are 1,200 people here - if not more. The opening keynote session yesterday and the evening opening receptions felt quite full.

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Basil Malik
e: basil@ss-adv.com
p: (918)600-8700

"Whatever you are, try to be a good one."


Original Message:
Sent: 05-22-2023 19:52
From: Wayne Schulz
Subject: Sage posts list of detail Sage Partner Summit workshops

Sage announces Partner Summit 2023 attendance of over 1,200 partners Our President of Sage North America,

------------------------------
Wayne Schulz
wayne@s-consult.com
Schulz Consulting
(860) 516-8990
Moodus, CT

I'm not 100% but last year; I think Steve Hare was not on the speaker list but did appear at some point. 

I haven't seen Steve. If you went to the Sage Partner Summit last year, the same emcee that facilitated the sessions was on the main stage. And Aziz facilitated the Act I of the keynote. I had to leave about 30 minutes in to take a sales call, so I'm not sure if they mentioned anything about Steve.

I believe today's keynote is supposed to be the official kickoff for the event for the entire summit as yesterday was the partner-focused day. We'll see if they mention it or if Steve makes an appearance.

@Basil Malik  Is Steve Hare there? If not, what reason have they given for the CEO not attending/speaking at a global conference?

I registered to go to Summit before I went to 90 Minds MOTM, so I was already committed to going and networking. It certainly feels like there are 1,200 people here - if not more. The opening keynote session yesterday and the evening opening receptions felt quite full.

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Basil Malik
e: basil@ss-adv.com
p: (918)600-8700

"Whatever you are, try to be a good one."


Original Message:
Sent: 05-22-2023 19:52
From: Wayne Schulz
Subject: Sage posts list of detail Sage Partner Summit workshops

Sage announces Partner Summit 2023 attendance of over 1,200 partners Our President of Sage North America,

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Wayne Schulz
wayne@s-consult.com
Schulz Consulting
(860) 516-8990
Moodus, CT

So what (besides Intacct) is new in the world of Sage?  Does anything besides the fair haired child exist?  What is the latest pie in the sky innovation coming down the pike?

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Jeff Schwenk
Bottomline Software, Inc.
(540) 221-4444
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Original Message:
Sent: 05-23-2023 08:05
From: Wayne Schulz
Subject: Sage posts list of detail Sage Partner Summit workshops

I'm not 100% but last year; I think Steve Hare was not on the speaker list but did appear at some point. 

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Wayne Schulz
wayne@s-consult.com
Schulz Consulting
(860) 516-8990
Moodus, CT


Original Message:
Sent: 05-23-2023 08:03
From: Basil Malik
Subject: Sage posts list of detail Sage Partner Summit workshops

I haven't seen Steve. If you went to the Sage Partner Summit last year, the same emcee that facilitated the sessions was on the main stage. And Aziz facilitated the Act I of the keynote. I had to leave about 30 minutes in to take a sales call, so I'm not sure if they mentioned anything about Steve.

I believe today's keynote is supposed to be the official kickoff for the event for the entire summit as yesterday was the partner-focused day. We'll see if they mention it or if Steve makes an appearance.

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Basil Malik
e: basil@ss-adv.com
p: (918)600-8700

"Whatever you are, try to be a good one."


Original Message:
Sent: 05-23-2023 07:58
From: Wayne Schulz
Subject: Sage posts list of detail Sage Partner Summit workshops

@Basil Malik  Is Steve Hare there? If not, what reason have they given for the CEO not attending/speaking at a global conference?

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Wayne Schulz
wayne@s-consult.com
Schulz Consulting
(860) 516-8990
Moodus, CT


Original Message:
Sent: 05-23-2023 07:57
From: Basil Malik
Subject: Sage posts list of detail Sage Partner Summit workshops

I registered to go to Summit before I went to 90 Minds MOTM, so I was already committed to going and networking. It certainly feels like there are 1,200 people here - if not more. The opening keynote session yesterday and the evening opening receptions felt quite full.

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Basil Malik
e: basil@ss-adv.com
p: (918)600-8700

"Whatever you are, try to be a good one."


Original Message:
Sent: 05-22-2023 19:52
From: Wayne Schulz
Subject: Sage posts list of detail Sage Partner Summit workshops

Sage announces Partner Summit 2023 attendance of over 1,200 partners Our President of Sage North America,

------------------------------
Wayne Schulz
wayne@s-consult.com
Schulz Consulting
(860) 516-8990
Moodus, CT

I think the next big thing is going to be about integration. Specifically, Sage takes a fee for transactions from third parties for money moved into and out of Sage.

Stephen Kelly predicted a few years ago that the business was about the movement of money.

At one point, I believe Sage planned to sell people and businesses on using some type of Sage network.

For that, the various participants would need to create a Sage ID. It sounded an awful lot like EDI. It has been a little while since I've seen this on a Powerpoint. 

From what I hear and can see, the process may have morphed to be more of a fee per transaction as measured on the Sage Intacct API. I don't think this type of toll is as easy to collect for legacy products.

From watching the very few Twitter photos that are coming back from the Sage Partner Summit 2023 it appears the content is pretty similar to many past conferences.  I see slides telling participants how big the market is and how it's growing and how Sage loves partners. 

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Wayne Schulz
wayne@s-consult.com
Schulz Consulting
(860) 516-8990
Moodus, CT
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Original Message:
Sent: 05-23-2023 11:01
From: Jeff Schwenk
Subject: Sage posts list of detail Sage Partner Summit workshops

So what (besides Intacct) is new in the world of Sage?  Does anything besides the fair haired child exist?  What is the latest pie in the sky innovation coming down the pike?

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Jeff Schwenk
Bottomline Software, Inc.
(540) 221-4444


Original Message:
Sent: 05-23-2023 08:05
From: Wayne Schulz
Subject: Sage posts list of detail Sage Partner Summit workshops

I'm not 100% but last year; I think Steve Hare was not on the speaker list but did appear at some point. 

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Wayne Schulz
wayne@s-consult.com
Schulz Consulting
(860) 516-8990
Moodus, CT


Original Message:
Sent: 05-23-2023 08:03
From: Basil Malik
Subject: Sage posts list of detail Sage Partner Summit workshops

I haven't seen Steve. If you went to the Sage Partner Summit last year, the same emcee that facilitated the sessions was on the main stage. And Aziz facilitated the Act I of the keynote. I had to leave about 30 minutes in to take a sales call, so I'm not sure if they mentioned anything about Steve.

I believe today's keynote is supposed to be the official kickoff for the event for the entire summit as yesterday was the partner-focused day. We'll see if they mention it or if Steve makes an appearance.

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Basil Malik
e: basil@ss-adv.com
p: (918)600-8700

"Whatever you are, try to be a good one."


Original Message:
Sent: 05-23-2023 07:58
From: Wayne Schulz
Subject: Sage posts list of detail Sage Partner Summit workshops

@Basil Malik  Is Steve Hare there? If not, what reason have they given for the CEO not attending/speaking at a global conference?

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Wayne Schulz
wayne@s-consult.com
Schulz Consulting
(860) 516-8990
Moodus, CT


Original Message:
Sent: 05-23-2023 07:57
From: Basil Malik
Subject: Sage posts list of detail Sage Partner Summit workshops

I registered to go to Summit before I went to 90 Minds MOTM, so I was already committed to going and networking. It certainly feels like there are 1,200 people here - if not more. The opening keynote session yesterday and the evening opening receptions felt quite full.

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Basil Malik
e: basil@ss-adv.com
p: (918)600-8700

"Whatever you are, try to be a good one."


Original Message:
Sent: 05-22-2023 19:52
From: Wayne Schulz
Subject: Sage posts list of detail Sage Partner Summit workshops

Sage announces Partner Summit 2023 attendance of over 1,200 partners Our President of Sage North America,

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Wayne Schulz
wayne@s-consult.com
Schulz Consulting
(860) 516-8990
Moodus, CT

Greytrix is posting a lot of good slide images from today's technology overview with Aaron Harris

Aaron's keynote was superb. But it does reinforce the fact that Sage has two primary directives coming out of this particular event:
1) Responsibility with AI and how Sage is gradually including it within their products.
2) Big changes to the Developer platform. This includes integrations, and rolling out a new RESTful API on the Sage Network. It sounds much like what SData should have been but with modern technology underpinning the infrastructure that'll allow it to evolve gracefully over time vs. needing to take it behind the shed and "Ol' Yeller" it.

I am no Wayne Shulz, but I am pooling all of my pictures from keynotes and the sessions here: https://malikinc.sharepoint.com/:f:/s/SSAdv/Eho8HrdNaJNAskS1MyUHRPgBIjy7A-8evEsupsMBI_AtDQ?e=BDtEXP

If you use any of those images in posts, I only ask that you tag/cite me in those posts. :) There's a two-minute live demo that Aaron did on stage that I think the team would be interested to see.

I'll upload more as the conference progresses. 

Greytrix is posting a lot of good slide images from today's technology overview with Aaron Harris

@Basil Malik - Are any of these directives outlined above going to impact Sage 100?  Or were they talking to the X3/Intacct crowd?  Did they give any timelines?  Or was this another "broad brush stroke" PowerPoint presentation to be forgotten about after the conference (Remember the Erika J flipcharts on the final day and final hour partner session).  Wasn't Sdata supposed to be the cat's meow when it was first introduced?  I don't think it made it past three lives, let alone nine.

Can anyone summarize what the major takeaways were of the conference?

Aaron's keynote was superb. But it does reinforce the fact that Sage has two primary directives coming out of this particular event:
1) Responsibility with AI and how Sage is gradually including it within their products.
2) Big changes to the Developer platform. This includes integrations, and rolling out a new RESTful API on the Sage Network. It sounds much like what SData should have been but with modern technology underpinning the infrastructure that'll allow it to evolve gracefully over time vs. needing to take it behind the shed and "Ol' Yeller" it.

I am no Wayne Shulz, but I am pooling all of my pictures from keynotes and the sessions here: https://malikinc.sharepoint.com/:f:/s/SSAdv/Eho8HrdNaJNAskS1MyUHRPgBIjy7A-8evEsupsMBI_AtDQ?e=BDtEXP

If you use any of those images in posts, I only ask that you tag/cite me in those posts. :) There's a two-minute live demo that Aaron did on stage that I think the team would be interested to see.

I'll upload more as the conference progresses. 

Greytrix is posting a lot of good slide images from today's technology overview with Aaron Harris

@Basil Malik - Are any of these directives outlined above going to impact Sage 100?  Or were they talking to the X3/Intacct crowd?  Did they give any timelines?  Or was this another "broad brush stroke" PowerPoint presentation to be forgotten about after the conference (Remember the Erika J flipcharts on the final day and final hour partner session).  Wasn't Sdata supposed to be the cat's meow when it was first introduced?  I don't think it made it past three lives, let alone nine.

Can anyone summarize what the major takeaways were of the conference?

Aaron's keynote was superb. But it does reinforce the fact that Sage has two primary directives coming out of this particular event:
1) Responsibility with AI and how Sage is gradually including it within their products.
2) Big changes to the Developer platform. This includes integrations, and rolling out a new RESTful API on the Sage Network. It sounds much like what SData should have been but with modern technology underpinning the infrastructure that'll allow it to evolve gracefully over time vs. needing to take it behind the shed and "Ol' Yeller" it.

I am no Wayne Shulz, but I am pooling all of my pictures from keynotes and the sessions here: https://malikinc.sharepoint.com/:f:/s/SSAdv/Eho8HrdNaJNAskS1MyUHRPgBIjy7A-8evEsupsMBI_AtDQ?e=BDtEXP

If you use any of those images in posts, I only ask that you tag/cite me in those posts. :) There's a two-minute live demo that Aaron did on stage that I think the team would be interested to see.

I'll upload more as the conference progresses. 

Greytrix is posting a lot of good slide images from today's technology overview with Aaron Harris