Sage ERP X3 provides an easy to use, rapid to implement and cost-effective global ERP solution. Version 6 focuses on cost and time savings, full interoperability among dispersed teams and improved customer experience

Paris, January 20, 2010 – The Sage Group plc today announced the availability of a new major release of Sage ERP X3, their flagship global ERP solution for mid-sized and larger businesses. This new version helps these companies save time and reduce costs, support interoperability among dispersed teams and improve their customers’ experience - key issues mid-sized and large enterprises are facing during these challenging times.

Christophe Letellier, General Manager, Sage ERP X3 world-wide said: “Midmarket companies looking for an easy to use, rapid to implement and cost effective, world class ERP solution can take advantage of this new major release. Sage ERP X3 operates at a fraction of typical Tier 1 ERP costs and is adopted by users in as much as half the time without compromising on functional coverage. Our ambition is to be recognised as a leader in the midmarket globally, with Sage ERP X3 already having 2,700 customers in more than 50 countries, with 150,000 users and 150 business partners.

Sage ERP X3 v6 represents a real evolution towards the new generation of integrated user-centric business solutions allowing all users of the extended enterprise to be active stakeholders in accelerated and collaborative business processes, either via the desktop or over the web.

During his keynote address Emmanuel Obadia, Senior Vice-President, Sage ERP X3, presented a breakthrough innovation with Netvibes the soon to be released Sage Enterprise Webtop TM. This enables enterprises to instantly develop powerful widget dashboard web applications to automate communications and collaboration within and outside of the enterprise, build stronger customer relationships and experience, and create personalised workforce tools.

Emmanuel Obadia said, “This major release reinforces our ability to support change management with innovations such as Sage Visual Processes TM. It helps CFOs of global businesses to get real-time visibility of their entire business and control over multi-legislation and multi charts of accounts. The solution also offers REST web services to better integrate cloud computing and SaaS based complementary solutions to Sage ERP X3.”

Sage ERP X3 V6 offers 583 enhancements and new features focusing on:

• Saving time & Reducing Costs
• Financials Span & Cost Control with multi-legislation, multi charts of account in one referential folder and integration of finance specialist features such as Fixed asset management, Credit Management, Consolidation & Reporting, Treasury and SEPA compliance
• Process optimisation and agility with sub-contracting, enhanced Quality Management, Distribution costs, Preparation Orders optimisation, Engineer To Order. Preactor, Ortems alliances for APS; Assetium, Lascom for PLM; DIMO, AXEL for CMMS, Osys for MES; to provide a full SCM/MES system very strong in both process and discrete manufacturing industries.
• Interoperate across dispersed teams
• International development with new countries covered and a unified repository for all financials globally
• Collaboration & Coordination with LDAP directory, MS Office 2007 and Outlook 2007 integration, Enhanced Workflow Agent, Sage Visual ProcessesTM V2
• Improve customer experience
• SAFE X3 Web app server, running on Tomcat/Apache, allowing web facing ERP applications
• Sage Enterprise WebtopTM (to be released in the next point release of V6 due second half of 2010) for personalised dashboards for all extended enterprise users
• Alliance with Docubase (ECM) and Readsoft (Document Processing Automation – DPA) allowing for invoice automated processing

Sage ERP X3 V6 operates in 64 bits for Microsoft Windows Server 2008, RedHat Linux 5, IBM AIX 5.3, Microsoft SQL Server 2008 and Oracle® Database 11g R2 with Real Application Clusters and EXADATA compliance.

Availability:

- France, Allemagne, Espagne, Suisse, Australie, Afrique francophone : Q1 2010
- États-Unis et Canada, Royaume-Uni, Chine, Afrique du Sud, Afrique anglophone : Q2 2010
- Portugal, Italie, Moyen-Orient, Singapour; Pologne, Russie et reste du monde : S2 2010

Screen Shots are available on www.sageerpx3.com

About The Sage Group plc

The Sage Group plc is a leading global supplier of business management software and related products and services, principally for small to medium-sized enterprises. Formed in 1981, Sage was floated on the London Stock Exchange in 1989. Sage has 6.1 million customers and 13,400 employees worldwide. We operate in over 24 countries covering the UK, Europe, North America, South Africa, Australia, India and China. For further information please visit www.sage.com.

About Sage ERP X3

Sage ERP X3 is a dedicated solution for mid-market companies with international demands. Over 2,700 customers representing 150,000 users worldwide already chose Sage ERP X3 because it is easy to use, fast to deploy and cost effective. For more than 10 years Sage ERP X3 has been a proven and comprehensive ERP solution addressing mid-market companies specific requirements and challenges in various industries from manufacturing, services to distribution and many more. Sage ERP X3 is present in 50 countries and counts a network of 1,500 Sage professionals and 150 partners in its ecosystem.

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For all media and IT industry analyst enquiries please contact:
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damien.louvet@sage.com
Tel: + 33 (0) 1 41 66 25 14
Sage France media site
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+ 33 (0) 1 41 66 24 82
cora.beghin@sage.com

Latest version of flagship global mid market ERP solution operates on Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 and Microsoft SQL Server 2008 and offers native Microsoft Office 2007 compatibility

Paris, January 20th 2010, Paris. Sage, one of the world’s leading suppliers of business management software and services, today unveiled the latest version of Sage ERP X3. The global mid market ERP solution, developed for growing companies with sophisticated, international requirements, uses the Microsoft platform, amongst others, to deliver an innovative business application that is built around the user and provides a complete view of a company’s operations.

Emmanuel Obadia, Senior Vice President, Sage ERP X3, comments, “In a market characterised by complexity and limited resources, customers are increasingly looking for solutions which provide value, are simple to use and are innovative yet pragmatic. It is here that the Microsoft platform naturally comes into play, enabling our mutual customers to realise their full potential by delivering to them a user-centric solution which can be deployed rapidly and is cost effective.”

Sage ERP takes advantage of Windows 7 and Microsoft Office compatibility to provide a best in class customer experience. The ability to seamlessly combine critical ERP structured information with familiar Microsoft Office documents in core business processes, such as order to cash, reduces time and costs and increases an organisations’ responsiveness. In addition all Microsoft Office documents are securely stored in the Sage ERP X3 database, giving them meaningful business context. This approach, augmented through the efficiency of Windows 7, increases ease of use, accelerates user adoption and lowers the total cost of ownership.

“Sage ERP X3 v6 utilizes a variety of Microsoft technologies, including Windows Server 2008 R2, Hyper-V, Microsoft SQL Server 2008, Windows 7 and Microsoft Office to simplify IT resource provisioning, further improving cost effectiveness and business efficiency,” said Kim Akers, General Manager, Global ISVs, Microsoft Corporation “It’s key to deliver innovative business applications to our mutual customers across the globe.”

About The Sage Group plc

The Sage Group plc is a leading global supplier of business management software and related products and services, principally for small to medium-sized enterprises. Formed in 1981, Sage was floated on the London Stock Exchange in 1989. Sage has 6.1 million customers and 13,400 employees worldwide. We operate in over 24 countries covering the UK, Europe, North America, South Africa, Australia, India and China. For further information please visit www.sage.com.

About Sage ERP X3

Sage ERP X3 is a dedicated solution for mid-market companies with international demands. Over 2,700 customers representing 150,000 users worldwide already chose Sage ERP X3 because it is easy to use, fast to deploy and cost effective. For more than 10 years Sage ERP X3 has been a proven and comprehensive ERP solution addressing mid-market companies specific requirements and challenges in various industries from manufacturing, services to distribution and many more. Sage ERP X3 is present in 50 countries and counts a network of 1,500 Sage professionals and 150 partners in its ecosystem.

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damien.louvet@sage.com
Tel: + 33 (0) 1 41 66 25 14
Sage France media site
Cora Béghin
+ 33 (0) 1 41 66 24 82
cora.beghin@sage.com

Sage ERP X3 and Oracle reinforce commitment to maximise value for their mutual customers

Paris, January 20, 2010. Sage ERP X3 is announcing a new performance landmark for mid sized and large companies with the release of Sage ERP X3 v6, Sage’s global mid market ERP solution developed for growing companies with sophisticated, international requirements. Reinforcing a technology relationship built over the years with Oracle, Sage ERP X3 leverages Oracle® Database 11g R2, amongst others, Oracle Real Applications Clusters and Oracle Exadata Storage Servers to offer scalable, cost-effective software architecture and to support their mutual customers’ long term growth.

Sage ERP X3 can be deployed on a variety of databases, giving customers flexibility and choice. The combination of Sage ERP X3 and Oracle provides a robust and innovative solution, which enhances Sage ERP X3’s value and performance through the ability to support several thousand concurrent users, process several hundred thousands transactions per hour and synchronise data across customer’s sites. This enables businesses to achieve a tangible return on investment through improved efficiency and response time.

“It is vital for us to provide our customers with a cost effective, easy to own solution that takes account of both their current and future requirements. Oracle’s technology allows us to offer midsized and larger customers a scalable, flexible, easy to administer and cost effective IT environment”, said Emmanuel Obadia, Senior Vice President, Sage ERP X3. “Achieving the right level of IT investment for business growth is a critical issue and this combined solution helps our customers achieve just that.”

“It’s good to see Sage ERP X3 making such innovative use of Oracle’s core technology for the benefit of its customers in terms of cost-effectiveness and scalability,” said Chris Baker, Senior Vice President, Core technology, Oracle EMEA. “Oracle and Sage’ ERP X3’s technology alliance reflects our determination to support our mutual customers’ business growth in the long run. Oracle has led the industry with offerings such as Oracle Exadata Storage Servers and Oracle Real Application Clusters; and working with switched-on vendors such as Sage increases the number of customers who can benefit from Oracle’s technological excellence.”
Sage is a Gold level partner in the Oracle PartnerNetwork.

About Oracle PartnerNetwork

Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN) Specialized is the latest version of Oracle's partner program that provides partners with tools to better develop, sell and implement Oracle solutions. OPN Specialized offers resources to train and support specialized knowledge of Oracle products and solutions and has evolved to recognize Oracle growing product portfolio, partner base and business opportunity. Key to the latest enhancements to OPN is the ability for partners to differentiate through Specializations. Specializations are achieved through competency development, business results, expertise and proven success. To find out more visit http://www.oracle.com/partners.

About The Sage Group plc

The Sage Group plc is a leading global supplier of business management software and related products and services, principally for small to medium-sized enterprises. Formed in 1981, Sage was floated on the London Stock Exchange in 1989. Sage has 6.1 million customers and 13,400 employees worldwide. We operate in over 24 countries covering the UK, Europe, North America, South Africa, Australia, India and China. For further information please visit www.sage.com.

About Sage ERP X3

Sage ERP X3 is a dedicated solution for mid-market companies with international demands. Over 2,700 customers representing 150,000 users worldwide already chose Sage ERP X3 because it is easy to use, fast to deploy and cost effective. For more than 10 years Sage ERP X3 has been a proven and comprehensive ERP solution addressing mid-market companies specific requirements and challenges in various industries from manufacturing, services to distribution and many more. Sage ERP X3 is present in 50 countries and counts a network of 1,500 Sage professionals and 150 partners in its ecosystem.

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For all media and IT industry analyst enquiries please contact:
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damien.louvet@sage.com
Tel: + 33 (0) 1 41 66 25 14
Sage France media site
Cora Béghin
+ 33 (0) 1 41 66 24 82
cora.beghin@sage.com

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Sage evolves to meet changing customer needs with new international team and ERP solution for companies with complex, international and global requirements.

Paris, January 20th, 2010. Sage (SGE.L), one of the world’s leading suppliers of business management software and services, today unveiled its new global mid-market ERP solution, Sage ERP X3 v6. The innovative solution is built around the customer and places emphasis on ease of use, rapid deployment and cost effectiveness.

Recognising that the needs of customers are changing, with an increasing demand for solutions to manage businesses on a global basis, Sage has created an international team to support the development of the Sage ERP X3 business. This team includes key people from Sage’s worldwide businesses, bringing together Sage’s local expertise and global resources to ensure Sage ERP X3 is highly relevant to today’s customers. The team will work closely with Sage’s local operations to ensure Sage ERP X3 is complementary to local mid-market product offerings and includes international pre-sales and professional services, training, global R&D and global marketing and communications.

Speaking at the launch, Paul Walker, Chief Executive of The Sage Group plc said: “The creation of this global organisation to support our Sage ERP X3 customers is another evolution in Sage’s long history of delivering what our customers need. We pride ourselves on being a trusted partner, offering expertise and people who really understand their business. This is where our local knowledge sets us apart and combined with our global strength is a key differentiator.”

“Many businesses either don’t want or can’t afford the complexity of traditional enterprise software. I believe there is a significant opportunity for Sage to fill this gap in the market and break the mould of the conventional approach to global ERP. Sage ERP X3 is a proven solution which addresses this need and the latest version and the new structure demonstrates our commitment to customers in this market.”

With hundreds of enhancements and new features, Sage ERP X3 v6 has been specifically designed to address the key issues facing mid-sized and larger businesses: reducing costs, saving time, offering full interoperability among sites and dispersed teams across the globe and improving the overall customer experience. The solution also offers a greater choice of technology than ever and has been developed and can be deployed on a wide range of technology platforms and databases, providing crucial flexibility for customers.

Christophe Letellier, General Manager, Sage ERP X3 Worldwide said: “Sage ERP X3 v6 represents an important evolution in terms of usability, agility and tailored provision for mid-market companies. The solution provides a complete view of a company’s operations and total financial control throughout the entire organisation. It is a highly flexible solution, meaning it can be tailored to fit many business requirements, and is fully deployable either on premise or on the web.”

“Its innovative, role-based web user interface allows customers to personalise the system to their requirements and enhances their overall experience. The solution makes manipulating complex and critical information easy and displays it exactly how the user wants thus improving interoperability across a business.”

Sage ERP X3 is sold and supported both directly via Sage and via Sage’s network of local business partners. Sage ERP X3 has also expanded a partnership with Logica, a global systems integrator, to better support multi-country ERP projects and has worked with Microsoft, Oracle and Netvibes to develop and deliver a truly innovative and global ERP solution. For further information on these please visit www.sageerpx3.com.

About The Sage Group plc

The Sage Group plc is a leading global supplier of business management software and related products and services, principally for small to medium-sized enterprises. Formed in 1981, Sage was floated on the London Stock Exchange in 1989. Sage has 6.1 million customers and 13,400 employees worldwide. We operate in over 24 countries covering the UK, Europe, North America, South Africa, Australia, India and China. For further information please visit www.sage.com.

About Sage ERP X3

Sage ERP X3 is a dedicated solution for mid-market companies with international demands. Over 2,700 customers representing 150,000 users worldwide already chose Sage ERP X3 because it is easy to use, fast to deploy and cost effective. For more than 10 years Sage ERP X3 has been a proven and comprehensive ERP solution addressing mid-market companies specific requirements and challenges in various industries from manufacturing, services to distribution and many more. Sage ERP X3 is present in 50 countries and counts a network of 1,500 Sage professionals and 150 partners in its ecosystem.

Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/sageerpx3

Press contacts

Sage

For all media and IT industry analyst enquiries please contact:
Damien Louvet
damien.louvet@sage.com
Tel: + 33 (0) 1 41 66 25 14
Sage France media site
Cora Béghin
+ 33 (0) 1 41 66 24 82
cora.beghin@sage.com

Notes for Editors

Further information on Sage ERP X3 v6:

Sage ERP X3 v6 offers numerous enhancements and new features focusing on:

• Saving time & reducing costs
  • Financial span and control with multi-legislation, multi charts of account in one referential folder and integration of finance specialist features such as fixed asset management, credit management, consolidation & reporting, treasury and SEPA compliance
  • Process optimisation and agility with sub-contracting, enhanced quality management, distribution costs, preparation orders optimisation, engineer to order.  Preactor, Ortems alliances for APS; Assetium, Lascom for PLM; DIMO, AXEL for CMMS, Osys for MES; to provide a full SCM/MES system very strong in both process and discrete manufacturing industries.
• Interoperability across dispersed teams
• International development with new countries covered and a unified repository for all financials globally
• Collaboration & coordination with LDAP directory, MS Office 2007 and Outlook 2007 integration, Enhanced Workflow Agent, Sage Visual ProcessesTM V2
• Improved customer experience
• SAFE X3 Web app server, running on Tomcat/Apache, allowing web facing ERP applications
• Sage Enterprise WebtopTM (to be released in the next point release of v6)  for personalised dashboards for all extended enterprise users
• Innovation with Netvibesenables enterprises to instantly develop powerful widget dashboard web applications to automate communications and collaboration, build stronger customer relationships and experience, and create personalised workforce tools.
• Alliance with Docubase (ECM) and Readsoft (Document Processing Automation – DPA) allowing for automated invoice processing

Sage ERP X3 v6 operates in 64 bits for Microsoft Windows Server 2008, RedHat Linux 5, IBM AIX 5.3, Microsoft SQL Server 2008 and Oracle® Database 11g R2 with Real Application Clusters and EXADATA compliance.

Sage Visual Processes TM and REST web services.
Innovations such as Sage Visual Processes TM helps CFOs of global businesses get real-time visibility of their entire business and control multi-legislation and multi charts of accounts. The solution also offers REST web services to better integrate cloud computing and SaaS based, complementary solutions with Sage ERP X3.

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Sage ERP X3 and Netvibes deliver major usability innovation for ERP, enabling enterprises to easily develop powerful widget dashboard applications to automate communications and collaboration, build stronger customer relationships and create personalized workforce tools

Paris, January 20, 2010. Sage, one of the world’s leading suppliers of business management software and services, today unveiled its new global mid-market ERP solution, Sage ERP X3 v6, developed for growing companies with sophisticated, international requirements. Sage Enterprise Webtop TM, an upcoming extension to Sage ERP X3, which can operate on the cloud or on premise, was also exclusively previewed.

Sage Enterprise Webtop TM has been developed through collaboration with Netvibes, a pioneer of personal dashboard publishing platforms for the web. It enables any user to instantly create their own personalized widget dashboard applications to manage everything from sales and HR to customer relationships. With an innovative and intuitive drag-and-drop interface the partnership demonstrates Sage ERP X3’s commitment to accessibility, ease of use and simplicity.

“Sage ERP X3 v6 has been built around the user and we have placed great emphasis on ensuring it can adapt to the way each user works. Too often ERP users have had to adapt to the way their applications work but our vision is for customers to have a completely personalized experience, where they can tailor Sage ERP X3 to their exact needs. Through innovations such as Sage Enterprise Webtop TM we are delivering on this vision,” said Emmanuel Obadia, Senior Vice President, Sage ERP X3. “Sage Enterprise Webtop TM will enable any employee, team and permitted external stakeholder to create their own personal dashboards, ensuring they always have the perfect tools for their job or relationship."

Scheduled with the next point release of Sage ERP X3, due later this year, Sage Enterprise Webtop TM is powered by Wasabi, Netvibes highly acclaimed fifth generation dashboard and widget publishing engine. Combining the latest personalization and real-time technologies with the powerful new Sage ERP X3 platform it creates a new solution that bridges the gap between personal Web 2.0 applications and enterprise systems. In just minutes any individual or team in the extended enterprise can build their own personalized workplace dashboard where they can manage all of their real-time feeds, ERP tools and status reports, activity feeds, social networks, email, documents and much more - all in one place.

"As we enter the real-time era, modern information workers are struggling to manage an ever growing myriad of feeds, updates, news searches and new enterprise tools. It's an endless and fatiguing cycle of checking email, searching for files, switching between applications and catching up with the latest news," said Freddy Mini, CEO, Netvibes. "Sage Enterprise Webtop TM is the first user personalized enterprise dashboard solution that promises to deliver the right tools and the right information to the right people at exactly the right time, to break this fatigue cycle and boost productivity, by combining Netvibes personalization technology with the power of Sage ERP X3."

Sage Enterprise Webtop TM helps reduce complexity, increase productivity and make everyday tasks easier. For example dashboards can be used to help:

• Enterprise Customers: View and share customer information, requests and updates in real-time to create improved customer experiences through customer self-service dashboards.
• Enterprise responsiveness: Monitor hundreds of client and competitor news and Twitter feeds easily, all at a glance, all in one place.
• Extended Enterprise: Share processes and custom access to invoices, payments and reports with suppliers and partners. Create self-serve dashboards that enable extended enterprise partners to self manage their most common requests in real-time.
• Internal Teams: Offer personalized HR dashboards, where employees can access and manage benefits, view company news and much more. Create team dashboards for sales teams where each user can manage customers and prospects, track sales targets and manage everyday team communications and status updates.

Sage Enterprise Webtop TM will be offered as a SaaS or on premise extension to Sage ERP X3 and will feature:

• Drag-and-Drop Publishing: Netvibes award-winning design and publishing tools make it easy and intuitive for any user to build powerful real-time dashboards in just minutes, with zero programming required
• Sage Enterprise Widget Pack: Professional workplace widgets that let users rapidly and securely access Sage ERP X3 critical business information, perform database queries, view customer information, manage extended enterprise relationships and more
• Self-Service Licenses: Publish self-serve dashboards for the extended enterprise that enable partners to access invoices, payments, reports and more
• Strategic Support: As an extension of Sage ERP X3, Sage will provide the same world-class training and strategic design to ensure the ease and success of every implementation
• Developer's Network: Sage partners will soon be able to create and offer new workplace tools on Sage Enterprise Webtop TM. They will leverage the generic Sage ERP X3 widgets to create thousands of industry, role and customer specific widgets, tapping into a new revenue opportunity.
• Massive Built-in Widget Library: Enterprises can draw from more than 185,000 official widgets and feeds

About Netvibes

Founded in 2005, Netvibes pioneered the first personal dashboard publishing platform for the Web. For consumers, Netvibes.com is the most awarded startpage where millions of people around the world personalize and publish all aspects of their daily digital lives. For agencies and publishers, Netvibes’ universal widget technology (UWA), widget distribution services and Premium Dashboards help rapidly deliver brand observation rooms and user-personalized marketing campaigns. For companies, Netvibes Enterprise delivers secure, scalable personal workspaces, portals and industry dashboards.

Today, Netvibes powers personalization for more than 1000+ of the world's leading brands, interactive agencies, government organizations, non-profits and enterprises--serving half a billion widgets every month. Netvibes (http://www.netvibes.com) has offices in Paris, London and San Francisco.

About The Sage Group plc

The Sage Group plc is a leading global supplier of business management software and related products and services, principally for small to medium-sized enterprises. Formed in 1981, Sage was floated on the London Stock Exchange in 1989. Sage has 6.1 million customers and 13,400 employees worldwide. We operate in over 24 countries covering the UK, Europe, North America, South Africa, Australia, India and China. For further information please visit www.sage.com.

About Sage ERP X3

Sage ERP X3 is a dedicated solution for mid-market companies with international demands. Over 2,700 customers representing 150,000 users worldwide already chose Sage ERP X3 because it is easy to use, fast to deploy and cost effective. For more than 10 years Sage ERP X3 has been a proven and comprehensive ERP solution addressing mid-market companies specific requirements and challenges in various industries from manufacturing, services to distribution and many more. Sage ERP X3 is present in 50 countries and counts a network of 1,500 Sage professionals and 150 partners in its ecosystem.

Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/sageerpx3

Press contacts

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For all media and IT industry analyst enquiries please contact:
Damien Louvet
damien.louvet@sage.com
Tel: + 33 (0) 1 41 66 25 14
Sage France media site
Cora Béghin
+ 33 (0) 1 41 66 24 82
cora.beghin@sage.com

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Vincent Chang
vincent@netvibes.com, +1 415 806 1769

Paris, January 20th 2010. At today’s launch of Sage ERP X3 V6, Sage’s flagship global ERP solution for mid-sized and large businesses, Sage announced it has expanded its partnership with Logica, a global systems integrator. The partnership now includes the opportunity for multi-country end-to-end ERP projects covering consulting, system integration and deployment. Reinforcing its position as one of the market leaders, Sage also announced the formation of an international team, including professional services, to better support its global Sage ERP X3 customers.

The partnership extends the agreement signed a year ago between Sage and Logica France around Sage ERP X3. The success of this collaboration combined with Sage's new approach to this market, has prompted the two companies to give their partnership a new global scope.

"By drawing closer to Sage we meet the needs of global businesses and the subsidiaries of major corporations, and also diversify our partnerships with ERP vendors by strengthening our approach to the mid-market with a "must have" player. Given the road we have already travelled together, and the relationships we have forged, I am confident that this partnership will continue to be successful in the future", says François Sancho, General Manager, Logica France.

Logica offers to deploy and integrate Sage ERP X3 worldwide, in conjunction with Sage’s local teams. Customers can benefit from additional services such as consultancy, system integration, outsourcing and training in a host of business sectors where Logica has a wealth of experience, such as heavy industry, distribution, pharmaceuticals, transport, energy & utilities.

“Our customers now have the choice to use Logica’s global presence, ERP knowledge, business expertise and multi-country project skills to support their implementation of Sage ERP X3, in partnership with our local representatives. This partnership will also allow us to focus on our core business and increase the number of Sage ERP X3 consultants devoted to global projects," says Christophe Letellier, General Manager, Sage ERP X3 Worldwide.

About Logica

Logica is a leading IT and business services company, employing 40,000 people. It provides business consulting, systems integration, and IT and business process outsourcing services. Logica works closely with its customers to release their potential - enabling change that increases their efficiency, accelerates growth and manages risk. It applies its deep industry knowledge, technical excellence and global delivery expertise to help its customers build leadership positions in their markets. Logica is listed on both the London Stock Exchange and Euronext (Amsterdam) (LSE: LOG; Euronext: LOG). More information is available at www.logica.com.

About The Sage Group plc

The Sage Group plc is a leading global supplier of business management software and related products and services, principally for small to medium-sized enterprises. Formed in 1981, Sage was floated on the London Stock Exchange in 1989. Sage has 6.1 million customers and 13,400 employees worldwide. We operate in over 24 countries covering the UK, Europe, North America, South Africa, Australia, India and China. For further information please visit www.sage.com.

About Sage ERP X3

Sage ERP X3 is a dedicated solution for mid-market companies with international demands. Over 2,700 customers representing 150,000 users worldwide already chose Sage ERP X3 because it is easy to use, fast to deploy and cost effective. For more than 10 years Sage ERP X3 has been a proven and comprehensive ERP solution addressing mid-market companies specific requirements and challenges in various industries from manufacturing, services to distribution and many more. Sage ERP X3 is present in 50 countries and counts a network of 1,500 Sage professionals and 150 partners in its ecosystem.

Press contacts

Sage

For all media and IT industry analyst enquiries please contact:
Damien Louvet
damien.louvet@sage.com
Tel: + 33 (0) 1 41 66 25 14
Sage France media site
Cora Béghin
+ 33 (0) 1 41 66 24 82
cora.beghin@sage.com

Logica
Leslie Toledano
leslie.toledano@logica.com, + 33 1 58 22 47 02

Sage will launch its new global ERP solution:
Sage ERP X3 V6 on January 20th, 2010
With the exclusive participation of Paul Walker, Chief Executive,The Sage Group plc

On January 20th in Paris, Sage will officially announce the availability of its new global ERP solution Sage ERP X3 V6 and Paul Walker will present Sage new mid-market strategy. During this launch, all partners (resellers, system integrators (SI), consultants and developers) as well as several clients will be present to explain how they are supporting this unique solution and leading IT industry executives will unveil key announcements.

Sage ERP X3 is a world class full-service enterprise management software system for mid-market and large businesses aiming at meeting the most elaborate business processes, while remaining cost-effective, quick to implement and simple to use.
Emmanuel Obadia, Senior Vice-President, Sage ERP X3, comments, “In a market characterized by complexity and limited resources, customers are increasingly looking for solutions which provide value, are simple to use and are innovative yet pragmatic.”

Event details:

Presentation of Sage ERP X3 V6 at 3:30 pm CET at:
l’Espace George V
28, Avenue George V 
75008 Paris, France

Agenda :
3:00 : Welcome coffee
3:30 : Sage ERP X3 worldwide strategy & Sage ERP X3 V6 presentation
5:00 : Third generation ERP & Press Conference
6:00 : Cocktail
 
with the exceptional participation of:
Alan Hartwell - EMEA Core Technology Strategy Vice President Oracle
Eric Boustouller - VP Microsoft International
Freddy Mini - CEO Netvibes
François Sancho - Managing Director Logica

Participants from across the globe can register at: http://www.sageerpx3.com/eng/event/sageERPX3_worldwide_launch/eng
Follow us on Twitter @sageerpx3

About Sage Group plc (http://www.sage.com)
The Sage Group plc is a leading global supplier of business management software and related services, with 5.5 million customers worldwide. Formed in 1981, Sage was floated on the London Stock Exchange in 1989 and now employs over 13,900 people worldwide. Sage has over 40,000 existing customers in the construction sector in the UK & Ireland.

Contact
Ralph Charlton
Group Corporate PR Manager
ralph.charlton@sage.com
Tel: +44 (0) 191 294 3036

Paris, France - November 3, 2009 - Modern enterprise workforces are seeking a better way to manage the rapidly growing array of internal enterprise tools and databases, client media and industry feeds, and personal Web 2.0 networks and applications they rely on everyday. Today Sage ERP X3, part of the Sage Group plc, a global leader in business management software and related services, and Netvibes (business.netvibes.com), the personal dashboard publishing platform for the Web, announced a strategic sales, marketing and technology alliance to develop and distribute new solutions to simplify everyday business processes and personalize the workforce environment. These new technologies will be presented in Q1 2010, as part of the next generation of Sage ERP X3, the leading ERP solution used by mid-sized enterprises in more than 39 countries.

"More than 5.8 million small and mid-sized businesses rely on Sage software because it is simple to use, rapid to deploy and cost effective. We're proud to partner with Netvibes because they focus on these exact same customer benefits," said Emmanuel Obadia, Sr.VP Sage ERP X3 & FRP.,. "While the enterprise software industry continues its march towards complexity, we hope to bring the focus back to the user by making everyday enterprise business processes easier to manage with innovations such as Netvibes personal dashboard technology."

Effective immediately, this strategic partnership aligns the two companies' sales, marketing and technology efforts to rapidly bring new Enterprise 2.0 innovations to mid-market companies worldwide. Joint development has already begun on new personal workspace dashboard technologies that will bridge the gap between professional enterprise tools and personal Web 2.0 applications and content, enabling the workforce to seamlessly manage both on a personal, individual level from any web capable device. These new features will be presented in Q1 2010, as an integral part of the much anticipated launch of the next generation Sage  ERP X3, which will help mid-sized enterprises simplify processes, streamline expenses and personalize interfaces for individual workers.

Starting today, Sage ERP X3 also joins as a premier reseller partner of Netvibes personal dashboard publishing solutions. Already more than a thousand of the world's leading interactive agencies, brands, enterprises and publishers use Netvibes to deploy personal dashboards for global audiences, clients and employees. With this new partnership, Netvibes personal dashboard publishing technology will further expand to reach the businesses that rely on Sage ERP X3 in more than 39 countries.

"Employees aren't asking for tools to make their workdays more complicated. Instead, businesses looking for ways to make things simpler and easier for employees to manage many different tasks at once, so they can focus on what's really important," said Freddy Mini, CEO, Netvibes. "By combining Sage's world-class enterprise software with Netvibes' award-winning user interface and personalization technology, we will usher in a new generation of workforce solutions that can truly deliver on the promise to make the enterprise more personal and productive."

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About Sage ERP X3 (http://www.sageerpx3.com)
Sage ERP X3 is a dedicated solution for medium and large businesses by design. With over 150 000 users world-wide, Sage ERP X3 is for more than 10 years a proven comprehensive ERP solution for the mid-market specific requirements and challenges in various industries from manufacturing, services to distribution and many more.
More than 2,500 companies have selected Sage ERP X3 because it is easy to use, fast to implement and cost effective.

About Sage Group plc (http://www.sage.com)
The Sage Group plc is a leading global supplier of business management software and related services, with 5.8 million customers worldwide. Formed in 1981, Sage was floated on the London Stock Exchange in 1989 and now employs over 14,500 people worldwide..

About Netvibes (http://business.netvibes.com)
Founded in 2005, Netvibes pioneered the first personal dashboard publishing platform for the Web. For consumers, Netvibes.com is the most awarded startpage where millions of people around the world personalize and publish all aspects of their daily digital lives. For agencies and publishers, Netvibes’ universal widget technology (UWA), widget distribution services and Premium Dashboards help rapidly deliver brand observation rooms and user-personalized marketing campaigns. For companies, Netvibes Enterprise delivers secure, scalable personal workspaces, portals and industry dashboards.

Today, Netvibes powers personalization for more than 1000+ of the world's leading brands, interactive agencies, government organizations, non-profits and enterprises--serving half a billion widgets every month. Netvibes (http://www.netvibes.com) has offices in Paris, London and San Francisco.

Media contacts:

Sage ERP X3 media contacts
Damien LOUVET
+33.1.41.66.25.14
damien.louvet@sage.com

Netvibes
Vincent Chang
415-806-1769
vincent@netvibes.com

Newcastle, 13th October 2009 – Business software and services provider Sage (UK) Limited today announced the UK launch of Sage ERP X3, its global enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution. Proven in 38 countries as a robust, highly scalable and easy to integrate business management system, Sage ERP X3 is the ideal platform for growing global organisations to increase collaboration and improve business insight.

“As many of our UK customers increasingly expand their international footprint, Sage has the understanding and expertise to help them avoid making costly, cumbersome and complex investments. That is why we have brought our leading and cost effective international ERP solution to the UK market,” explained Jim Scott, General Manager, Sage’s Enterprise Business. “Unlike many enterprise software providers that have scaled down their technology for the mid-market, Sage ERP X3 was developed for the mid-market from day one and is already used by more than 70,000 users across the globe in 2,500 companies, such as Fiat or Saint-Gobain Semiconductor.”

Requiring as little as 35-55 days to implement, Sage ERP X3 already supports the relevant languages, currencies and legislation of 38 countries and has been designed for rapid user adoption and a low total cost of ownership.  With the freedom to choose a desktop or web user interface and its global functionality in finance, sales, CRM, inventory management, purchasing and manufacturing, Sage ERP X3 is easy to integrate with desktop and cloud-based productivity applications and services.

“We have more than 28 years heritage, global scale, local support and expert consultancy, so our customers know that we future-proof their investments and can evolve to meet their needs over time,” added Sage’s Jim Scott. “Already, we have several of Sage UK’s Enterprise Business Partners on board to help us meet the growing demand for Sage ERP X3 across the country.”

For further information, please visit www.sageerpx3.co.uk.
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About Sage (UK) Limited

Sage (UK) Limited is a subsidiary of The Sage Group plc, a leading global supplier of business management software solutions and related products and services, principally for small to medium-sized enterprises. In the UK, Sage provides software and services to more than 760,000 businesses ranging from start-ups to large companies. This software ranges from accounts and ERP, HR and payroll, forecasting and business intelligence to customer relationship management, e-business and help for start-ups. Services include Excel Support, HR Advice, Health and Safety Advice and training courses.

For additional information, please contact:

 Holly Lynn
+44 (0)207 869 8316
Marlin PR for Sage
E: sage@marlinpr.com