Austin, TX – August 13, 2009 – Mindover Software, a Sage business partner with offices in Austin, Dallas and San Antonio, formed an innovative strategic IT alliance with Texas Computer Solutions of Andrews, Texas.

Mindover Software, which is creating an alliance network of IT firms throughout Texas, cites revenue growth as one of the primary objectives of the network. “The synergy between IT consulting firms and resellers of Sage business and accounting software is well documented,” says Lloyd Smith, president of Mindover Software. “We often work with our customers’ outside IT firms when implementing Sage Accpac or SageCRM, so it only makes sense that we find ways to partner with IT firms to help drive new customer referrals.”

The alliance is intended to help participating IT firms like Texas Computer Solutions introduce Sage business and accounting software to their customers and prospects. Sage products represented by Mindover Software include Sage Accpac ERP, Sage MAS 500, SageCRM and Sage FAS. “We have customers of varying sizes and business complexity,” says Mike Sanchez, president of Texas Computer Solutions. “An alliance with Mindover Software allows us to easily identify the right business software to meet our customers’ needs. And it puts us in a position to recommend solutions that improve their bottom-line,” he adds.

Mindover Software is offering its alliance partners like Texas Computer Solutions training on business software products like SageCRM, which is a customer relationship management solution that operates over the Internet. “SageCRM is our fastest growing product line,” mentions Smith. “Because Sage CRM software integrates sales, marketing and customer service functions with back-end accounting software, companies can be more responsive to their customers, process transactions from the field and create more targeted marketing campaigns to grow their business.”

Texas Computer Solutions was eager to join the alliance network when presented with the opportunity. “We saw immediate value in joining,” says Sanchez. “We can test drive SageCRM, receive additional training on business software that can help our customers, and trade highly qualified referrals to help grow our respective businesses. It’s a great deal for an IT firm like ours,” he adds.

About Mindover Software

Mindover Software is a Sage Software business partner and offers a broad range of CRM, ERP and accounting software solutions including Sage Accpac ERP, Sage MAS 500, SageCRM and E-Commerce. From Texas offices in Austin, Dallas and San Antonio, Mindover Software’s staff of professional consultants carries out the company’s commitment to high-quality results and customer satisfaction. Learn more at www.mindovercorp.com or by calling toll-free (866) 990-3994.

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Good news for companies that use Peachtree and QuickBooks. SageCRM now integrates with them to provide a fully-functioning CRM application where before there were only limited offerings. Thanks to Sage 3rd party developer, Greytrix, a new integration link has been developed to the two popular accounting applications.

Users can remotely enter orders over the Internet using SageCRM and so speed up the billing cycle and, ultimately, cash collections. SageCRM provides QuickBooks and Peachtree users a way to view customer financials, invoices, payments and orders in a highly-organized and efficient manner.

This is great news for SageCRM resellers. It now gives them a huge market to target that was previously the domain of smaller, less robust contact management solutions. By courting customers that are reluctant to give up their trusted QuickBooks, Sage itself now has a great opportunity to add new customers that can later be converted to more advanced business and accounting software solutions like Sage Accpac and MAS 90/200. This is definitely the break-through many were waiting for.

I read the new policy on acquisitions issued by Sage yesterday. I have to say, it makes a lot of sense. It clears up questions I had about product marging calculations when you have multiple offices and what happens if you decide to deconsolidate a merged company down the road.

I still personally think that mergers or acquisitions do make sense from a lot of perspectives for Sage business partners. There are a lot of advantages to be gaines, not the least of which include:

• Better product margins
• Back office savings
• More flexible staffing on jobs
• Expertise on more product lines/3rd party applications
• Improved financial resources (if the M&A strategy is done well!)

Sage certainly appears not to be discouraging growth through M&A, but it wants to make sure the BP community knows the rules of the game.