Comments on: Sage Show-off SaaS Solution – “Sage Live”

By: Ian Sweeney

Ian Sweeney — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 18:06:53 +0000

Duane,

what an hilarious exchange at the booth! Who says business can’t be fun!

Ian

By: Ben Kepes

Ben Kepes — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 18:07:34 +0000

My initial review here – http://www.cloudave.com/link/going-live-with-sage-initial-review-of-sagelive

By: Ashwin Kandoi

Ashwin Kandoi — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 12:35:57 +0000

Duane, that sure is a scoop, but I had heard at some Sage meetings that Sage was planning to look at a MY SQL version and was in advanced stages as well of development. have not heard about it as well for some time.

The biggest challenge with them is going to be is if they are still going to live with the old data base. I am not very positive and yes you have pointed out a very valid point that they should have worked closely with SMB for a SMB solution.

At time I think the right model could be the right mix of Online and hosted solution which would ideally suit the requirements of SMB space.

Eg. A distributor network who could use KashFlow to link all its suppliers and bring them on a common platform while they might use something else at the central office.

By: Duane Jackson

Duane Jackson — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 17:26:21 +0000

Hi Mark,

Those are the questions I was kicking myself for not asking. So the following is just speculation from what Duncan said.

It is a web-based front end for the Sage of old, but you don’t host the Sage 50 back-end database yourself, they do. So no, no oher software required.

I said that if anything it’d take customers away from their Sage Startup product, which he agreed with.

By: Mark Davies

Mark Davies — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 16:27:54 +0000

Nice scoop Duane, I’m sure Sage will appreciate it!

You say that Sage Live has a Sage 50 back end. Does this imply that Sage Live is more of a web-based front end to the Sage of old, or is it fully architected for the web?

And does it require an installation of Sage 50 or any other software?

I agree that it is a good thing if Sage validate our approach, as long they are entering the web-based accounting game properly rather than to muddy the waters. I don’t think we need them, but it will speed along the adoption of web-based accounting as the standard approach for all SMB’s.

Cheers

Mark
http://www.e-conomic.co.uk