The Sage Group

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The Sage Group plc

Type	Public (LSE: SGE)
Founded	Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England (1981)
Headquarters	Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England
Key people	Paul Walker, CEO
Industry	Computer software
Products	Accounting, CRM, Varying according to country
Revenue	£935.6 million GBP (2006)
Operating income	£235.8 million GBP (2006)
Net income	£152.6 million GBP (2006)
Employees	10,000 (2005)
Website	www.sage.com

The Sage Group plc (LSE: SGE) is a leading UK based supplier of accounting, payroll, CRM and business management software (including manufacturing and construction-specific ranges) as well as related services to small and medium-sized enterprises (SME). It has 13,000 employees, a turnover of £936 million and a market capitalisation on the London Stock Exchange of over £3 billion (2006).

Founded and headquartered in Newcastle Upon Tyne, Great Britain, the company for many years grew organically, but more recently has grown through acquisitions. It now operates worldwide. The company's US headquarters are in Pleasanton, California, the Canadian headquarters are in Vancouver, Canada and the French and European headquarters are in Paris, France.

It has from time to time been the only UK software company listed in the FTSE 100 Index of leading UK public companies. (The index is redrawn from time to time as companies' fortunes wax and wane.)

The Sage Group is a patron of The Sage Gateshead, a new Tyneside music venue designed by Sir Norman Foster.

The company is focusing on verticals and has recently purchased several industry-focused groups.

1 Sage HandiSoft
2 Products
3 Timeline
- 3.1 Major Acquisitions
4 See Also
5 External links

[edit] Sage HandiSoft

Sage HandiSoft is a wholly owned subsidiary of The Sage Group PLC established in 1988. Sage HandiSoft specialises in developing, marketing, and supplying business solutions to Australian accounting and taxation practices. Today, with almost 6,000 professional accounting practices using HandiSoft software, they are the leading supplier of practice management and taxation solutions to small and medium sized practices throughout Australia. In excess of 3,300 Sage HandiSoft clients have been using HandiSoft for more than 10 years.

[edit] Products

Sage's products include:

Accpac ERP
ACT!
Abra
FAS
MAS 90, MAS 200, MAS 500
PFW
Peachtree Accounting
Pro ERP
Timeslips
SalesLogix whose standard CRM are grouped under SageCRM brand.
Sage CRM MME, which is offered in both on-demand & on-premise CRM as part of the SageCRM brand.
Sage BusinessVision
Simply Accounting, accounting software that has a variety of releases (Basic, Pro, Premium) for small and medium-sized businesses.
MMS (Mid Market Solutions)
Line 50
Line 100
Line 500
Sage 1000 (Total Business Managment Solution)
Logic Class
Construction Solutions
Financial Forecaster
MainLAN, a MS DOS/Windows Networking kit
Timberline Office
V-ISAM, a proprietary database owned by the group and used in its Enterprise Resource Planning software. As its name indicates it is based upon the ISAM.
Sage Intelligent Reporting (for L50) - (Business Intelligence software for the small business)
SageBI (For L200 / L500) Business Intelligence software for the mid sized company
SageBI Enterprise Edition (stand alone. Formerly IntelligentApps) Business Intelligence for enterprise sized businesses.

[edit] Timeline

1981 Sage established in Newcastle upon Tyne.
1984 Amstrad launches word processor, which uses the CP/M operating system. Sage software sales escalate from 30 copies a month to over 300.
1989 Sage Group plc floats on the London Stock Exchange.
1994 Paul Walker appointed chief executive for Sage Group.
1998 Sage’s Professional Accountants Division established.
1999 Sage enters FTSE 100.
1999 Sage launches dedicated Irish division, based in Dublin.
1999 Sage launches its e-business strategy.
1999 UK acquisition of Tetra sees Sage enter mid-range business software market.
2000 Sage shares named ‘best performing share of the 90s’ in the UK business press.
2001 Sage acquires Interact Commerce Inc and enters the CRM/contact management market.
2002 Sage wins 'Business of The Year' in National Business Awards.
2002 Sage sponsors new Music Centre in Gateshead for £6m - now known as The Sage Gateshead - this is the largest ever UK arts/business sponsorship.
2003 Sage is the only remaining technology stock in the FTSE 100.

[edit] Major Acquisitions

2006 - Verus Financial Management, Inc (US Based payment processing company), Intuit Master Builder (USA), Contractor Anywhere (USA)
2005 - Logic Control (Spain)
2004 - IntelligentApps - Business Intelligence software soon to become Sage BI Enterprise
2004 - ACCPAC International (USA)
2003 - Softline (South Africa/Australia), Grupo SP (Spain), Timberline (USA), ATW (UK), Promis (UK)
2002 - Coala (France)
2001 - Interact (USA), TAS Software (UK)
2000 - Computer Resources (Ireland), Adaptus Software (UK), Apex (Ireland & UK), SESAM (Switzerland), CSM (UK), Hartley (UK), Best Software (USA)
1999 - Infologia – (Portugal), Tetra (UK), Taxsoft (UK), Peachtree (USA)
1998 - Peachtree Software (USA), P.A.S.E. (UK), PACS (UK), State of the Art (USA)
1997 - Prosoft (USA), KHK (Germany)
1995 - Sybel (France)
1994 - Extra Software SPA (Spain), Multisoft (UK), Timeslips (USA), Saari (France)
1992 - Remote (Telemagic) (USA), Ciel (France), Dataform (UK)
1991 - Dac Easy (USA)