Jamaican software companies win big at Sage Caribbean Conference
AT the Sage Partners Caribbean Conference held on November 6, at Hilton Rose Hall in Montego Bay, Jamaica, visiting Sage executive Tom Miller expressed satisfaction with Sage’s performance in the Caribbean. According to Miller, Sage Caribbean has grown its revenue significantly year over year, with an impressive 32 per cent increase in revenue in 2011 over the previous year. Amongst other things, he attributed this growth to Sage’s strong network of Caribbean partners and in particular a strong performance from the Sage Accpac product line. At the awards ceremony, Miller recognised the performance of Jamaican technology companies, Orbus Technologies Limited and CER Consultants Ltd, who both picked up awards.
For the second year in a row, Orbus Technologies Limited picked up the event’s top award, which was for the “Highest New Licence Sales in the Caribbean”. CER Consultants picked up the “Highest Installed Base Sales in the Caribbean”.
In a recent press release, Orbus Managing Director Paul Collister expressed his satisfaction at receiving Sage’s top award for the Caribbean for the second consecutive year. “We are extremely happy to have received this award, which is testament to the excellent work of the Orbus team. Our goal is always to provide solutions that work for our clients.”
With 6.3-million customers worldwide and over 13,400 employees in 24 countries, Sage is the leading supplier of business management software solutions for small and medium-sized enterprises, with a 15 per cent market share worldwide (IDC). Sage has also been rated as the world’s third-largest supplier of Enterprise Resource Planning software and services with an 8 per cent market share. Sage PLC is listed on the London Stock Exchange with a market capitalisation of £3.4-billion as at March 2011 and revenues in excess of £1.4-billion for Financial Year 2010.
Sage PLC has in its product portfolio, market leading accounting software products and brands that are widely used in the Caribbean and Jamaica. These include Sage Accpac, Sage Daceasy, Sage Peachtree, Sage PFW, Sage Pro and Sage PFW and many others.
