Sage Software offers a portfolio of brands that serve small and medium-sized companies throughout North America. Here is a brief background on the company's product lines and markets served.
Overview
Sage Software is the North American business of UK-based The Sage Group plc. Sage Software supports the needs, dreams, and challenges of small and midsized businesses (SMB) by offering leading business management products and services. More than 2.8 million* North American small and midsized businesses currently rely on Sage Software applications.
For more than 30 years, Sage Software has delivered easy-to-use, scalable, and customizable software for accounting, customer relationship management, human resources, merchant services, time tracking, and the specialized needs of the construction, distribution, healthcare, manufacturing, nonprofit, and real estate industries.
(*Does not include CRM.)
Structure
Sage Software's parent company, The Sage Group, plc. (London: SGE.L), reaches a global client base that numbers 5.4 million SMB customers worldwide. It serves these businesses through more than 13,000 employees in operations in North America, the UK, France, Germany, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, South Africa, Australia, and Southeast Asia. By the end of fiscal year 2006, the North American revenue of Sage Software was $652.2 million.
Market
Sage Software serves small companies with 25 or fewer employees, and medium-sized companies with up to 500 or more employees. Revenues of these companies are from $5 million to $100 million annually. In serving these companies, Sage Software encompasses the following divisions and brands, organized by customer focus:
Business Management Division
The Business Management Division serves small and midsized businesses with core business management applications for accounting, enterprise resource management, customer relationship management, and other needs.
Industry & Specialized Solutions Division
The Industry and Specialized Solutions Division serves the industry-specific needs of the construction, real estate, and nonprofit industries as well as the employer-focused needs of SMBs.
Payment Services Division
The Payment Services Division provides merchant services for retail, business-to-business, and e-commerce businesses in processing customer transactions through credit cards, debit cards, and checks.
Healthcare Division
The Healthcare Division serves the business automation needs of medical practices with Integrated Electronic Health Records, EDI applications, and management systems including Intergy by Sage EHR.
