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Welcome to the latest Enterprise Software Express – TL;DR!

Here’s all the latest mid-market industry news you didn’t have time to read since our last issue.

General News

🤖 Sage Future 2026: Five AI Announcements Partners Need to Know

Sage opened its annual conference in San Francisco with a wave of AI announcements spanning agentic automation, a new AWS partnership, an HCM integration, and more, all aimed squarely at the partner channel. If you work in the Sage ecosystem, these are the moves worth paying attention to heading into the second half of 2026.

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🏢 When a Big Four Firm and an AI-Native ERP Team Up, Mid-Market VARs Should Take Notice

EY has announced a formal alliance with Rillet, an AI-native ERP built for companies that have outgrown legacy mid-market platforms, and separately, Pine Services Group has already incubated a dedicated Rillet VAR inside its portfolio.

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👴 Microsoft Is Offering Early Retirement to Thousands of Employees

In an unusual move for a tech giant, Microsoft has launched a voluntary retirement program targeting roughly 7% of its U.S. workforce – about 8,750 employees – offering financial payouts and extended healthcare to those whose age and years of service combined total 70 or more.

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📋 Sage Renames Its Accountant Program and Adds AI Workflows for CAS Firms

Sage has rebranded its Sage Intacct Accountants Program (SIAP) as Sage Intacct Advisory, repositioning it from a certification program into a full-service delivery platform for CPA and Client Advisory Services firms.

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M&A – What’s the Deal?

🔀 Endeavor4 Refocuses on Microsoft, Sells Sage Intacct Practice to Net at Work

Toronto-based Endeavor4 has divested its Sage Intacct practice to Net at Work, a practice it had only acquired 13 months prior, as new CEO David Shimoni doubles down on the Microsoft ecosystem. For Net at Work, it’s one of many acquisitions since partnering with Lovell Minnick Partners in 2023, further solidifying their position as a Sage powerhouse.

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🤝 GraVoc Joins New Charter Technologies

Massachusetts-based Microsoft partner GraVoc has been acquired by Colorado-based New Charter Technologies, adding another regional VAR to New Charter’s growing portfolio.

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💳 Repay in Play: What Microsoft, Sage, and Acumatica Partners Need to Know

Repay Holdings, the payment processor behind integrations for Dynamics 365, Sage, and Acumatica, has received an unsolicited takeover bid to go private. With over 130 ERP integrations in the mix, a change of ownership could have real implications for the integration roadmaps and support contacts your clients rely on.

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🤖 Sage Acquires Doyen AI to Automate ERP Migration Workflows

Sage has acquired Doyen AI, a small Boston-based startup, whose tools target the most time-consuming parts of finance system implementations: data extraction, chart of accounts mapping, and validation. The move signals that Sage is betting on AI to accelerate migrations to Sage Intacct.

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People – Who’s Moving and Shaking?

🤝 Meet Our Sponsors

We’re grateful for the organizations that support Enterprise Software Express and help keep the conversation moving across the ERP and business tech community. Learn more about each sponsor and what they bring to the ecosystem below.

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This newsletter is a joint venture between Wayne Schulz, Editor of the Schulz Says newsletter, and Bob McAdam and Darcy Boerio, Co-hosts of Enterprise Software Podcast.

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