One Channel partners reap several Sage awards

Johannesburg, 13 Feb 2015

Local business solutions provider One Channel has scooped several accolades at the Sage Summit 2015, the premier customer and partner event for Sage.

Data Support Software won Dealer of the Year for KwaZulu-Natal, while Lorge scooped several awards including Sage ERP Africa Premium Dealer, Sage CRM Dealer of the Year, Sage Intelligence Dealer of the Year and Pacific Technologies South African Dealer of the Year.

Furthermore, e-Novate won Dealer of the Year for the Western Cape and Devote landed the coveted Best Achiever award.

One Channel CEO Bernard Ford is thrilled by these awards. "Lorge has excelled in all areas, walking away with a whole bag of awards. Our other partners also performed exceptionally well; these included Data Support Software, e-Novate and Devote.

Data Support Software CEO Ivor Bundock says he is extremely proud to receive this award. "One Channel is fast establishing itself as Africa's foremost ERP service provider since introducing a new business software and ERP service delivery model. The company assembles resources on a project requirement basis and offers our customers the best ERP technology and skills available today."

Lorge COO Jurgens Snyman was overwhelmed by the recognition given by Sage. "We are ecstatic about these awards, it is recognition for our efforts."

"By partnering with local firms and working closely with them in formulating solutions for their customers, we are able to deliver what single reseller organisations can't. Our offering also involves independent software vendors and the best specialist resources available in the market today," says Ford.

Clive Kangisser, One Channel director: Business Development, says One Channel showed major penetration into Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal, while also expanding into other areas such as Botswana and Zambia. Adding to its success, it also appointed seven new partners, including Lorge Consulting (Gauteng), One Channel Botswana, Devote (KZN), Data Support Software (KZN), e-Novate (Westerrn Cape), MyMethod Consulting (Gauteng) and ICT Zambia.

Ford echoes Sage's vision and sees the growth potential for 2015 in cloud computing, mobility and business process automation and integration. His predictions for 2015 include a rapid increase in the use of smart mobile devices rather than desktop and laptops as interfaces to business processes, as well as the mass adoption of cloud-based ERP and CRM systems by mid-sized organisations.

For more information contact One Channel at info@onechannel.com or visit www.onechannel.co.za

One Channel (www.expertecherp.com)

One Channel, a division of Expertech ERP, understands the need for customers to realise the best return on investment from their ERP and line-of-business systems. It also knows that the cost and disruption of changing entire systems is sometimes not worth the benefit.

Its core principals and philosophies are simple; it believes customers are for life. More importantly, One Channel maintains that if a component of one's system is not broken, don't fix it. It always considers the deployment of best-of-breed, integrated components before considering the replacement of an entire system.

One Channel only uses qualified experts when implementing systems. It manages the implementation of any new component and ensures customers get what they paid for.

The traditional service provider model forces customers to make a choice of only one vendor, and in the process, they often compromise skills as suppliers cannot be masters of all the disciplines surrounding modern business software and systems.

One Channel is an association of industry experts, software reseller solution providers and independent software vendor (ISV) developers and consultants. The company operates across the African continent and assembles resources on a project requirement basis, offering end-users the best technology and people available.

One Channel implements everything from core accounting, CRM, warehouse management and automation, mobile data collection, business intelligence, enterprise budgeting, e-commerce and content management, construction software, loan management systems and electronic document management solutions.

The company is completely unbiased and independent and supports numerous master vendors such as Sage, Microsoft Dynamics, SAP and Syspro as well as many hardware and mobile platforms. Its clients include hundreds of small, medium and large corporations as well as government, NGOs and large multinational organisations.

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