From Bots to Blockchain, Connected Cloud to Connected Cars, Sage Sets Out Its Vision for the Tech Revolution - Seite 2

In an interactive live demo, Sage's new EVP of Product Marketing, Jennifer Warawa, showed how the combined solution of Sage Live and TomTom Telematics works. The new software integration allows businesses with fleets of vehicles -- small or big -- to seamlessly record mileage and automate expense reports. Because Sage Live is running on the Salesforce platform it can easily use existing integrations with third parties such as TomTom WEBFLEET. Via the fleet management, service journey data is automatically available in Sage Live.

There were several new partnership announcements, as well as details on how existing ones have strengthened. In front of an audience of 15,000 and over 35,000 on livestream, Stephen Kelly announced that Sage's award-winning real-time accounting solution, Sage Live, will harness the power of Salesforce Lightning. Via the integration, Sage customers will benefit from Salesforce's new Lightning Experience -- a reimagined consumer-like experience that's modern, efficient and smart -- which will be accessible via Sage Live across every device.

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella joined via video to announce the coming together of Microsoft Office 365 and Sage 50 -- making Sage the first ever software company to partner with the platform. The Sage CEO also welcomed Sir Richard Branson to the stage, where they participated in a conversation on their shared vision of the future of business and giving back.

Champion of Business Builders

Sage's commitment to supporting entrepreneurs at every stage of their growth was underlined with Kelly revealing new stats on entrepreneurs' dissatisfaction with the support they get from the U.S. Government. He also reiterated his criticism of 'out of touch' events like the World Economic Forum in Davos and announced a series of policy events around the world.

The Giving Economy

Broadening out to touch on Sage as a participant in its communities, the keynote highlighted how Sage will expand its corporate philanthropy initiative, Sage Foundation, through work with three distinct communities: military veterans, young people and women. Sage's Chief People Officer Sandra Campopiano launched a new open grant process with a donation to an inspiring Chicago charity that seeks to inspire more women to work in the technology sector.