Released on: April 23, 2008, 9:42 pm

Press Release Author: Victoria Park

Industry: Software

Press Release Summary: Sapphire is the global number one reseller of SunSystems and
the UK's leading reseller of SAP Business One. Since 1986, Sapphire has offered
their clients wide-ranging practical expertise in selecting and implementing
advanced financial accounting and business management solutions and today provides
software, services and support for over 600 customers worldwide from their offices
in London and Manchester. Sapphire is a founder member of the British Application
Software Developers Association and is featured in the Deloitte & Touche Fast 50
Technology 2005 rankings. www.sapphiresystems.co.uk

Press Release Body: Sapphire and Blackbaud create alliance to offer fully integrated
CRM and back office solutions
Media contact: Victoria Park
+44 (0)20 7648 2000
Victoria.park@sapphiresystems.co.uk
LONDON, UK - 17 January 2008. Sapphire Systems and Blackbaud Europe today announced
that they are to partner to provide a complete fundraising and financial or business
management solution for the third sector, through integrated SunSystems or SAP and
The Raiser's Edge®.
SunSystems from Sapphire is a leading financial management solution. It is available
in 30 languages and is used by 20,000 organisations in 190 countries worldwide.
Charities and not-for-profit organisations have several sector specific accounting
requirements which SunSystems is able to accommodate, such as partial,
non-recoverable and recoverable VAT treatment.
SAP Business One from Sapphire is an affordable, complete finance and business
management solution for small and mid-size organisations. SAP Business One functions
include integrated accounting, purchasing, inventory, CRM, HR and much more.
Nick Williams, Charity Division Manager at Sapphire says "Over 25% of our customer
base consists of not-for-profit organisations, which puts Sapphire in an ideal
position to provide innovative solutions and services to this fast changing sector.
Many of the organisations that we speak to and work with use the Raiser's Edge
solution so it made sense to develop a formal integration to our solutions. This
development work will make life easier for our customers by providing formal
integration between solutions used extensively within the sector."
The Raiser's Edge is a complete CRM solution and provides not-for-profit
organisations with a complete view of their supporter activity to help promote their
mission and values. This comprehensive solution supports traditional and diversified
fundraising methods, automates administrative processes and provides insightful
reports. With Raiser's Edge organisations have the tools to cultivate lifelong
relationships with donors, save time and money by streamlining daily processes,
demonstrate increased accountability and diversify fundraising methods in order to
stand apart from the competition.
Martin Jervis, Managing Director Blackbaud Europe added "We are delighted to partner
with Sapphire. The ability to integrate with a leading financial solution means that
information will be shared between systems automatically thereby improving our
customers' efficiencies and allowing not-for-profit professionals the time to focus
on the project and fundraising work that is so important."
Nick concludes "With the integration to Raiser's Edge, users have a fully
comprehensive business management solution that offers complete synchronisation
across your operating information - resulting in more accurate, up to date
information with which to measure and assess performance."

Web Site: http://www.sapphiresystems.co.uk

Contact Details: Contact Name:
Victoria Park

Postal Address:
Shell Building, 10 Lower Thames Street, London, EC3R 6AF

Contact No:
020 7648 2000
Email id:
victoria.park@sapphiresystems.co.uk

Url : http://www.sapphiresystems.co.uk