INDUSTRY WATCH
MANY BUSINESSES ARE
TURNING TO US BECAUSE
THEY WANT TO PUT
SOFTWARE IN PLACE
THAT ALLOWS THEM TO
MANAGE FINANCE, HR AND
OTHER FUNCTIONS.
age is perhaps best-known for its
accounting software that has been
assisting finance departments to
carry out their tasks for decades. S everything from people to money and
for all stages of the business life cycle
– whether entry-level businesses to high-
end global organisations.
The company, a market leader in cloud
business management solutions, has
supported businesses across the region
with strong support in a range of verticals
including the banking sector. We do this through the Sage Business
Cloud, a one-stop shop for all business
management needs with purpose-
built solutions and a whole ecosystem
of applications.
Earlier this year, it announced a
partnership agreement with RAKBANK.
This saw RAKBANK, one of the largest
SME lenders in the UAE, offer Sage
accounting software to support its
business banking customers of all sizes,
across all industries. One of the largest investments we’ve
ever made is at GITEX Technology Week,
where we have set up several demo
stations to showcase the complete
portfolio of Sage products that range
in cost from US$10 per month on a
subscription basis all the way through to
US$10 million. In addition, we've got a
corner for Sage Marketplace, where we
are presenting third-party solutions that
run on our platform.
Sage accounting solutions will enable
the bank’s customers to more easily
manage their businesses in compliance
with recently introduced Value-Added
Tax (VAT) regulations. Earlier this year
five of Sage’s VAT accounting products
were accredited by the UAE Federal
Tax Authority and were placed on the
Approved Accounting Software List.
Intelligent CIO at GITEX caught up with
Sam Tayan, Managing Director of Sage
Middle East, to find out more about the
company’s activities in the region.
Can you give me a quick overview
of the company and what you're
doing at GITEX?
Sage is the market leader for business
management technology that helps
companies of all sizes manage
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How has Sage been enabling
Digital Transformation?
Many businesses are turning to us
because they want to put software
in place that allows them to manage
finance, HR and other functions while
providing transparency of data and
operations, enabling them to see what's
going on, what's profitable and what's
not, and offering insight into changes
that need to be made.
It’s all part of a transformation from
a paper-based environment with a
high degree of intervention to a fully
transparent end-to-end process in terms
of improvement and profitability.
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