Sage subsumes Corum

The folks at Sage Software have announced the acquisition of the Corum Mobile Division of Corum Corporation. Corum is a privately-held software consulting and development company based in Concord, Ontario, Canada, specializing in mobile customer relationship management technology. The acquisition was completed through Sage Software’s Canadian subsidiary, Sage Software Canada, Ltd.

The Sage Software brass sees the acquisition as solidifying its current and future use of Corum’s mobile-access CRM technology, fully integrated with and available for Sage CRM SalesLogix. Plans call for Corum to be made available to all Sage customers, including those users of Sage CRM, SageCRM.com, and ACT! by Sage.

Corum Corporation has been developing add-on solutions for Sage CRM SalesLogix since the April 1997 launch. The Corum mobile platform supports BlackBerry, Microsoft Windows Mobile, and Palm hand-held devices using the Windows mobile operating system.

Sage Software is a provider to more than 2.6 million small- and mid-sized business customers in North America. Sage products support accounting, operations, customer relationship management, human resources, time tracking, merchant services and the specialized needs of accounting practices and the construction, distribution, manufacturing, nonprofit and real estate industries. Sage Software is a subsidiary of The Sage Group plc. Formed in 1981, Sage was floated on the London Stock Exchange in 1989 and now has 5.0 million customers served by 10,500 employees worldwide.