Sage MicrOpay

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Sage MicrOpay
Private
Industry Computer software
Founded1985 (1985)
Headquarters Sydney, New South Wales
Key people
Michael Smith, Managing Director
Products Payroll,
Human Resources,
Human Capital Management
Number of employees
200 (2009)
Website www.sagemicropay.com.au

Sage MicrOpay is a supplier of integrated payroll and human capital management people management software [1] and services to Australian businesses.

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The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of The Sage Group plc, an international company specialising in accounting, payroll and CRM software applications. [2] With operations throughout the UK, Europe, North America, Australia, Asia and South Africa, the Sage Group has an installed customer base of over 6 million businesses.[ citation needed ]

History

Sage MicrOpay was established in 1985 to provide payroll and human capital management technology to businesses in Australia. [3]

The company was later purchased by the Commonwealth Bank in 1995, making it wholly owned by a major financial institution. [4]

In April 2002, MicrOpay was acquired by the large South African based accounting software vendor, Softline. [5] Softline had been well known for its earlier acquisition of international financial suite Accpac, formerly owned by Computer Associates. MicrOpay joined Softline’s other Australian purchases, HandiSoft and Sybiz.

Softline was itself acquired in November 2003 by the Sage Group, an FTSE 100 company with over 6 million customers and more than 12,600 employees worldwide. [6]

In 2006, Sage MicrOpay acquired payroll and HR software provider Australian Flagship; who develop and market the Wage Easy payroll system. [7]

Operations

In Australia, Sage MicrOpay is one of the largest payroll and HR vendors with a client base in excess of 6,000 enterprises across all sectors. [8]

The company’s Head Office is based in Sydney with offices in Melbourne, and Perth. Training and support are available at all locations.

Software products and services

Services

Services include payroll hosting and outsourcing, recruitment and training:

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  3. News and Events - Sage MicrOpay's background and current market position, 2007 Archived 13 September 2009 at the Wayback Machine
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