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Sage Abra Suite v9 features dynamic information\nsharing capabilities and new HR Actions that help companies save\ntime, money and paper while turning workforce data into a competitive\nadvantage. The latest of Sage&#039;s award-winning HR solutions is\navailable now from authorized Sage Abra reselling business partners.<div>&quot;With dynamic information sharing capabilities, Sage Abra v9 enables\nbusiness leaders to access, analyze and act upon workforce data from\nvirtually any mobile system,&quot; said Johnny Laurent, vice president and\ngeneral manager for Sage Abra. &quot;Streamlining core HR processes frees\nup management and HR resources to address more strategic business\nobjectives. Plus version 9 automates a host of paper-based HR\nprocesses, squarely addressing the needs of today&#039;s business\ncustomers to maximize resources, increase process efficiencies and\ncut material costs.&quot;\nDynamic information sharing capabilities give executives, managers\nand staff secure access to real-time workforce data from remote\nlaptops, notebooks, and later this summer iPads and other mobile\ndevices. Data access is appropriately filtered for individual roles\nwithin the organization with customizable &quot;views&quot; addressing specific\nexecutive, director or supervisor needs. Unique URLs then link the\nviews to a variety of applications such as spreadsheet models, web\npages and management dashboards. Dynamic information sharing\ncapabilities turn workforce data into a true, competitive advantage\nby enabling users to leverage up-to-the-moment information while\nsignificantly streamlining processes.<br/><br/> Sage Abra v9 provides sample templates, such as merit pay budgeting\nand contact lists, for Excel, SharePoint and other applications,\nwhich help HR and non-HR users create the specific information\nsharing documents they need. Once created, accessed documents are\nautomatically updated through Sage Abra Employee Self Service,\nfreeing up valuable time for HR and executives to address strategic\nbusiness objectives.<br/><br/> HR Actions within Sage Abra v9 replaces paper-based HR processes,\nsuch as status changes, new hires, and performance management, with\nonline, Web-based workflow. HR Actions improves HR service delivery\nwhile cutting costs and provides extended benefits and security by:\n\n-- Enforcing business rules by routing and approving personnel change\n requests,\n-- Providing secure electronic approval signatures from any PC with a web\n browser,\n-- Providing detailed audit trails of any edits made during the routing\n and approval process,\n-- Providing real-time status of each transaction from request/submission\n through approval and administration, and\n-- Supporting file attachments to web forms, for example a scanned copy\n of I-9 and W-4 attached to a new hire form.<br/><br/> About Sage Abra\nSage Abra is a market-leading human resource\nmanagement system (HRMS) that delivers tightly integrated HR,\npayroll, benefits and attendance functionality, plus rich reporting\nand analysis tools. Sage Abra includes a Web workforce portal with\nemployee self-service that enables company-wide communications,\nbenefits enrollment and more. The product line features support for\nmultiple databases, with Abra SQL supporting Microsoft SQL Server,\nand Abra Suite supporting Visual FoxPro.<\/div><\/span><\/div><table id='zwNextPrev' width='100%'><tr><td style='text-align: left;' align='left'>&lt;&lt; Previous Article&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href='http://www.sagenorthamerica.com/company/newsroom/press_releases/details?CID=1D76117C-7542-0001-AB29-1D2F172A1BE9&CardId=563029&RowIndex=2&Product=*&Year=*' onclick='zTrkClick(this, &#039;8a7caa111a3f8801011a821c023c11c6&#039;,&#039;8a7c9fef29d39a7c0129f6e9192f096b&#039;,&#039;402881e71da6b5e8011da6b634a70028&#039;,&#039;http&#037;3A&#037;2F&#037;2Fwww.sagenorthamerica.com&#037;2Fcompany&#037;2Fnewsroom&#037;2Fpress_releases&#037;2Fdetails&#037;3FCID&#037;3D1D76117C-7542-0001-AB29-1D2F172A1BE9&#037;26CardId&#037;3D563029&#037;26RowIndex&#037;3D2&#037;26Product&#037;3D&#042;&#037;26Year&#037;3D&#042;&#039;);zwShowDetails(\"8a7c9fef29d39a7c0129f6e9192f096b\",\"8a7caa111a3f8801011a821c023c11c6\");zift_pc--;return false;'>Next Article<\/a> &gt;&gt;<\/td><td style='text-align: right;' align='right'><a style='cursor:pointer' onclick='zwShowTitles(\"8a7caa111a3f8801011a821c023c11c6\");zift_pc--;return false;'>Return to List<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/table><\/div>"},"v8a7c9fef29d39a7c0129f6e9192f096b":{"hiddenOpening":"<div id='zw_details_8a7c9fef29d39a7c0129f6e9192f096b' style='display:none'>","hiddenClosing":"<\/div>","visibleOpening":"<div id='zw_details_8a7c9fef29d39a7c0129f6e9192f096b'>","visibleClosing":"<\/div>","contents":"<div style='padding-top:3px;' align='left' id='full_1'><table id='zwNextPrev' width='100%'><tr><td style='text-align: left;' align='left'>&lt;&lt; <a href='http://smart-grid.tmcnet.com/news/2010/07/14/4900436.htm' onclick='zTrkClick(this, &#039;8a7caa111a3f8801011a821c023c11c6&#039;,&#039;8a7c9fef2a550709012a581642ae67a6&#039;,&#039;402881e71da6b5e8011da6b634a70028&#039;,&#039;http&#037;3A&#037;2F&#037;2Fsmart-grid.tmcnet.com&#037;2Fnews&#037;2F2010&#037;2F07&#037;2F14&#037;2F4900436.htm&#039;);zwShowDetails(\"8a7c9fef2a550709012a581642ae67a6\",\"8a7caa111a3f8801011a821c023c11c6\");zift_pc--;return false;'>Previous Article<\/a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href='http://www.sagenorthamerica.com/company/newsroom/press_releases/details?CID=1D760715-1B6F-0001-2554-17BB19E012A7&CardId=529480&RowIndex=2&Product=*&Year=*' onclick='zTrkClick(this, &#039;8a7caa111a3f8801011a821c023c11c6&#039;,&#039;8a7c9fef28ea589201296bdb6e3c6dca&#039;,&#039;402881e71da6b5e8011da6b634a70028&#039;,&#039;http&#037;3A&#037;2F&#037;2Fwww.sagenorthamerica.com&#037;2Fcompany&#037;2Fnewsroom&#037;2Fpress_releases&#037;2Fdetails&#037;3FCID&#037;3D1D760715-1B6F-0001-2554-17BB19E012A7&#037;26CardId&#037;3D529480&#037;26RowIndex&#037;3D2&#037;26Product&#037;3D&#042;&#037;26Year&#037;3D&#042;&#039;);zwShowDetails(\"8a7c9fef28ea589201296bdb6e3c6dca\",\"8a7caa111a3f8801011a821c023c11c6\");zift_pc--;return false;'>Next Article<\/a> &gt;&gt;<\/td><td style='text-align: right;' align='right'><a style='cursor:pointer' onclick='zwShowTitles(\"8a7caa111a3f8801011a821c023c11c6\");zift_pc--;return false;'>Return to List<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/table><div id='zwInlineTitle' style='text-align:left;height:auto'><a href='http://www.sagenorthamerica.com/company/newsroom/press_releases/details?CID=1D76117C-7542-0001-AB29-1D2F172A1BE9&amp;CardId=563029&amp;RowIndex=2&amp;Product=*&amp;Year=*' onclick='zTrkClick(this, &#039;8a7caa111a3f8801011a821c023c11c6&#039;,&#039;8a7c9fef29d39a7c0129f6e9192f096b&#039;,&#039;402881e71da6b5e8011da6b634a70028&#039;,&#039;http&#037;3A&#037;2F&#037;2Fwww.sagenorthamerica.com&#037;2Fcompany&#037;2Fnewsroom&#037;2Fpress_releases&#037;2Fdetails&#037;3FCID&#037;3D1D76117C-7542-0001-AB29-1D2F172A1BE9&#037;26CardId&#037;3D563029&#037;26RowIndex&#037;3D2&#037;26Product&#037;3D&#042;&#037;26Year&#037;3D&#042;&#039;);' target='_blank' >Sage Abra Suite v9 Delivers Mobile Workforce Collaboration to HRMS Users and New Levels of Paperless Automation<\/a><span class='zwClear'><\/span><\/div><div class='zwContentExtra' id='extra_1'><\/div><div class='zwContentText'><span class='zwInline'><p>Sage North America today announced Sage Abra Suite v9, the human resource management system (HRMS) that will deliver mobile workforce collaboration and unmatched paperless automation for small and midsized companies. Sage Abra Suite v9 features dynamic information sharing capabilities and new HR Actions that help companies save time, money and paper while turning workforce data into a competitive advantage. The latest of Sage&#039;s award-winning HR solutions is available now from authorized Sage Abra reselling business partners.<\/p> <p>&quot;With dynamic information sharing capabilities, Sage Abra v9 enables business leaders to access, analyze and act upon workforce data from virtually any mobile system,&quot; said Johnny Laurent, vice president and general manager for Sage Abra. &quot;Streamlining core HR processes frees up management and HR resources to address more strategic business objectives. Plus version 9 automates a host of paper-based HR processes, squarely addressing the needs of today&#039;s business customers to maximize resources, increase process efficiencies and cut material costs.&quot;<\/p> <p>Dynamic information sharing capabilities give executives, managers and staff secure access to real-time workforce data from remote laptops, notebooks, and later this summer iPads and other mobile devices. Data access is appropriately filtered for individual roles within the organization with customizable &quot;views&quot; addressing specific executive, director or supervisor needs. Unique URLs then link the views to a variety of applications such as spreadsheet models, web pages and management dashboards. Dynamic information sharing capabilities turn workforce data into a true, competitive advantage by enabling users to leverage up-to-the-moment information while significantly streamlining processes.<\/p> <p>Sage Abra v9 provides sample templates, such as merit pay budgeting and contact lists, for Excel, SharePoint and other applications, which help HR and non-HR users create the specific information sharing documents they need. Once created, accessed documents are automatically updated through Sage Abra Employee Self Service, freeing up valuable time for HR and executives to address strategic business objectives.<\/p> <p>HR Actions within Sage Abra v9 replaces paper-based HR processes, such as status changes, new hires, and performance management, with online, Web-based workflow. HR Actions improves HR service delivery while cutting costs and provides extended benefits and security by:<\/p> <ul> <li>Enforcing business rules by routing and approving personnel change requests, <\/li> <li>Providing secure electronic approval signatures from any PC with a web browser, <\/li> <li>Providing detailed audit trails of any edits made during the routing and approval process,<\/li> <li>Providing real-time status of each transaction from request/submission through approval and administration, and<\/li> <li>Supporting file attachments to web forms, for example a scanned copy of I-9 and W-4 attached to a new hire form.<\/li> <\/ul> <p><strong>About Sage Abra<br/><\/strong>Sage Abra is a market-leading human resource management system (HRMS) that delivers tightly integrated HR, payroll, benefits and attendance functionality, plus rich reporting and analysis tools. Sage Abra includes a Web workforce portal with employee self-service that enables company-wide communications, benefits enrollment and more. 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According to the report, leading companies are employing electronic payments and process automation to streamline and accelerate finance processes, reduce operating costs, and improve visibility, control, and efficiency to provide a foundation for increased profits.<\/p> <p>&quot;Despite the reign of the paper check and manual-based processes in business-to-business transactions in the U.S. and many parts of the world, economic and efficiency gains from automating the financial supply chain-from invoicing through payment settlement-are key motivators for demand and supply to align,&quot; said Nasreen Quibria, senior analyst at Aberdeen and author of the report. &quot;While the adoption of electronic payment vehicles requires businesses to alter their payment behavior and restructure their financial processes, companies that can make the shift will gain competitive advantage.&quot;<\/p> <p>Reflecting the unpredictable economic conditions of the past year, Aberdeen found that companies are focused on maximizing cash flow and taking a holistic approach to transactions-examining the flow of funds into Accounts Receivable (AR), and outflow of funds from Accounts Payable (AP).<\/p> <p>In its survey of more than 160 companies worldwide, Aberdeen found that businesses adopting electronic channels have been able to achieve a 16&#037; decrease in accounts receivable (AR) processing cost, and a 14&#037; decrease in accounts payable (AP) costs year over year.<\/p> <p>&quot;Aberdeen&#039;s report shows the value that systems interoperability with electronic payment networks has for both buyers and suppliers,&quot; said Greg Hammermaster, president of Sage Payment Solutions, the payments division for Sage North America. &quot;We believe this interoperability is critical toward achieving three major payments objectives for every business: improving cash flow, reducing costs, and maximizing the utility of their ERP environment.&quot;<\/p> <p>The Aberdeen survey identified two main pressures creating the need for improved payments processing:<\/p> <ul> <li>Corporate mandate to reduce overall payment transaction costs, such as staff and processing (65&#037;); and<\/li> <li>Stakeholder demand for improved operational efficiency, such as reduced reliance on paper documents (47&#037;).<\/li> <\/ul> <p>Also, according to Aberdeen, 50&#037; of best-in-class companies integrate their electronic payment solutions with their accounting, enterprise resource planning (ERP), or other financial systems. At the same time, 39&#037; of best-in-class companies identify a lack of integration between electronic payments and accounting systems as a barrier to increased electronic payments.<\/p> <p>Last month, Sage introduced Sage Exchange, a new secure, Payment Application Data Security Standard (PA-DSS) certified payment platform that will allow businesses and organizations to accept all forms and methods of payment, with seamless data integration to a wide range of Sage business management software products and third-party business solutions. Seamless integration between payment applications and back-office software can improve an organization&#039;s cash flow and forecasting, while eliminating manual data entry and the risk of errors.<\/p> <p>&quot;Integrating electronic payment networks with back office ERP systems is a challenge faced by all businesses,&quot; added Hammermaster. &quot;Sage Exchange overcomes this challenge by tightly integrating Sage&#039;s accounting and ERP solutions, on both the AR and AP sides, with the most widely used electronic payment networks, including credit and debit cards, electronic check, ACH, and even private label networks. While electronic payments data integration is the foundation, exponential value will be gained through a suite of connected services focused on streamlining the financial supply chain. Sage Exchange is set to deliver on that value proposition.&quot;<\/p> <p>Aberdeen&#039;s payments study was co-underwritten by Sage Payment Solutions and Syncada. 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I&#039;m confident that we can get there, but it&#039;s an evolving work in progress.&quot; <\/p><p>Among some of the new partner offerings are four workshops around sales, consulting, customer experience and business strategy. <\/p><p>Miller said when he joined Sage last summer and had a look at the existing programs, one of the improvements he wanted to make was increasing the number of partners participating in them. <\/p><p>&quot;We found that some of these programs were too expensive from a time and out-of-pocket standpoint,&quot; Miller explained. &quot;Partners also wanted a more condensed version that was offered closer to home.&quot; <\/p><p>To give partners more of what they wanted, Miller said Sage introduced its sales, consulting and customer experience workshops. The sales workshop is a free, one-day intensive selling workshop to help partners improve on their sales performance. 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Sage SalesLogix Cloud, which was introduced to partners last year, will be available to customers in June.<\/p><p>To provide context for Sage&#039;s &quot;cloudy&quot; announcement, <em><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">Bruce Guptill,<\/span> s<\/em>enior vice president and head of research at analysis firm Saugatuck Technology, shared survey results indicating that an average of 20 percent of firms today use such cloud-based solutions for at least one core business system. The figure, Guptill predicted, will double by year-end 2012. <br/> <br/> &quot;A couple of years ago, if you wanted to be good at SaaS, you had to be good at the infrastructural level -- and hats off to them,&quot; said Larry Ritter, senior vice president and general manager of Sage CRM Applications. &quot;We have always been at the applications.&quot;<\/p><p>Along with Joe Bergera, executive vice president and global general manager for Sage CRM Solutions, Ritter explained the cloud solution in depth during a press and analyst session here. <\/p>    <p>Sage took an incremental approach with the cloud offering. Bergera said the solution was made available to select &quot;handheld customers&quot; in December. Twelve customers have been signed on with the Amazon subscription-based solution to-date. Hundreds more are using it through a SalesLogix trial. Prior to the cloud solution Sage was limited in offering trials to customers.<\/p><p>&quot;We are actually getting a lot of traction just by having the solution,&quot; offered Allen Duet, senior product manager for Sage CRM. Some customers, in fact, have signed on with Sage on-premise CRM just for knowing that the vendor has a cloud offering on tap that it could migrate to in the future. <\/p><p>Sage is calling this June release Phase 1 of SalesLogix Cloud. The solution will be expanded to international partners and customers later this year. Also a new version of SalesLogix on-premises will be released in the next 6 weeks. SalesLogix Cloud is offered to customers in two ways. Customers can provide named users who will access the solution, or companies can pay for five &quot;concurrent users&quot; and rotate the licenses throughout the organization on an as-need basis. <br/> <br/> Sage deals primarily through a partner channel, which may be an explanation of the year-long ramp-up of the cloud solution. &quot;Some partners really stepped up to the plate,&quot; Ritter reported. &quot;The ones attacking this opportunity are seeing overall pipeline expand.&quot; He noted, however, that the value proposition for partners is different. &quot;You aren&#039;t going to make the same kind of money that you used to,&quot; he said. <br/> <br/> In terms of Act!, Bergera said Sage is focusing on the connected services to bring users online. The Sage e-Marketing application, for example, offers customers the reach of the Web, but keeps the core contact management system where many users want it -- on the desktop. Ritter speculated that Sage might some day want to do something similar with Act! and the cloud, but the price point does not make sense right now. <br/> <br/> Ritter hinted at a handful of connected services to come later this summer. One of particular interest for CRM users will be an integrated Web service with Hoover&#039;s.<\/p><p>Beagle Research Principal Denis Pombriant notes that the SalesLogix cloud solution may be on the periphery of being called a software-as-a-service application. Pombriant wagers that Sage is more fittingly categorized as an application service provider (ASP) since Amazon is the company doing the hosting. <\/p><p>Ritter said that the company is ultimately working down the path toward becoming a hybrid service provider where companies use both installed Sage products and Web services. 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v8a7caa111a3f8801011a821c023c11c6_html += v8a7caa111a3f8801011a821c023c11c6_details.v8a7c9fef29d39a7c0129f6e9192f096b.hiddenOpening;
}
v8a7caa111a3f8801011a821c023c11c6_html += v8a7caa111a3f8801011a821c023c11c6_details.v8a7c9fef29d39a7c0129f6e9192f096b.contents;
if (v8a7caa111a3f8801011a821c023c11c6_story && v8a7caa111a3f8801011a821c023c11c6_details['v' + v8a7caa111a3f8801011a821c023c11c6_story] == 'v8a7c9fef29d39a7c0129f6e9192f096b') {
v8a7caa111a3f8801011a821c023c11c6_html += v8a7caa111a3f8801011a821c023c11c6_details.v8a7c9fef29d39a7c0129f6e9192f096b.visibleClosing;
} else {
v8a7caa111a3f8801011a821c023c11c6_html += v8a7caa111a3f8801011a821c023c11c6_details.v8a7c9fef29d39a7c0129f6e9192f096b.hiddenClosing;
}
if (v8a7caa111a3f8801011a821c023c11c6_story && v8a7caa111a3f8801011a821c023c11c6_story == '8a7c9fef28ea589201296bdb6e3c6dca' && v8a7caa111a3f8801011a821c023c11c6_details['v' + v8a7caa111a3f8801011a821c023c11c6_story] ) {
v8a7caa111a3f8801011a821c023c11c6_html += v8a7caa111a3f8801011a821c023c11c6_details.v8a7c9fef28ea589201296bdb6e3c6dca.visibleOpening;
} else {
v8a7caa111a3f8801011a821c023c11c6_html += v8a7caa111a3f8801011a821c023c11c6_details.v8a7c9fef28ea589201296bdb6e3c6dca.hiddenOpening;
}
v8a7caa111a3f8801011a821c023c11c6_html += v8a7caa111a3f8801011a821c023c11c6_details.v8a7c9fef28ea589201296bdb6e3c6dca.contents;
if (v8a7caa111a3f8801011a821c023c11c6_story && v8a7caa111a3f8801011a821c023c11c6_details['v' + v8a7caa111a3f8801011a821c023c11c6_story] == 'v8a7c9fef28ea589201296bdb6e3c6dca') {
v8a7caa111a3f8801011a821c023c11c6_html += v8a7caa111a3f8801011a821c023c11c6_details.v8a7c9fef28ea589201296bdb6e3c6dca.visibleClosing;
} else {
v8a7caa111a3f8801011a821c023c11c6_html += v8a7caa111a3f8801011a821c023c11c6_details.v8a7c9fef28ea589201296bdb6e3c6dca.hiddenClosing;
}
if (v8a7caa111a3f8801011a821c023c11c6_story && v8a7caa111a3f8801011a821c023c11c6_story == '8a7c9fef29d39a7c0129f6b8a6cd7b0e' && v8a7caa111a3f8801011a821c023c11c6_details['v' + v8a7caa111a3f8801011a821c023c11c6_story] ) {
v8a7caa111a3f8801011a821c023c11c6_html += v8a7caa111a3f8801011a821c023c11c6_details.v8a7c9fef29d39a7c0129f6b8a6cd7b0e.visibleOpening;
} else {
v8a7caa111a3f8801011a821c023c11c6_html += v8a7caa111a3f8801011a821c023c11c6_details.v8a7c9fef29d39a7c0129f6b8a6cd7b0e.hiddenOpening;
}
v8a7caa111a3f8801011a821c023c11c6_html += v8a7caa111a3f8801011a821c023c11c6_details.v8a7c9fef29d39a7c0129f6b8a6cd7b0e.contents;
if (v8a7caa111a3f8801011a821c023c11c6_story && v8a7caa111a3f8801011a821c023c11c6_details['v' + v8a7caa111a3f8801011a821c023c11c6_story] == 'v8a7c9fef29d39a7c0129f6b8a6cd7b0e') {
v8a7caa111a3f8801011a821c023c11c6_html += v8a7caa111a3f8801011a821c023c11c6_details.v8a7c9fef29d39a7c0129f6b8a6cd7b0e.visibleClosing;
} else {
v8a7caa111a3f8801011a821c023c11c6_html += v8a7caa111a3f8801011a821c023c11c6_details.v8a7c9fef29d39a7c0129f6b8a6cd7b0e.hiddenClosing;
}
if (v8a7caa111a3f8801011a821c023c11c6_story && v8a7caa111a3f8801011a821c023c11c6_story == '8a7c9fef28ea589201296bbbf8ed6a4b' && v8a7caa111a3f8801011a821c023c11c6_details['v' + v8a7caa111a3f8801011a821c023c11c6_story] ) {
v8a7caa111a3f8801011a821c023c11c6_html += v8a7caa111a3f8801011a821c023c11c6_details.v8a7c9fef28ea589201296bbbf8ed6a4b.visibleOpening;
} else {
v8a7caa111a3f8801011a821c023c11c6_html += v8a7caa111a3f8801011a821c023c11c6_details.v8a7c9fef28ea589201296bbbf8ed6a4b.hiddenOpening;
}
v8a7caa111a3f8801011a821c023c11c6_html += v8a7caa111a3f8801011a821c023c11c6_details.v8a7c9fef28ea589201296bbbf8ed6a4b.contents;
if (v8a7caa111a3f8801011a821c023c11c6_story && v8a7caa111a3f8801011a821c023c11c6_details['v' + v8a7caa111a3f8801011a821c023c11c6_story] == 'v8a7c9fef28ea589201296bbbf8ed6a4b') {
v8a7caa111a3f8801011a821c023c11c6_html += v8a7caa111a3f8801011a821c023c11c6_details.v8a7c9fef28ea589201296bbbf8ed6a4b.visibleClosing;
} else {
v8a7caa111a3f8801011a821c023c11c6_html += v8a7caa111a3f8801011a821c023c11c6_details.v8a7c9fef28ea589201296bbbf8ed6a4b.hiddenClosing;
}
v8a7caa111a3f8801011a821c023c11c6_html += v8a7caa111a3f8801011a821c023c11c6_main.closing;
if (document.getElementById('zift_html_8a7caa111a3f8801011a821c023c11c6')) {
document.getElementById('zift_html_8a7caa111a3f8801011a821c023c11c6').innerHTML = v8a7caa111a3f8801011a821c023c11c6_html;
} else {
document.write(v8a7caa111a3f8801011a821c023c11c6_html);}
document.write(v8a7caa111a3f8801011a821c023c11c6_main.tracking);