software founded established in 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 1 and human capital management people management software 2 and services solutions to australian businesses . the company is a wholly owned subsidiary of the sage group plc an international company specialising in accounting payroll and crm software applications . 3 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 . contents 1 history 2 operations 3 software products and services 4 primary competition 5 references and footnotes 6 external links history edit sage micropay was established in 1985 to provide payroll and human capital management technology to businesses in australia . 4 the company was later purchased by the commonwealth bank in 1995 making it wholly owned by a major financial institution . 5 in april 2002 micropay was acquired by the large south african based accounting software vendor softline . 6 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 software pty ltd. 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 . 7 in 2006 sage micropay acquired payroll and hr software provider australian flagship ; who develop and market the wage easy payroll system . 8 operations edit 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 . 9 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 edit sage micropay sage micropay esp sage wage easy sage payroll online sage business intelligence services services include payroll hosting and outsourcing recruitment and training sage express super sage recruitment sage training sage printed products sage data care sage consulting sage payroll and hr outsourcing primary competition edit adp hr3 paychex paycycle intuit online payroll surepayroll references and footnotes edit easy source charter accountants business software guide sage group plc full description . reuters . retrieved 2008 01 12 . news and events sage micropay s background and current market position 2007 commonwealth back annual report 1999 acquisition of micropay pty limited australia 7 may 2002 software battle goes to middle ground november 11 2003 . the sydney morning herald . 2003 11 11 . retrieved 2009 09 07 . sage annual report 2007 human resources leader integrated hr systems listings external links edit sage payroll & hr website the sage group plc retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title sage micropay & oldid 735917622 categories financial services companies of australiahidden categories use dmy dates from may 2014use australian english from may 2014all wikipedia articles written in australian englishall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from march 2013 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 23 august 2016 at 23 41 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view