<s>
The	O
Sage	O
Group	O
plc	O
,	O
commonly	O
known	O
as	O
Sage	O
,	O
is	O
a	O
British	O
multinational	O
enterprise	B-Application
software	I-Application
company	O
based	O
in	O
Newcastle	O
upon	O
Tyne	O
,	O
England	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
2017	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
the	O
UK	O
's	O
second	O
largest	O
technology	O
company	O
,	O
the	O
world	O
's	O
third-largest	O
supplier	O
of	O
enterprise	O
resource	O
planning	O
software	O
(	O
behind	O
Oracle	B-Application
and	O
SAP	B-Application
)	O
,	O
the	O
largest	O
supplier	O
to	O
small	O
businesses	O
,	O
and	O
has	O
6.1	O
million	O
customers	O
worldwide	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Company	O
was	O
founded	O
by	O
David	O
Goldman	O
,	O
Paul	O
Muller	O
,	O
and	O
Graham	O
Wylie	O
in	O
1981	O
in	O
Newcastle	O
upon	O
Tyne	O
,	O
to	O
develop	O
estimating	O
and	O
accounting	B-Application
software	I-Application
for	O
small	O
businesses	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
became	O
the	O
basis	O
for	O
Sage	B-Application
Line	I-Application
50	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Next	O
,	O
hired	O
by	O
David	O
Goldman	O
to	O
write	O
some	O
estimating	O
software	O
for	O
his	O
printing	O
company	O
,	O
Campbell	O
Graphics	O
,	O
Graham	O
used	O
the	O
same	O
accounting	B-Application
software	I-Application
to	O
produce	O
the	O
first	O
version	O
of	O
Sage	O
Accounts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1984	O
,	O
the	O
Company	O
launched	O
Sage	O
software	O
,	O
a	O
product	O
for	O
the	O
Amstrad	B-Device
PCW	I-Device
word	O
processor	O
,	O
which	O
used	O
the	O
CP/M	B-Application
operating	I-Application
system	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Starting	O
in	O
the	O
2023	O
season	O
Sage	O
are	O
an	O
official	O
partner	O
of	O
Major	B-Application
League	I-Application
Baseball	I-Application
organization	O
.	O
</s>
