Dynamics Communities, which hosts the Summit user group conferences, will hold Collaborate Canada in five cities next month. Each will be a one-day event designed to provide attendees with a variety of Dynamics product knowledge.

Columbus said this week it plans to utilize its January acquisition of Swedish iStone to take the Infor M3 (Lawson) product line global. The initiative is a major change for Columbus which had concentrated on the Dynamics line and its internally developed Columbus Software.