Winners and finalists for Microsoft Dynamics Partner of the Year awards,  announced this week, were largely, well large. And getting bigger as the customer service winner, Ebecs, has now been acquired by DXC. Ebecs also won the Dynamics 365 Talent award.

Manufacturing software company QAD reported a return to profitability and strong revenue growth for its first quarter ended April 30. QAD had $1.4 million in net income for the most recently ended quarter, compared to a loss of $2.6 million a year earlier.

Alithya, a Montreal, Quebec-based company which is acquiring Edgewater Technology, expects 2019 revenue of about $262 million to $277 million. Alithya issued the forecast recently as part of a new shareholder presentation about the deal, expected to close in the third quarter.  

Xero focused heavily on practice management with the features introduced this week.  Enhancements debuted at this week’s Xerocon include Xero Projects with a new time tracker, which the company described as a simple, real-time financial project management tool.