Armanino has been named Intacct's 2015 VAR of the Year. The San Jose, Calif.-based accounting firm says it is also the first reseller to be named to the Intacct President's Club for five consecutive years. Besides selling Intacct, Armanino has created Intacct integrations to Salesforce.com, Microsoft Dynamics CRM, Adaptive Insights and Coupa. Armanino has had a year of multiple honors—during the summer it was placed in Microsoft Dynamic's Inner Circle for the fourth consecutive year.

Qlik Technology has introduced a monitoring-as-a-service addition to its product support lineup. Qlik Proactive Support is designed to provide issue prevention and resolution. The new support service offers real-time anomaly detection, live diagnostics, and regular health check reports, along with recommendations for optimum performance and risk mitigation. The company has also renamed its support levels from Standard and Premium to Basic and Enterprise.

Blackbaud has named Mary Beth Westmoreland as chief technology officer. Westmoreland, who joined the nonprofit software vendor in May, 2008, hangs on to her role as SVP of product development of Charleston, S.C.-based Blackbaud. She is now responsible for worldwide technology strategy and planning for all products and also includes the development of strategic infrastructure and software to support Blackbaud's cloud capabilities.

Xero is urging its customers to reset their passwords and says it will enforce that change when users log in. In an email message this week, the New Zealand-based company says it has seen an increase in phishing scams, some impersonating Xero's branding. Xero says "Our monitoring has shown that a small number of our customers have had their Xero accounts compromised.