Sage this week said revenue in North America grew by 3 percent for the year ended September 30. Overall revenue for the parent, The Sage Group, was up by 4 percent organically, as the company returned to growth. The North American EBITA margin was 25.5 percent, up 3 points.

Tribridge hopes to sign its first Sales Affiliate by the end of the year under the new Microsoft Master VAR program. The Miami, Fla.-based Dynamics reseller is in talks with other dealers who are seeking to sign with the company, one of three Master VARs chosen by Microsoft. "We have not limited ourselves as to how many we will sign," Steve Terp, the company's chief sales officer, said this week.

SAP's need to rewrite its Business ByDesign user interface because of Microsoft's move away from Silverlight is an issue simmering in the background. But whether it is important or not is disputed by competitors. For rival Intacct, “This is just the latest miss-step in SAP’s journey to the cloud – their poor execution has all been driven by their DNA as direct seller of on-premises software to large enterprises," says Dan Druker, Intacct's VP of marketing

It was a good year for their company for the period ended July 31, but not good enough as Intuit executives saw their pay drop. Total compensation for CEO Brad Smith was $11.5 million, down 11.7 percent from $13.9 million for fiscal 2010. Smith lost the most ground on option awards, receiving $1.3 million in that category for fiscal 2011, down from $3.1 million.