Tribridge, a large Dynamics reseller, was named Scribe Software's 2009 Top Partner Organization for the Americas territory, the second consecutive year the Tampa, Fla.-based reseller has been given that honor. Tribridge received the designation because it was the top revenue generator in the Americas region for calendar 2009. Scribe, based in Bedford, N.H., provides data integration and migration tools, Read more...

Start with the fact that five top Dynamics VARs formed a company for selling a Dynamics AX product last month and the Dynamics Partner of the Year, Fullscope, was recently acquired. It's possibly the start of a big shift in the Dynamics channel, and considering Microsoft wants to reward VARs that generate more revenue, that shouldn't be surprising. Read more...

Intuit is reportedly selling a lot of units of QuickBooks Enterprise Solutions, but probably not through its reseller channel. And reports continue that dealers can't figure out how to make money with QBES, which has been a theme over the last year. Certainly, it looks like some VARs are sitting on the sideline until Intuit can figure out a way they can co-exist with the direct sales force team. Read more...

Sage North America continued hiring to grow its channel management as it picked up three veterans, and only two from the Great Plains Alumni Association. The other, Mike Wingrove, now senior director of sales for midmarket products in Canada, was in channel organizations in SAP and Epicor. Read more...