Columbus, the Dynamics reseller based in Copenhagen, Denmark, has purchased the interest of minority shareholders in Columbus Norway. The parent now owns 100 percent of the subsidiary. Terms were not disclosed and the company did not disclose the size of the holdings of those investors. Columbus said the deal would not impact revenue and earnings for 2013. By itself, this brief statement is not that significant.

The last issue reported that Net@Work had scaled back its partner program because the company is focusing recruitment on the East Coast and Upper Midwest. But Tom Miller, leader of the VAR's Channel Partner group, said Net@Work has not scaled back. I guess scaling back is in the eye of the beholder. In my view, when a company had planned a national program and now it is only in two regions, well.

GoDaddy, known for its web platform business, has acquired online company Ronin, which made invoicing applications. This deal was done in April but not announced until this month. Terms were not disclosed. GoDaddy has integrated the invoicing functions with the feature set acquired last year with the purchase of Outright.com. Together, the products are part of GoDaddy Online Bookkeeping.

Sage North America has introduced Sage CRM 2013, which now has social, collaboration and mobile tools. Among those tools is Sage CRM Builder, a drag-and-drop tool that can be used to manage any area of the business. The mobile suite includes Sage CRM Sales Lite for iPhone and Sage CRM Sales Tracker for Windows. Facebook has been added to its social capabilities and enables collaboration via social-style features powered by Yammer.