DPI Information Services was chosen at the All Star Performer at this year's Infor Partner Summit. The Tampa Bay, Fla.-based company handles Infor10 Express and Infor10 Business. Infor named Copley Consulting Group of East Greenwich, R.I., as Manufacturing Partner of the Year for the second straight year. Copley sells Infor's SyteLine system. The Distribution Partner of the Year award went to Expertek Systems, Marlborough, Mass., which markets the InforI0 Ion Suite and Infor Storefront. A Visual ERP organization, Synergy Resources of Central Islip, N.Y., took home the award for Most Net New Accounts. Avaap of Iselin, N.J., which provides consulting services and markets applications for the Lawson market, was Services Partner of the Year. Incidentally, Infor sees its channel strategy as doing well.

The statement that Exact has killed the DOS versions of its software is not new that will set the world trembling. The mention was one of the facts dropped by CEO Erik Van der Meijden during a recent earnings webcast. He described that as "a painful step" and said it was taken because of the latest version of SQL Server. What the issue reminds is that while we talk about the move to the cloud and the latest and greatest technology, there's a part of the world that is anything but up-to-date.

SilverSun Technologies, parent of SWK Technologies, reported net income of $62,185 for the second quarter ended June 30, largely attributable to a sharp drop in share-based compensation. The earnings compared to a loss of $334,031 in last year's corresponding period. The company was able to increase G&A and R&D spending, but overall expenses fell as the shared-based pay dropped to $4,404 in the most recently end period, compared to $408,183 a year earlier.

Intacct has allied with KeyedIn Solutions to integrate the latter's cloud-based project management software into Intacct. It was the first time KeyedIn, based in Minneapolis, Minn., has partnered with an accounting software vendor. Along with San Jose, Calif.-based Intacct, the integration is designed for professional services and project-based businesses. The integration will include Intacct Project Accounting.