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NEXT WEEK: VAR STARS ANNOUNCED

var starsThe 2012 class of Bob Scott's VAR Stars will be announced next week. The special publication in which the names are revealed will be available as a PDF that will be downloadable from this site. And as usual, major trends in the midmarket reselling business will be discussed in tandem with our listing of 100 quality resellers. This year's list contains a number of first timers, along with familiar names of top performers. Read more...

ACUMATICA MOVES HQ TO WASHINGTON

Yury Larichev, AcumaticaAcumatica has relocated its headquarters from Bethesda, Md., to Kirkland, Wash. The vendor says the new office will be open on December 3. COO Yury Larichev says the move is designed to give the company access to the talent pool in Washington to support plans to double channel partner sales, pre-sales consulting and other operational areas next year. He said it would also enable Acumatica to develop strong channel partner support on the West Coast. Microsoft’s cloud platform,” added Larichev. He noted the software engineering team remains in Russia

 

 

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DYNAMICS CRM DIRECTION SET

Microsoft logoMarketing automation is going to become a major area of investment for Microsoft Dynamics CRM, according to the company’s latest statement of direction. That statement describes a “focus on driving a new category of integrated marketing solutions.” Read more...

RAND GROUP BUYS BI SPECIALIST

Justin Singer, The Rand GroupThe Rand Group, a Houston, Texas-based Dynamics reseller, has picked up assets and employees of SMBology. Founded in 2003, SMBology has described itself as offering strategic consulting, user experience design, and application development. In its announcement, Rand emphasized the expansion of services by adding a suite of business applications and custom business intelligence dashboards based on Microsoft Sharepoint.

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XERO GETS $49M IN U.S.MONEY

Jamie Sutherland, XeroNew Zealand-based cloud vendor Xero has raised $49 million in capital from its existing investors. Valar Ventures and Matrix Capital Management placed $49 million and also purchased $18 million in shares from Xero’s three largest shareholders.

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NETSUITE SIGNS SAGE U.K. DEVELOPER

Alistair Livingstone, Eureka SolutionsNetSuite has enrolled Eureka Solutions, a reseller based in the United Kingdom, in its channel program. Perhaps more important is that NetSuite has reached into Sage's homeland to pick up a company that had been a Sage loyalist.  Visit Eureka's website and one of the prominent choices is "Sage Development".

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EXACT NAMES CLOUD HEAD

Hartmut Wagner, ExactExact has named an executive to run its new Cloud Solutions division, filling the last major open position in the company's reorganization this year.  Hartmut Wagner will start his new job on January 7 and will become a member of the board of managing directors in May. Previously, Wagner was director of Hewlett-Packard's information management software business in EMEA.

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NETSUITE PICKS INVESTMENT OVER MARGIN

Ron Gill, NetSuiteNetSuite is willing to sacrifice improvement in its operating margins in 2013 in order to invest in promising areas. That message was delivered this week by the company's CFO Ron Gill at the Credit Suisse 2012 Technology Conference. Read more...

ISM, SWK PARENT SUSPEND TALKS

Jeff Roth, SWK TechnologiesInformation Systems Management and SilverSun Technologies, parent to SWK Technologies, have suspended merger talks. The merger of the two resellers would have created one of the largest Sage VARs. However, the parties said there were too many hurdles to meet a target closing date of January 1.

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ACUMATICA LAUNCHES IN MEXICO

Acumatica logoSaaS vendor Acumatica has launched its accounting application in Mexico. Federico Porras, the Acumatica country manager, said that "Acumatica came to Mexico to revolutionize the ERP market ...", which sounds like a modest-enough goal.

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