The lousy European economy took a toll on the 2011 results for Columbus, the Dynamics reseller formerly known as Columbus IT Partner. The company lost about $1.8 million for the most recently ended year, compared to a net result of about $2.4 million. The latter number represents earnings before the impact of currency exchange on the results of subsidiaries.

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Last month's statement from Microsoft’s channel exec Doug Kennedy that the United Kingdom might be a place for a Master VAR drew a comment that there may be only one candidate. And that is M-Hance which formed last fall. The company sells Dynamics AX and GP. In November, the company was formed through the joining of seven reselling organizations: Calyx Software, Gyrosoft, Trinity Computer Services, and divisions of MentecPlus, Touchstone Group, Sys-Care, and Avant-Garde.

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A funny thing happened on the way to the webinar. It was cancelled. In this case, it was the webinar scheduled for resellers of Microsoft Office 365 who were told they could sign up for "Microsoft Office 365 Partners – Increase Your Revenue with Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online." It was supposed to be held Thursday, April 4.

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Infor has raised more than $1 billion in new equity over the last year. That number was given as the company said it had a new investment from its chief backer, Golden Gate Capital, and from Summit Partners and that it had also refinanced the company's debt capital structure. The announcement noted the completion of the merger of Infor and Lawson Software.  Golden Gate and Infor had purchased Lawson last year. Read more...