Tribridge, Microsoft’s Worldwide Partner of the Year, says it is polishing its operations to continue growth with the appointment of Chris Joseph as CFO. Joseph was CEO of Mercatus, which provided technology services to healthcare providers, and joined Tribridge when it purchased his company in May. Besides doing the usual CFO things, his duties were described as including the support of "the company’s ongoing acquisition strategy."

Microsoft is entering the second year of its multi-site site approach to holding its Convergence conference in Europe. But this year, the company went for three sites, London, Prague and the Hague, instead of four sites last year. In 2009, it was London, Vienna, Frankfurt and Rotterdam. A spokesperson said this year's sites are expected to sell out and the venues are larger. Read more...

What a difference five years makes. Five years ago, New Orleans was high and dry (well, low and dry?), but things were about to get wetter. And five years ago then corporate VP Doug Burgum was a presenter at Microsoft's annual financial analyst day on July 28, 2005. Fortunately, a query brings up the transcript in which Burgum told analysts about GP 9.0. Read more...

Sage is giving its reselling channel the opportunity to sell its healthcare products. The company believes that given the stimulus money and healthcare program this is going to be a revenue opportunity for one to two years and given the size of the industry, I'd say more. The first reseller to sign is Alliance Solutions Group, a Bradenton, Fla.-based VAR that sells Timberline, among other Sage products.