After writing about what a lousy year 2009 was and hearing repeatedly how VARs are questioning their business model, it's surprising to find that 2010 is going to be a year of intense reseller recruiting. Of course, that recruitment is probably going to be very selective and there are fewer businesses around to be recruited. Read more...

SpeedTax, a Laguna Hills, Calif.-based vendor of sales-and-use-tax applications, has received a new round of equity funding from private equity firm Committed Capital. SpeedTax, whose products are Internet-based, said this represented the largest equity investment the company has secured, but it has not revealed how much it has received in funding. Read more...