Payments vendor Paya has acquired Clarkston, Wash.-based VelocIT Business Solutions. Terms were not disclosed.

Visma, which keeps mopping up European software companies, turned in growth of 19.5 percent, for the year ended December 31. Norway-based Visma, which acquired 42 companies last year, has already purchased five companies this year.

The departure of channel leader Geoff Ashley from Acumatica late last year has triggered some thoughts. What does the cloud software vendor need in its reseller base?