Acumatica has created a Service Partners Program as a part of its all-channel sales approach. Services Partners will join resellers and ISVs in the channel. The new group will encompass implementation specialists who will also refer leads to VARs.

 Microsoft this week tried to address channel anger over anger at statements the prior day about the future of Dynamics GP. Specifically, the company met VARs and ISVs at the Dynamic Communities Summit on Wednesday where one participant said, “I have never heard the F word so often”.

The most notable thing about the Sage Transform Expo was the proliferation of payment companies as exhibitors. This has been the trend in the last two or so years at all ERP conferences I attended.