In a prepared statement, CEO Mark Meller said, "Our operating performance continues to be fueled by the dynamic growth of our high margin Managed Services business, successful execution of our growth-through-acquisition strategy, increasing market penetration for our proprietary cloud-based business management solutions custom-created for the U.S. craft brewery and distribution industry, and our continued success at winning major new customers to the Sage ERP X3 platform." All that meant that software sales reached $1.3 million in the recent quarter, up 35 percent from over $995,145 a year earlier, while service revenue climbed 40 percent to $4.7 million from $4.4 million. The results came despite operating expenses of $2.1 million, which were 23.5 percent higher than expenses of $1.7 million in the year ago third quarter. SilverSun reported operating income of $467,506, compared to a loss of 62,084 a year ago.