SugarCRM has selected 21 members of its channel as its Elite partners for 2018. The Cupertino, Calif-based CRM publisher says criteria for selection include product competency requirements, joint sales execution, customer retention, and driving new Sugar business during the preceding fiscal year.

The Central Consulting Group has been named Deltek's Reseller of the Year for 2017. Headed by Jim Falkanger, the Minnesota, Minn.-based VAR was among those honored at the recent Global Partner Kickoff.

Sage has made official the name changes to its product line that have been previously applied to elements of the Sage Business Cloud. In this week's Sage Capital Markets Day presentation, Nick Goode, VP of product, made repeated references to products "formerly known as".