Accounting firm Wipfli has acquired Reston, Va.-based Brittenford Systems. As with the recently announced purchase of BCG & Co.—including its BCG reselling and consulting operations—by Sikich, we have an accounting firm in the Bob Scott Top 100 VARs, acquiring another member of the Top 100. In the 2015 list, the reselling and consulting portion of Wipfli was No. 11 with $37 million in revenue while Brittenford was No.90 with $4.82 million.

Mike Silver, who worked as a partner enablement manager at Intacct, has joined Microsoft. Silver's LinkedIn profile shows he joined Microsoft this month. His profile does not give a title but says he is "Assisting Microsoft Dynamics Partners with their Business Growth, Strategy and Success". He was with the cloud software vendor from August 2013 through April.

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