In fact, Alfapeople’s CEO Michael Gaardboe founded Columbus IT and Alfapeople got its big start by acquiring Columbus IT's business in Mexico, Costa Rica, Colombia, Brazil, Chile, Germany and Switzerland last year. And in August, Alfapeople hired Claus Hansen, who had succeeded Gaardboe at Columbus IT as its COO. The fact that Prodware purchased the Spanish operations of European reseller Qurius with the goal of building a Latin American practice suggest there’s some competition looming south of the border.