RSM (until recently known as McGladrey) has ballooned as a presence in the Dynamics AX market with the purchase of Junction Solutions. The deal  adds $50 million to the $174 million in annual revenue reported by the accounting firm's IT consulting business. "This one really gives us a huge uplift in capacity," says Steve Ems, RSM principal and national business applications leader about the week's announcement of the purchase.

The switch to the cloud and the emphasis on Sage X3 has cut into revenue of SWK Technologies. The reseller's parent, SilverSun Technologies, reported this week a sharp drop in product revenue and net income for the third quarter ended September 30. Net income for the most recently ended period was $16,464, down sharply from $248,165 a year ago. Revenue rose to $7.2 million, an increase of 18.3 percent from slightly more than $6.1 million in last year's corresponding period.

Alien visitors to earth who stumbled upon the Orlando airport could conclude that humans worship rodents. There are those mimicking their deities by wearing mouse ears and carrying idols of the sacred objects. ... The Disney fireworks bursting in the sky over the local Hooters was a touching sight last week. .. An experienced parent on a Disney-bound United flight: If you don't stop asking when we are going to get there, I'm going to tell them to turn this plane around."