Unit4 has acquired Three River Systems, a company based in the United States that makes student management applications. Unit4 has acquired Three River Systems, a company based in the United States that makes student management applications. It's another in a series of fast-moving actions by the Netherlands-based company which has been increasingly active since going private last year. Unit4 said this acquisition supports its strategy of offering "market leading industry-specific solutions to people-centric businesses."

Recently, we wrote about John Silvani's Gravity Software which is peddling a financial application built on top of Dynamics CRM. Silvani is not the only one. Last fall, Rockton Software launched Rockton Connect. "Some in Microsoft question why we'd go through the trouble of writing a new accounting application in the Dynamics space when GP, AX, NAV, and SL exist," says owner Mark Rockwell. "My standard reply is 'because GP, AX, NAV and SL exist.'" And the product is for those outgrowing QuickBooks.

SilverSun Technologies, parent of SWK Technologies, continues to be on the hunt for other Sage VARs and wants to double its revenue. In a recent investor presentation, SilverSun CEO Mark Meller said the company's parameters for targets are more than $1 million in annual revenue and resellers that are cash flow and income positive. "The company is actively reviewing additional acquisitions ," he told listeners.