Net@Work has named Igal Rabinovich to the newly created position of director of partner success. In that job, Rabinovich, who is rejoining firm he left in 2012, will lead the New York, N.Y.-based reseller's Partner Alliance Program.

The Rand Group has become an Oracle NetSuite reseller. Based in Houston, Texas, Rand is a long-time Dynamics reseller and is the biggest reseller to have been announced this year as joining the program. In its submission for Bob Scott's Top 100 VARs for 2017, the company reported $18.07 million in revenue and 94 employees.

The eyes of Texas are upon me and I don't like it one bit. Was in Austin last week for the Avalara conference and it was hot and humid. That's just what I think of when I think of Texas—lots of hot air.