The Alliance Solutions Group was the top reseller for Sage North America for the Year ended September 30. The Bradenton, Fla.-based organization was business partner of the year for top new license revenue for all Sage products and was the winner for top revenue. RKL eSolutions was honored for top new license growth while Net@Work was outstanding performer for top revenue. Alliance was the winner in the Construction and Real Estate market with the Accordant Co. as outstanding performer in that segment. For Sage 100/300/500, ADSS Global was partner of the year for both top new license sales and top new customer units with DSD Business Solutions outstanding performer for new customer units

Himanshu Palsule is leaving Sage North American next month after serving as chief technology officer and head of strategy since July 2012. Meanwhile, Sage confirmed that Gabrielle Boko, EVP of global brand experience is gone as well. Palsule has been with the company since 1997, joining Best Software which was then purchased by Sage in 2000. The departure was announced to the channel this week. In a prepared statement, Palsule said, "After many wonderful years at Sage, it is time for me to say goodbye as I start a new journey."

Maybe because I gave up on reading Microsoft financial reports some time ago, but my recollection it has been a while since the company gave any indication about Dynamics sales. There were no figures in the 10-K for fiscal 2015 or the third quarter 10-Q. In any event, the company said that for the first quarter ended September 30, Dynamics revenue rose by 3 percent over the first quarter of 2015.