NetSuite is taking advantage of its Oracle parentage in recruiting new channel members. The company recently said it had added three Oracle partners as resellers or as members of its newer alliance program.

Xero expected to have an initial public offering in the United States more than two years ago. That did not happen and now there appears to be no definite date for the company, which is already publicly traded in Australia.

The most notable fact about Columbus' pending acquisition of iStone is not the size of the deal. It's not the potential for the possibility of the Denmark-based resell expanding more services globally.