Acuity Business Solutions, one of two resellers to emerge from the dissolution of Acumen Advisors, has joined the BizNet channel program. A Deltek premier reseller, Acuity, based in Reston, Va., will sell BizNet's Excel Suite to the Deltek Vision market. Acumen was formed by the merger of two Deltek VARs and although the split caused the creation of two new ones, they have the same pre-marriage leaders. June Jewell owns Acuity while Kevin O'Connor went into business under the name Full Sail Partners. Meanwhile, BizNet has announced the second annual conference, ExcelaPalooza will be held September 24 and 25 at the Rosewood Crescent Hotel in Dallas. It's sort of worth writing about it just for the name.

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The Rand Group, a Houston-based Dynamics reseller, has grown with the addition of seven former MIS Group employees who have started Rand’s Dallas office. That included former MIS Group VP Chris Spivey. What was more interesting, given Microsoft’s push against Sage following the demise of the MIS Group, was Rand’s decision to add Sage’s MAS accounting software line, its SalesLogix CRM, ABRA HRMS and FAS fixed asset products. Rand’s press release headlined the change this way: “The Rand Group Delivers More Choices to Small and Mid-size Business With the Addition of Sage Business Management Solutions.” That should be put against Microsoft’s press release headline that “Microsoft Dynamics Offers Clear Future for Sage Customers.” There seems to be a difference in attitude. Read more...