Rich Wickham, the relatively new general manager for U.S. partner sales, said at Convergence that the Master VAR program is probably more important in areas such as Eastern Europe. For developing a reseller network, “We don’t have 10 to 20 people to put in those countries,” he said, adding that Microsoft is already seeing good results in that area. Both Tribridge affiliates carry Dynamics GP and will operate that business under the Tribridge name and utilizing its purchasing power with Microsoft. However, both also have much broader programs besides Microsoft. Based in Huntington Beach, Calif., CBR also carries NetSuite, QuickBooks Enterprise Solutions and Intuit POS, and the Lightspeed Retail POS for ioS. The website of MIC Business Solutions, a subsidiary of Mitsubishi, shows that it carries Solarsoft, which was purchased by Epicor last year, and performs implementation and development for Oracle/J.D. Edwards and for SAP.