Acumatica says it has signed 26 resellers “in the past months” with 11 of the new recruits in Asia. These include Vietnam-based Innovative Consulting. Acumatica published only a partial list of the newbies. But it is notable that this is not a list of Sage and Microsoft VARs, although ESC Software Business Systems, a Tempe, Ariz.-based Sage VAR , is among the group.

Dynamics VAR Tribridge has acquired Tampa, Fla.-based Intelledon, a talent management solutions consultant and integrator. Terms were not disclosed but this appears to be a fairly large nugget for Tribridge to devour. Founded in 2001, Intelledon is a global company specializing in the talent and learning market.

The North American organizations selected for this year’s Dynamics Inner Circle show changing names. But the composition itself is not surprising, a lot of the bigger VARs with a handful of midlevel folks thrown in, which is typical. There’s one fairly new development – except for Armanino, which has been putting a lot of emphasis on growing its consulting and reselling business, there were no accounting firms in the list; no McGladrey or Wipfli, to name a couple that used to make it.

Microsoft trotted out a new acronym, Global Independent Software Vendor, at the Worldwide Partner Conference this week Among the four companies announced in the new problem is Atlanta-based I.B.I.S., which is joined the program as a provider of industrial distribution capabilities built on Dynamics AX. The other three members are automotive software maker Incadea, food supply-chain