Frank Nisenboum, who had a 22-year career with the VAR now called Socius, has joined e2b Teknologies. Nisenboum joined Chardon, Ohio-based e2b as EVP of sales this month after leaving his long-time employer in December. Nisenboum joined the predecessor to Socius, Brunswick Integrated Computer Systems, in 1991 after working in public accounting.

Accounting firm Armanino has purchased Rose Business Solutions, a long-time Dynamics GP reseller. Owner Linda Rose sold the San Diego, Calif.-based operation to concentrate on RoseASP, which provides hosted cloud applications to Dynamics resellers and their customers. The terms were not disclosed. In explaining her decision, Rose said in a prepared statement, "My passion for the past several years has been building cloud brands and delivering cloud solutions through RoseASP."

A Christmas open house during the recent holidays brought home the social media divide among adults. I was pondering the fact that in the last two months I hit 400 Facebook Friends, about 1,024 Twitter followers (it tends to fluctuate a bit) and 1,040 LinkedIn connections. But at the get together, I was confronted by several adults in their 50s and 60s who had no clue about how to get value from social media – and most of whom were IT professionals.

The message was not made in its statement about acquisition of the Tectura's North American business. But UCX Ltd. said in its 2013 annual report that market was one of its prime areas. "High market growth of Microsoft Dynamics AX in the North American and US market presents an opportunity for increased growth within a sector in which we have strong Global leadership," managing director Cris Nicolli wrote in the document on August 22.