SWK Technology, a Livingston, N.J.-based Sage VAR, has recognized the top resellers of its Mapadoc EDI software for the period from April 2009 through May 2010. Martin & Associates of Cincinnati was honored for Top Product Sales, representing the highest total net to SWK, including new sales, add-ons, maintenance and third-party products. ESC Software of Tempe, Ariz., was cited for Top New Licenses while Oasis Solutions Group of Louisville, Ky., was recognized for Year-Over-Year Growth for the highest percentage change in product growth over the prior year. Mapadoc EDI, integrated electronic data interchange software, is built for the Sage MAS 90/200 and 500 products. Read more...

Three American companies were named as winners of the Global Solutions Partner Awards for SAP's Business One application. The awards are given to companies that provide software based on B1. Support One was regional solution partner of the year, north America, while Navigator Business Solutions was recognized for sales excellence, an award based on revenue. The third award in the United States went to Softengine for leadership in innovation. The Global Solution Partner of the Year was Variatec, a German ISV. Softengine, based in Los Angeles, provides a hosted version of Business One called Business Now, among other products.
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Former president Bill Clinton will be speaking at Microsoft’s Worldwide Partner Conference this year. I was thinking maybe that’s a reason to go for the first time in three years to the event being held July 11-15 in Washington DC. Then I was thinking, after my college career in the 60s, and concluded I probably wouldn’t clear security. The Facebook page says it will probably be a sell out. Wonder how many will be Dynamics VARs or from the U.S.? One thing that is noticeable is that VARs aren’t using their Web sites to push the conference the way they did for Convergence, although that benefitted from being linked to the Dynamics GP 2010 launch. Clinton will follow with his "10 Rules for a Happy Marriage."
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Exact may be proud of its new headquarters building in Delft, the Netherlands. But the headline on the item on its Web site, “Magical opening of Exact’s new headquarters in Delft”, may have been a little over the top. To be fair, the company was playing on the fact that “Hans Klok, the world famous illusionist, set off opening fireworks while 250 guests, the mayor of Delft and Exact’s CEO, Raj Patel watched the spectacle.” French Spiderman, Alain Robert, climbed the Exact building. Robert once wanted to climb the headquarters building at Microsoft. But it was too expensive. You know how Microsoft is about charging for the use of windows? (Groans permitted here.) Read more...