With the parent company showing a flat top line, but growth in profit margins, Sage North American turned in improving revenue for the year ended September 30. While North American sales were still down, dropping by 4 percent for the year to $857.8 million, there was a notable improvement in the second half. North America revenue fell by 4 percent with organic revenue down 3 percent from fiscal 2009. Read more...

Intacct has been eking out the names of new resellers. But with the announcement that Nims & Associates has picked up the Internet-based application, Intacct has enlisted one of the larger firms it has signed and one that has fairly broad technology consulting operations. Read more...

The SBS Group, a New Jersey-based Dynamics reseller, has acquired Omnios, a Chicago-based VAR as part of SBS's plan to take smaller Dynamics resellers under its wing as Microsoft's new channel program makes life extremely tough on small fry. Both companies carry Dynamics GP and SL although their historical strength was in SL. SBS also carries Sage's MAS 500 and Deltek Vision. Read more...

SugarCRM has introduced a native iPhone application as an enhancement to Sugar 6 CRM and which is bundled with the Sugar Enterprise edition. During an introductory period, the new application is free to users of the Sugar Professional edition. It can be downloaded from the Apple iTunes AppStore and can be customized via the SugarCRM Mobile Studio administration panel. Free trials of SugarCRM Professional can be launched from the iPhone versions.