Another Dynamics GP-only reseller no longer fits that category. CAL Business Solutions has taken on Acumatica. Acumatica becomes the first true-cloud financial software product for the company. The Harwinton, Conn., based reseller, founded in 1982, has sold GP since 1999.

It's a bit more than a year since the first independent testing for Dynamics certification was conducted. In that time, 323 exams have been completed with a pass rate of 63 percent, according to Joe Carroll, executive director of the Association of Dynamics Professionals.

The question with sales and use tax vendor goes public has always seemed a matter of when, not if. And the suggestion the Seattle, Wash.-based Avalara is moving into serious planning came in a recent report from Reuters which said Avalara has been interviewing banks for the possible offering. The company, of course, declines comment.

British reseller K3 is continuing on its significant restocking of executive ranks. In the last two months, the VAR, which carries Dynamics, Sage and Syspro software, has named a new CEO, CFO and managing director for K3 Syspro. In October, Adalsteinn Valdimarsson was hired as CEO while his predecessor, David Bolton, became executive chairman.