Waterloo, Ont.-based Six S Partners is moving into the reselling market in the United States. An Epicor VAR, Six S is merging with Yorktown Heights, N.Y.-based Tri Gem to form a jointly owned company that will operate under the Six S name in this country. Six S Partners was Epicor's Global Partner of the Year for 2015 and 2016 and Americas Partner of the Year for four consecutive years.

Retail Pro International has joined the SAP PartnerEdge program. The Folsom, Calif.-based software developer says as a result its retail management software is now available on SAP Business One. Participation in the program enables the company and distributors to build, market and applications on top of SAP software. Retail Pro says it now has access "to all relevant SAP technologies in one simplified framework under a single, global contract."

Avalara has named Mike Wingrove as VP of channels. Wingrove comes to the sales-and-use-tax company from Sage where he was VP of North American sales from July 2012 until taking the position with Seattle, Wash.-based Avalara. He reports to Pascal Van Dooren, Avalara's chief revenue officer.

Exact is developing a concept of "triple-entry accounting" utilizing blockchain technology. The Netherlands-based accounting and manufacturing software company made the announcement as part of its meeting of members of the Dutch blockchain community.