Dynamics AX reseller, PA Group USA has purchased Dynamics CRM VAR Cloud Nine Solutions. PA Group USA has also joined the new Microsoft Cloud Solutions Provider program. The acquiring company already carried Dynamics CRM, but its CEO, Jon Buchan, said the deal will bolster its CRM practice "because it gives us entry into key public sector verticals such as economic development and education that are very strategic to our growth."

RKL eSolutions has acquired Baesis, a Northborough, Mass.-based software reseller. Lancaster, Pa.-based RKL  purchased the company for its Sage 100 and JobOps practices. It did not hang onto the Exact Macola line, which Baesis had picked up in October. Walt Goodfield, VP of sales and marketing for RKL, said Baesis had "previously spun off its Managed Services, Sage 50 and Macola practices to other companies not disclosed to RKL." JobOps, a manufacturing package, is sold through Sage resellers.

CRM vendor GoldMine has released GoldMine Web 2015.2, which incorporates a mobile responsive design. The technology provides an updated user web interface that adapts to the device being used. "The same look and features now apply whether the user is running it on a PC, tablets, or smart phones in the field", says Paul Petersen, GoldMine VP and GM. Compatible with Windows 10 and the latest versions of Office 365 and Office 2016, Web 2015 is available for GoldMine Cloud subscribers as an add-on to complete their virtual desktop.

Jo Ann Benzer, who has served as the executive director of the Information Technology Alliance, has retired from her position. Benzer has worked for the association since its inception in the fall of 1997. Benzer served in the COO function of the Illinois CPA Society from 1978 through 1997. At the society, she was responsible for the strategy direction, staff and volunteer leadership succession, committee oversight, and business management.