Maybe because I gave up on reading Microsoft financial reports some time ago, but my recollection it has been a while since the company gave any indication about Dynamics sales. There were no figures in the 10-K for fiscal 2015 or the third quarter 10-Q. In any event, the company said that for the first quarter ended September 30, Dynamics revenue rose by 3 percent over the first quarter of 2015.

Not mentioned prominently in SAP's ebullient pronouncements about its cloud software was that the company increased spending by 22 percent for the third quarter ended September 30. But for the moment let's concentrate on the fact that after-tax earnings were about $988 for the most recently ended quarter, up 2 percent from a year earlier. Revenue was roughly $5.5 billion, up 17 percent—10 percent in constant currencies.

Armanino has been named Intacct's 2015 VAR of the Year. The San Jose, Calif.-based accounting firm says it is also the first reseller to be named to the Intacct President's Club for five consecutive years. Besides selling Intacct, Armanino has created Intacct integrations to Salesforce.com, Microsoft Dynamics CRM, Adaptive Insights and Coupa. Armanino has had a year of multiple honors—during the summer it was placed in Microsoft Dynamic's Inner Circle for the fourth consecutive year.

Qlik Technology has introduced a monitoring-as-a-service addition to its product support lineup. Qlik Proactive Support is designed to provide issue prevention and resolution. The new support service offers real-time anomaly detection, live diagnostics, and regular health check reports, along with recommendations for optimum performance and risk mitigation. The company has also renamed its support levels from Standard and Premium to Basic and Enterprise.