Alliance Solutions Group, a construction software reseller, was named Sage Business Partner of the Year for Top Revenue for North America for 2014. ASG gets the trophy for having the highest product revenue across all Sage lines. Headed by managing partner, Mike Griffith, the company, based in Brandon, Fla., has offices in Florida, California and Texas. The other two top partners for revenue were Morristown, N.J.-based Accordant and Laguna Hills, Calif.-based Blytheco. Accordant is also a construction software specialist and Blytheco was recognized this year for both new license and cross-selling sales for Sage 100, 300 and 500 and for new license sales of Sage Fixed Assets.

Financial results for consulting and reselling firm Columbus plunged in the United States for the first half ended June 30. EBITDA for this country dropped by 83.6 percent to about $173,000 while revenue fell 24.7 percent to around $13.7 million. Combined with the U.S. results, a drop in sales in third-party software sales, the impact of currency drove revenue for the most recently half down 3.7 percent to about $78.4 million. Copenhagen, Denmark-based Columbus is executing a strategy of reducing its reliance on third-party products, such as Microsoft, and selling its own products.

SilverSun Technologies, parent to Sage reseller SWK Technologies, saw a 3.7-percent dip in revenue for the second quarter ended June 30. But the Livingston, N.J.-based VAR, which represents all of SilverSun’s operations turned in a 35.7-percent increase in revenue. Net income was $59,890 in the most recently ended period, down from $62,185 a year earlier. Revenue hit $5.3 million, compared to $3.9 million in last year’s corresponding period. The company said software and consulting revenue increase primarily because of implementations of Sage X3.

Saleslogix's most recent owner, Swiftpage, is selling the product line to Infor. Swiftpage will concentrate on Act, purchased from Sage along with Saleslogix, in February 2013. Infor will launch industry-specific products as it backs away from Inforce CRM. In a prepared statement, Swiftpage, H. John Oechsle, said that “We can now fully focus on our core ‘DNA’ of helping micro and small businesses grow.” Sounds like a good move; SalesLogix and Act fit very differently in the market and I’ve been told on my than one occasion by Sage resellers that SalesLogix is  more high end than you’d think.