Fast-growing British reseller M-hance has released Dynamics Dashboards, a tool that is coming to the United States. The Microsoft VAR, which I expect will become increasingly active in this country, plans to unveil the reporting application next month at Convergence. Dynamic Dashboards is based on Intuitive Dashboards from Intuitive Business Intelligence.

Dynamics Tribridge has been named 2012 Solver BI360 Microsoft Dynamics SL Partner of the Year. The VAR, based in Tampa, Fla., received the award “in recognition for demonstrating significant customer impact by delivering Solver’s BI360 business intelligence solution to help drive customers’ businesses forward, according to a statement from Tribridge.

Armanino, which recently changed its name from Armanino McKenna, has acquired Gradient Vision, which specializes in Dynamics CRM and SharePoint consulting. Terms were not disclosed. Gradient founder Rajya Bhaiya has joined the San Ramon, Calif.-based accounting firm. Bhaiya started Gradient Vision in February 2011. Prior to that he was chief technology officer of Webfortis with an overlapping tenure from January 2010 through January 2012. Bhaiya is the author of two books, Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 Unleashed and Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4 Integration Unleashed.

Socius has signed Driving Force Software, an Atlanta-based Dynamics GP reseller, as a sales affiliate. In business for more than 25 years,  DFS also provides network and hardware systems building and security services. This is the seventh affiliate signed by Dublin, Ohio-based Socius, which is one of three Microsoft Master VARs in the United States. Read more...