Unit4, which markets the Agresso and Coda lines, posted 13-percent growth in revenue for the Americas for 2011 as the company produced an 8-percent increase in revenue for the year ended December 31. Product revenue grew 10 percent to about $105 million while SaaS and subscription revenue rose by 45.1 percent.

There is room at the top; that is in Bob Scott’s Insights Top 100 VARs. Two players on last year’s list have disappeared in the last three months. Actually, Tribridge’s acquisition of ePartners does not count since the latter was in business all of 2011 as was First Tech Direct which was just purchased by Columbus. So both are eligible since they were in business for the entire year.

There is no indication that Netherlands-based Qurius, a Dynamics reseller, plans any move to the American market. But its recent establishment of an ISV arm is worth mentioning since this is an important direction for resellers. The company has established QIPtree to develop software on the Dynamics platform.

Columbus, formerly Columbus IT Partner, has acquired Dynamics reseller First Tech Direct for an undisclosed amount of cash. Led by John Silvani, First Tech has been one of the smaller VARs to break into the Dynamics Inner Circle in the last few years. Columbus, based in Denmark, said that the leadership of the Detroit-area reseller would remain with the company.