Delphia Consulting has acquired Solutions Technology & Software, an Elk Grove Village, Ill.-based reseller of Sage's Abra HR and payroll software.  STS was founded in 1992 by Rob Denkewalter, who will continue to head the operation from the Illinois office  senior HR and payroll consultant. STS says that it has implemented more than 300 Abra systems. Delphia, based in Columbus, Ohio, also offers TimeStar Enterprise, a time and attendance, workforce automation and labor management application and publishes its own HR Actions, a web-based workflow application for Abra that enables clients to create, route and approve web-based HRMS forms, including performance appraisal.

The SBS Group, based in Woodbridge, N.J., and Columbus, Ohio-area Socius have been announced as Master VARs in the new Microsoft Dynamics program.  An announcement to the Microsoft channel said that one other candidate is being considered. Microsoft also warned that other channel aggregations, including buying groups, are in violation of their agreements with Microsoft.

With a strong public relations effort being made to win over its channel, Sage says that the reaction of resellers to its new branding is getting better.

CDC, the parent of CDC Software, has filed for Chapter 11 protection in a Georgia court. Meanwhile, the parent and CDC Software both made management changes as the company deals with the impact of a $65 million judgment  obtained against it by holders of CDC debt.