The SBS Group, based in N.J., is continuing on its effort to single-handedly consolidate the Dynamics SL market. This week, it announced the purchase of CompuExcel of Irvine, Calif. which follows last week’s news that it had acquired Chicago-based Omnios. Read more...

Intuit got the accounting trade press and consultants to Lacerte-Land in Plano, Texas this week, where it trotted out a tent full of dogs and ponies, those in the form of almost every Intuit product on the market that’s aimed at accounting firms. But the Think Tank part of this event, aimed at eliciting what this group thinks will happen by 2020, has value for VARs. Read more...

Cougar Mountain Software has released Denali 3.0, which the company says offer a more  accessible look and feel. That includes greater flexibility in the customization of the software. The company says the major change is the new look with easy-to-use navigation and bigger, updated icons. There are four new views: a workflow chart specific to each module that organizes the most-used processes; a new toolbar with update icons for the most commonly used applications; a pane that provides a menu button for viewing corresponding window options; and an information area that provides a quick description of the area being displayed.

Epicor Software is spending $16 million to buy HR specialist Spectrum Human Resource Systems Corp. Spectrum has about 100 employees and more than 430 direct customers and another 1,800 through OEM relationships. Spectrum’s revenue for 2010 is projected at $14 million. Epicor said Spectrum will become the core of the new Epicor Human Capital Management Group, which puts Epicor into a new market, in addition to those in the manufacturing, distribution, retail, hospitality and services sector. Read more...