Net@Work made its last acquisition in 2009 when it picked up the Sage business from Solutions Strategists. Net@Work has acquired Sharon, Mass.-based Fitzgerald Group and will be maintaining that office and keeping owner Mike Fitzgerald. Fitzgerald's MAS 90/200 and 500 business will become part of Net@Work.  However, the Deltek software reselling business will not, according to Net@Work co-founder Alex Solomon. "We are not picking up Deltek. It didn’t make sense," says Solomon. Net@Work said that would add to its more than 130 consultants and support personnel. Fitzgerald, which employed about 12 people, was named to the Sage's President Circle for 2009, its third straight year and the fifth time in seven years. Meanwhile, Solomon noted that hascompany has begun selling Sage's high-end X3 manufacturing package. It hired Marco Garneri, who had been employed by an Italian reseller, and had him move to New York to provide technological knowledge and consulting for the X3 business.

SWK Technologies has reported a major sale, the kind of announcement that hasn't happened formally in a while so its economy must be improving. The Livingston, N.J.-based Sage reseller said the deal was to a major financial services company in New York with the MAS 500 software and services adding up to more than $100,000. Read more...