InterDyn CFO Consulting, which resellers Dynamics GP, NAV and CRM, has created the position of general manager of sales and professional services. The Orlando, Fla.-based VAR filled the spot with Jeff Petersen, whose duties will be to direct new business development and professional services. Petersen, who joined the company in 2000, launched its CRM division, which the company reported showed a 66 percent year-to-year increase in 2009 Read more...

Sage reseller SWK Technologies has raided the offices of another reseller in hiring two new executives. The Livingston, N.J.-based organization has named Andrew Nunez as COO and EVP Sales and Paul Frydman as EVP-Consulting. The two had worked at the Secaucus, N.J., office of Nextec, a reseller that handles Dynamics and Sage's MAS 500 and X3 lines. SWK handles Sage's MAS 90/200/500, BusinessWorks, FAS, Act, SageCRM and SalesLogix products, along with Intuit's QuickBooks Enterprise Solutions. Read more...

Blackbaud ended its year on December 31 reporting a 17.9 percent rise in net income on a 4.7 percent decline in revenue for the fourth quarter. Net income rose to just under $8 million in the most recently ended quarter, compared to $6.5 million a year earlier. Fourth-quarter revenue was just under $79 million, down from $80.5 million. Read more...

Pronto Software, an Australian developer pushing into the United States, has entered an Alliance Partnership agreement with Avalara, which is based in Bainbridge Island, Wash. The deal with the sales-and-use tax company enables Pronto customers world-wide to manage tax calculation, compliance and exemption certificate management via an integration with the software company’s Web-based AvaTax. Read more...