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Reseller Microtask Consulting took home the President's Award for Outstanding Performance for 2014 at AccountMate's recent reseller conference. The Teaneck, N.J.-based company also received the company's International Partnership Award. Microtask has been led since August 1987 by managing partner Luis Leon. Houston, Texas-based Koenig Software Systems, led by Ken Koenig, was given the Director of Sales Award.

Edgewater Technology saw its net income for the third quarter ended September 30 drop by 81.6 percent from a year ago on a steep rise in taxes. The company had a tax provision of $714,000 for the most recently ended period, up from $74,000 a year earlier. As a result, net income dropped to $976,000, down from $1.8 million in last year's third quarter. Revenue for the company, which owns Dynamics VAR Fullscope, hit $28.7 million, an increase of 13.1 percent from $25.4 million in last year's corresponding period.

Increased spending pushed Qlik Technology, which markets analytical software, to a loss. The company reported red ink of $14.4 million for the third quarter ended September 30, a swing from earnings of just under $3 million a year ago. Revenue for the most recently ended period was $131.3 million, an increase of 26 percent from $104.1 million. However, operating expenses for the quarter hit $121.9 million, a rise of 31.7 percent from $92.6 million a year ago.