Joe Hendrix, an owner of reselling firm, Stanley Stuart Yoffee & Hendrix, has died. His death was announced by his partner, SSYH CEO Angela Stuart, who said Hendrix died suddenly. Hendrix had been with Maitland, Fla.-based SSYH since 1995. SSYH carries Dynamics GP, NAV, SL and CRM and Acumatica. However, in its early days it was known primarily as a Solomon reseller.

Acumatica has hired SAP veteran Richard Duffy as its VP of partner strategy and enablement. He fills the position left vacant when the former title holder, Mike Silver, bolted the company in August for a similar position with Intacct after 16 months in that job. Duffy was with SAP from August 2003 until taking the Acumatica job. That experience included serving as Business One sales and marketing programs manager since August 2009.

Hitachi Solutions America, a Dynamics AX and CRM reseller, has acquired Customer Effective, one of Microsoft's top CRM VARs. Hitachi said the deal will add around 90 highly-skilled CRM resources throughout North America. Customer Effective CEO Scott Millwood, has become SVP Hitachi Solutions Global CRM practice.

SilverSun Technologies, parent of Sage reseller, SWK Technologies, turned a profit of $322,548 for the year ended December 31, compared to a 2012 loss of just over $1.2 million. The bottom line benefited from a $120,000 income tax benefit. The company said this week that came as revenue rose 32 percent to $17.4 million in the most recently ended year, compared to $13.2 million for the prior year. SilverSun said sales of Sage's X3 system were largely responsible for the growth in software and consulting services last year.