Denmark-based reseller Columbus showed decent revenue growth for the nine months ended September 30 despite a slowdown in the SMB business in the United States. The company this week reported before tax profit of roughly $9.6 million for the reported period, up 4 percent from a year earlier.

Face with June brides and June grads, Open Systems decided June was not the time for its annual reseller and user conferences and has scheduled both for September 2010. A spokesperson said the change reflected a survey of attendees. The new time slot will continue this year's schedule of having the reseller conference, Partners in Profit, followed immediately by the user get together, the Customer Excellence conference. The reseller conference will be held September 20-21 next year and the customer conference September 22-23, both in Las Vegas.