May 7, 2013:  Other professions have certification programs to leverage proven best practices and ensure uniform knowledge and consistent performance, but high-tech Channel Managers have had nothing–until now. “It seems every other discipline can get trained, tested and certified on industry best practices, but channel management has been neglected,” says Ted Finch, CEO of Chanimal.com. The Certified Channel Manager program can be found at certified.chanimal.com.

May 6, 2013:  This May DFC Consultants, Ltd celebrated 24 years in business. In 1989, Carol Rogne started Diversified Financial Consultants in Dickinson. Since that time, DFC Consultants has grown into an award-winning Microsoft Certified Partner with three offices across North Dakota. DFC offers accounting services and DFC Cloud, along with software consulting, sales and support.

May 3, 2013:  Journyx announced major upgrades to Journyx Timesheet and Journyx ProjectXecute with the launch of its newest version, 8.9. New features focus on time/expense/mileage entry improvements, reporting functionality, and data import tools. Journyx offers two solutions — Timesheet and ProjectXecute — to enable you to fully understand costs and profitability of current work while planning for future projects. Most popular functions in Journyx are accrual calculations, data validation, automatic notifications, multi-approval levels and more.

April 19, 2013:  Adding to its stature as a leading Microsoft Dynamics Partner, SBS Group was recently recognized as one of the 11 Top Performing Microsoft Dynamics U.S. Partners at Microsoft’s Convergence Conference held in New Orleans on March 18-21. Attended by more than 12,000 people, Microsoft’s Convergence Conference is the largest gathering of Microsoft Dynamics ERP and CRM users in the world. SBS Group provides business technology solutions to mid-sized companies through a network of regional offices across the United States.

April 17, 2013:  Corporate Renaissance Group (CRGroup), a certified Microsoft Partner and global provider of products and solutions for improving business performance and management, announced the release of PA Tools for Microsoft® Dynamics GP™. PA Tools helps clients maximize their investment in Microsoft Dynamics GP by simplifying the maintenance of the Project Accounting Module. Developed using CRGroup’s expertise in Dynamics GP and years of successful Project Accounting, consulting, and implementations, PA Tools offers easy-to-use functionality to simplify the management of Project Accounting tasks. CRGroup is a part of the Microsoft Partner Network, headquartered in Ottawa, Canada, with offices throughout Canada, South Africa, India and the United States. www.crgroup.com.

April 15, 2013:  Experlogix is pleased to announce a new release of its Product Configurator for Dynamics CRM and ERP that adds on-demand image visualization of even the most complex custom products. The release, which leverages the LiquidPixels LiquiFire® platform, offers true on-demand, dynamic imaging, and a rich end user experience including features like multiple image compositing and transparency, colorization, automatic resizing, full text handling, watermarking, and more. Within the Experlogix Configurator environment, users benefit from real-time guidance and validation according to customizable rules and formulas, which can now also control a dynamically generated image. Learn more at: www.experlogix.com.

April 11, 2013:  Mobile is the new buzzword. But will it really impact your bottom line? Will it increase sales value, shorten sales cycles, accelerate cash flow, help data collection, increase productivity and improve insight? This infographic proves it will. With current statistics from Aberdeen Group, Nucleus Research, and ATT.com you will get the motivation you need to empower a mobile workforce. For specific real world examples of companies who are using Mobile CRM to success download the related white paper: Why Go Mobile?  Six Strategic Objectives You Can Conquer With Mobile CRM at www.crmsoftwareblog.com/mobile-crm.