NetSuite has officially signed on seven new reseller partners from the U.S., Canada, and Australia and announced a new program whereby its partners can – through specified training – achieve product certification.

AccuFund Inc., a developer of accounting software for nonprofits and governments, has released AccuFund Anywhere, a cloud-based version of its AccuFund Accounting Suite that will allow users to access its core functionality from any Web browser.

Sage North America has added several new features to its Sage One cloud accounting product, including bank integration to work with over 10,000 banks and financial institutions.

VAR veteran Terry Petrzelka, now a valued advisor and consultant to vendors and resellers discusses the top concerns for accounting technology consultants in this monthly Q&A series.

SAP AG today announced that its SAP HANA Cloud platform will serve as the foundation for the full portfolio of cloud offerings from SAP.

In addition to the usual parade of customer success stories, NetSuite chief executive Zach Nelson took the time to highlight its new vertical offerings and platform enhancements to kick off SuiteWorld -- its annual user and partner conference.

The Digits Calculator is an app for all mobile iOS devices that can do simple to complex calculations and now includes a correction feature allowing to edits and insert in any previous calculation.

Lots more partnering to discuss this week as well as my take on a certain cloud ERP vendor's impending annual meeting of customers and resellers.

In the ever increasing world of BYOD (Bring Your Own Device), firms need to conduct a thorough overview of their network security, to identify - and eliminate - any loopholes or potential vulnerabilities.

ERP Guru, one of NetSuite’s top partners, is expanding its Canadian operations and overall business through the purchase of the NetSuite practice of Toronto-based NetStra Inc.

PwC and Microsoft Corp. have formed a strategic alliance whereby PwC consultants will provide advice and implementation assistance to clients who select Microsoft Dynamics together with other Microsoft technologies.

CompuPay, Inc., a BenefitMall Company, has formed a channel partnership with open source ERP product maker Open Systems, which will provide its resellers and end users access to CompuPay’s PayrollOnline service.

Intacct has unveiled Flex Reporting, a new tool designed to allow strategic CFOs to manage performance, look at financial metrics -- particularly accounting measures-- and performance related information unique to an organization.

Sage North America today showed that total revenue in North America for the half year ended March 31, 2013 was $325.0 million, up 4 percent over the same prior year period.

NetSuite Inc. has acquired order management product provider OrderMotion Inc., which will effectively add the company’s cloud-based direct-to-consumer order management capabilities to NetSuite’s existing order management system.

KPMG has launched KPMG Link Cost Projector – Online, a Web-based version of its global mobility budgeting software, designed to serve international HR and finance departments.

The LogMeIn apps are essentially your mobile remote control device to your Mac or PC and increasingly mobile practitioners and consultants are finding this app incredibly useful, since they don’t need to be concerned about being away from their computers.

Paring down, partnering up and planning for the future are all relevant topics this week, including my take on a recent trip to the Information Technology Alliance Spring Collaborative.

Epicor Software Corp. has released Epicor Mobile Business Analyzer, a new mobile business intelligence offering designed to support executive-level decision making for wholesale distributors.

Viewabill, a cloud-based technology that provides real-time access and insights to service providers’ billing, activities, and time entries, is actively targeting the accounting industry.