Cloud-based financial planning and reporting technology provider Adaptive Planning unveiled it Fall 2012 Release which introduces new capabilities to support collaborative planning and approval processes for companies with large and complex organizational structures.

Audit confirmation service provider Confirmation.com has enhanced its latest product release through a complete redesign of the auditor's platform, a new paper fulfillment service and a batch upload capability.

Practice management software maker and consulting service Commercial Logic Inc. has released APS Advance Resource Planning, the staff scheduling module for its Advance Practice Management product.

Accounting and ERP product reseller and developer e2b teknologies has released an integration of its Anytime Collect accounts receivable and credit collections management software for Microsoft Dynamics GP.

Microsoft Dynamics and Intacct reseller Brittenford Systems has developed a new check fraud prevention service specifically for Intacct accounting software users.

Acumatica expanded its global channel partner network in Q3 by adding 21 value added resellers in the U.S., Mexico, and other coverage internationally

Enterprise resource planning giant SAP claims it is witnessing some maturation in its partner program and foresees surpassing 40 percent in revenue from channel sales by 2015.

Nonprofit and faith-based cloud accounting product maker Aplos Software has released Aplos Oversight, a new administrative oversight product that enables an authorized user to establish and oversee the accounting for multiple nonprofits.

Top AccountMate Software partner and developer Tamlin Software Developers and its chief executive, Linda Bryan, received AccountMate’s President’s Award for Outstanding Achievement during AccountMate’s annual Synergy Conference in Las Vegas.

Sage North America has made available Sage Fixed Assets 2013, formerly Sage FAS Fixed Assets, designed with new features including a simplified framework, expanded attachment options, and the ability to check for release updates.

Business intelligence software maker PrecisionPoint Software has released a Microsoft Dynamics AX2012 enabled version of its software, designed to combine BI with granular financial and operational reporting.

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Major Sage North America partner SWK Technologies Inc. plans to acquire Portland, Ore.-based Sage reseller Information Systems Management Inc. (ISM), solidifying a more national presence and adding more than $6 million in revenue

Grant Thornton and performance management, BI, and financial governance software maker Tagetik to collectively provide corporate performance management support services available to their clients across the United States.

Cloud-based financials and ERP software provider NetSuite Inc. has released NetSuite Two-Tier ERP for Oracle, powered by a new version of NetSuite OneWorld and SuiteCloud Connectors to Oracle.

Business productivity software developer Abukai Inc. is partnering with expense report automation service Insperity Expense Management to provide enhanced mobile receipt scanning technology for Insperity ExpensAble Corporate customers.

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Top NetSuite partner ERP Guru has expanded its U.S. operations into St. Louis with the purchase of cloud product and services consultant Cloud Commerce.