Microsoft Dynamics Partner Roundup: Dynamics 365 Early Adopter; VAR acquisition; MDM partnership; Ocean shipping integration

In this week's Microsoft Dynamics Partner News Roundup:

• Socius Announces Early Adoption of Dynamics 365
• Sikich Acquires Dynamics NAV Gold Partner SCS
• Magnitude Software and Hitachi Solutions America Announce Partnership
• NaviTrans to Integrate INTTRA

Socius Announces Early Adoption of Dynamics 365

Socius has announced that it is participating in the Early Adopter Partner Program for Microsoft Dynamics 365. The program will enable Socius to speed its readiness for the launch of a Dynamics 365 offering via Socius One Cloud licensing, services and support for new clients.

As part of this strategic initiative, Socius will offer a partner program to give other partners the opportunity to resell Dynamics 365 to their clients, according to company officials. Dynamics 365 will be available to customers in the U.S. and Canada on November 1.

"We understand that taking your business to the next level requires the powerful combination of a trusted partner and affordable, integrated tools that accelerate your operations, are easy to use, and that will ultimately help you make better decisions," said Socius CEO Jeff Geisler, in a statements. "Designed to grow with the modern small- to mid-sized business, Dynamics 365 is easy to implement, use, and manage - so together we can focus on what really matters: growing your business."

Sikich Acquires Dynamics NAV Gold Partner SCS

Professional services firm Sikich LLP is acquiring Microsoft Gold Certified partner SCS. SCS, which has annual revenues of more than $9 million, specializes in Microsoft Dynamics NAV solutions. The acquisition is scheduled to close on Nov. 1.

Founded in 1979, SCS offers enterprise resource planning ...