Just what kind of year has it been for the mid-market reselling community?

It depends. For some, it was very tough, but for others, it was the best year in their history as demand for cloud products drove business. If you were in segments such as hospitality and restaurants, it was very hard, if you were in ecommerce, things have never been better. Overall, it was a year of great change with the accelerated shift to the cloud from on-premise applications and the forced move to remote work which is producnglasting changes.

So click the button below to find out who made Bob Scott’s Top 100 VARs for 2021 and many of their thoughts about the last year and the future

Cloud accounting software Xero reported subscriptions rose by 20 percent year-over-year for the year ended March 31. North American subscriptions rose by 18 percent with revenue on this continent up 2 percent—6 percent in constant currencies, the company reported this month.

 Wolters Kluwer Tax & Accounting is acquiring Vanguard Software for about $110 million in cash. Vanguard Predictive Planning applications uses artificial intelligence in a variety of areas of supply chain management.

 Bill.com will enter the spend management market with the $2.5 billion purchase of Divvy. The payments software company said this week it has agreed to the deal as it announced results for the third quarter ended March 31.