• On December 1, Tribridge, a Florida-based Microsoft consultancy, announced it had acquired the majority of ePartners, Inc.'s US-based assets. ePartners is a Microsoft business solutions consultancy providing development, systems integration, and implementation for enterprise software applications.
• The combination of two top ten Accounting 100 Resellers (Tribridge stands at #4, with reported 2010 revenues of $65M and ePartners at #7 with $35M) continues the M&A activity in the ERP and Microsoft consulting spaces.
• The transaction will result in a combined company of approximately 400 staff, 20 US offices, and 3,500 clients.
• This is the first acquisition by Tribridge since their private placement with LLR Partners in Nov. 2010. Tribridge will continue to seek complementary acquisitions in ERP, Microsoft infrastructure and cloud and managed services to fulfill white space and add additional offerings.
• The current top Accounting 100 Reseller channel is still highly fragmented with the largest, Tectura, at #1 with $300M and the smallest, CompuData, at #100 with $3.5M. With organic growth still difficult to obtain in the current economy, we anticipate more consolidation as firms seek to both lower their fixed costs as well as reach new customers and markets. 
• TDS' acquisition of OneNeck IT Services in June highlights both the consulting side of ERP, but also the managed services and impending cloud offerings.
• martinwolf expects current low interest rates to continue to fuel the pace of acquisitions and consolidation, particularly by PE firms specializing in the IT Services space.

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December 1, 2011

Softchoice Corporation (TSX: SO) announced it has it has fulfilled its regulatory requirements under the Competition Act and has now completed the acquisition of substantially all of the assets of UNIS LUMIN, one of Canada's most highly regarded Cisco networking and managed services companies. Softchoice was represented by martinwolf | M&A Advisors. The acquisition strengthens Softchoice's professional services capabilities while providing the technology foundation to support the Company's future cloud offerings.

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September 30, 2011

SPS, a leading Unified Communications Provider, announced that Court Square Partners has made an investment in the company. martinwolf | M&A Advisors represented SPS in this transaction. SPS is a premier unified communication services integrator, ranked 131 on the 2011 VAR 500 list with 2010 sales of $143 million. Court Square is a $4B+ New York-based PE Group, with more than 150 lifetime investments.  

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September 20, 2011  

Accel-KKR, a technology-focused private equity investment firm, announced that it had taken a majority stake in Infinisource. Infinisource is a leading benefits administration technology and services company. martinwolf | M&A Advisors represented the seller in this transaction.  

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