Intacct today annouced that Oates and Company have joined their partner program. So far as I can tell this is the second large (non-CPA firm)  Sage partner to break ranks and add Intacct cloud computing ERP to their product offering. They follow JMT Consulting (interestingly enough headed up by former Sage ERP MIP CEO Kent Hollrah). 

Up to now I’ve primarily seen three types of consulting firms join up with cloud based ERP solution providers. These firms were those who had the greatest ability to sell complimentary service offerings along with cloud based ERP:

• CPA Firms
• Venture capital
• Developers

With the recent announcements of JMT Consulting and Oates and Company I wonder whether we’re about to add a fourth (the traditional ERP partner) to the list.

Will this start the famed domino theory in action?

From Wikipedia:

The domino theory was a theory during the 1950s to 1980s, promoted at times by the government of the United States, that speculated that if one land in a region came under the influence of communism, then the surrounding countries would follow in a domino effect. The domino effect suggests that some change, small in itself, will cause a similar change nearby, which then will cause another similar change, and so on in linear sequence, by analogy to a falling row of dominoes standing on end.