"We had an opportunity to streamline our processes," says Celine Felan, program manager for Abila.

Until the new program rolled out, the old one included elements that came when Abila was spun out of Sage in March 2013 and added when Abila acquired Avectra in August that year.

Under the new structure, Business Partners, resell the company's software; Product Partners, create software products that work with those from Abila; and Implementation Partners, offer services but do not sell software. There are 25 resellers and seven implementers.

There was no change to the margin structure, Felan says. Although accounting firms have been a part of the fund accounting software market, Abila does not have a separate program for those firms.

The company's products include the MIP Fund Accounting, Fundraising 50, Millennium and netForum lines.