Amazon Web Services has launched Amazon Managed Blockchain, described as making it easy to create and manage blockchain networks. It is immediately available in Northern Virginia and will expand to other regions during the next year.

Compensation for two top executives at Avalara dropped in 2018 because of a decline in option awards. Total income for CEO Scott McFarlane fell by 3.1 percent while for CFO William Ingram it declined by 11.9 percent from 2017 levels.

Blackbaud CEO Michael Gianoni saw his compensation for the year ended December 31 rise by 16.2 percent over 2017. At the same time, pay for two other top executives of the non-profit software company went down, it reported last month in SEC filings.