NetSuite has acquired cloud manufacturing software vendor IQity Solutions' cloud business. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The purchase brings to NetSuite the IQity Advanced Manufacturing SuiteApp, which is built on NetSuite. Based in Pittsburgh, Pa., IQity, founded in 2007 by president Dave Gustovich, joined the NetSuite SuiteCloud Developer Network in 2012. The companies say they have about 40 joint customers.

Epicor Software has won a sweeping victory in a suit that alleged copyright and property infringement by Alternative Technology Solutions, a consulting firm based in Altos Viejo, Calif. ATS must turn over to Epicor all business and assets it used in servicing Epicor customers, as well as the Alternative brand name, domain names, website and phone numbers. Ouch! ATS and its principal shareholders also must make what were termed substantial payments to Epicor.

Maybe Microsoft has seen the handwriting on the registration forms. But from the descriptions of the courses added to the new business conference to be held April 4 through April 6, there's a lot more Dynamics content being added. In particular, the company has added "The future of business solutions for SMBs: What's next for Microsoft Dynamics NAV, Microsoft Dynamics GP, and Microsoft Dynamics SL" led by Errol Schoenfish and Gordon Macdonald, to what had seemed likely to be largely a Dynamics AX fest. In fact, the content and speaker list looks good.

The move to cloud products produced healthy results for Intuit for the second quarter ended January 31. The company this week reported it swung to net income of $24 million for the most recently ended period, compared to a loss of $66 million a year earlier. Revenue of $923 million was 23 percent higher than the $749 million for last year's corresponding period. "We are out of the gate strong in the first half of fiscal 2016," CEO Brad Smith said during this week's earnings webcast.