Swiftpage has hired Jens Weitzel as VP of business for business development in its SalesLogix business unit. Weitzel previously held senior executive positions at SVP. He worked at SAP from 2001 and was most recently VP  of sustainability management and strategy in the office of the CEO from January 2012 through October 2013. At that software company, he was also VP of business development, ecosystem and channels from 2008 through 2011.

Despite new product introductions and new alliances, nonprofit vendor Serenic saw its loss increase by 13.8 percent on a 5.2-percent increase in revenue for the second quarter ended August 31. The loss for the most recently ended quarter was $188,728, up from $165,900 in red ink a year earlier. Second-quarter revenue was just under $3 million, up from $2.8 million. All figures are in Canadian dollars.

Gem Accounts has named industry veteran, Ken Del Gobbo, as president of North American operations. Based in Australia, Gem recently moved into the United States with its midmarket financial software. Del Gobbo was most recently director of channel sales and senior director of channel recruitment for cloud vendor Acumatica. Based in Australia, Gem recently moved into the United States with its midmarket financial software.

Microsoft has rearranged its financial reporting. And with that switch, the little we have learned about Dynamics sales has disappeared with the first quarter ended September 30. For several years, Microsoft has given the percent change in Dynamics revenue. But even that has been taken away as the software giant lumped revenue in two major categories – consumer and devices, and commercial revenue.