Cris Nicolli has told the board of directors of UXC that he intends to retire next year after five years as CEO of the Australia-based company. Nicolli, who has been with the company for 12 years, made the announcement while his company is considering a buyout bid from IT services company CSC early in October. The press release announcing Nicolli's decision says he will continue to work with the company to evaluate the CSC offer.

As I was getting out of the car at the airport my wife was advising me: "Now make sure you eat soon because who knows when you will have a decent meal, again. And you are going to be in intolerable conditions, surrounded by hostile people." "Going on a safari," a guy next to me asked. "No, I have a middle seat on a transcontinental flight."

Dynamics AX VAR Alfapeople is growing its workforce substantially in India. The retail specialist recently reported it has expanded its staff in India to 25 people and expects to double that by December 2016. Alfapeople has its India headquarters and Centre of Excellence (Retail) in Gurgaon and the firm also has a regional office and delivery center in Bangalore.

Edgewater Technology reiterated its plan to grow by acquisition as the company itself faced a hostile merger bid. That left executives on this week's third-quarter earnings webcast saying they would not answer questions about the bid from Ameri Holdings, but facing them from one analyst anyway. "We are going to do acquisitions in this space and we are increasing our channel marketing presence," CEO Shirley Singleton said during the webcast.