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FINANCIALFORCE HIRES STUDER

Fred Studer, Financialforce Financialforce has named Fred Studer, who was a long-time Microsoft employee and then head of NetSuite's marketing, as its first chief marketing officer. His hiring comes on the heels of the naming of Tod Nielsen as CEO. FinancialForce says the appointment follows a year in which it grew by 40 percent to a $100-million annual run rate.

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MESSAGE ABOUT REALWORLD UPGRADES

RealWorldThe current message to RealWorld users on the Passport Software website is a testament to how long software can endure. Great Plains acquired the former RealWorld early in 2000. Great Plains killed the product, which served as a lesson of what not to do with acquired software. During that time, the RealWorld code lived on as Passport Business Solutions.

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EDGEWATER CEO SINGLETON REPLACED

Shirley Singleton, Edgewater TechnologyAn investment group that pledged to oust Shirley Singleton, CEO of Edgewater Technology, has kept its promise. The board of directors has named one of its members, Jeffrey L. Rutherford, as chairman, interim president and CEO. An investor group, which had vowed to replace Singleton and the company's chief technology officer David Clancey, won a proxy fight in February.  

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RANDOM THOUGHTS: PEE WEE HERMAN

Paul Reubens as Pee Wee Herman, 1978A Brooklyn parking garage space recently sold for $300,000. Unfortunately, it's metered and requires almost 3,300 quarters daily. ... ... A news report the FDA failed to seize 300,000 pounds of rat meat being marketed as chicken wings turned out to be a hoax. However, the FDA continues to receive reports of diners reporting their wings occasionally have tails.

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SAGE WANTS TO BE COOL

Santiago Solanas, SageSage's description for what it wants it in a new chief marketing officer has some interesting phrases. According to the job posting on the company's website, the person Sage hopes to replace departing Santiago Solanas is supposed to "Transform Sage's brand position so it is positioned as "cool" and innovative and seen as a thought leader in its target geographies".

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ANOTHER TOP EXEC LEAVING SAGE

Jacqueline de Rojas, SageSage has confirmed that Jacqueline de Rojas, managing director of Sage U.K., Ireland and Northern Europe, is leaving the company. That comes on the heels of the move by global chief marketing officer Santiago Solanas to Cisco this month. While Solanas was a 10-year employee of the software company, de Rojas had taken her position only in July.

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FINANCIALFORCE NAMES SVPS

Susie Sedlacek, FinancialForce FinancialForce has named two senior vice presidents as part of its global field organization. The company hired Kevin McKay as SVP of customer success, and Susie Sedlacek as SVP of global professional services. The company said the hirings consolidate all customer-facing functions, including sales, professional services, alliances, customer success and support, under the new organization.

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UNIT4 HIRES SERVICES EVP

Dave Goossens, Unit4Unit4 has named Dave Goossens as EVP of professional services. Goossens worked from Hewlett Packard, which he joined in February 2011. In his most recent role, starting in November 2014, he was VP and GM of software services for Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

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SAAS PUSHES INFOR QUARTER

Charles Phillips, InforInfor reported net income of $37.6 million for the third quarter ended January 31, compared to a loss of $44.2 million a year ago. And revenue rose to $706.6 million in the most recently end period, an increase of 5.2 percent from $671.6 million in last year's corresponding period.

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PROADVISOR BONNIE NAGAYAMA PASSED AWAY

Bonnie Nagayama, McWilliams & AssociatesBonnie McWilliams Nagayama, who was well-known in the QuickBooks community, has passed away. President of the CPA firm McWilliams & Associates, Nagayama was a top Intuit reseller, according to Doug Sleeter, founder and former head of the Sleeter Group, who called her, "A good friend of mine and someone who helped everyone around her."

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