Avalara has hired Jeremy Korst as chief marketing officer. The sales tax software company said his responsibilities include brand, demand generation, channel, international, product, and customer marketing. Korst succeeds the company's first CMO, Michael Turner, who was with Avalara from February 2015 through December 2015.

In the final episode of Thomas the Tank Engine, the management of the railroad line on the Island of Sodor concludes the scrap value of the trains was more than their market value when operating so they were all melted down. .... One dog food ad says a dog has the soul of a wolf. My dog may have the soul of a wolf, but he still drinks from the toilet bowl and eats cat litter.

The latest version Alere, a manufacturing package is being tooled to support multi-purpose applications. The company said development work for v11 was being completed over the holidays to provide a direct connection to such apps which means new products can be easily and quickly created to run on mobile devices.

Sage has noted the large percentage of changes in top personnel. But what is also notable is some key players hired in the last two years left quickly—witness Rich Spring whose short tenure in this country was well known. A more recent one was a long-term Sage employee with a short tenure in a partner position.