In most cities, public consumption of alcohol is against the law. In New Orleans, it's mandatory. While down there, I realized the tell-time sign of the beignet eater—white powdery markets all over clothing. Of course, that confuses out-of-towners who think the town has an epidemic of cocaine use? ... Watching the U.S. Women's soccer team play in the World Cup, I realized quickly the game is simply roller derby on turf.

Infor had a good year for fiscal 2015. However,  interpreting the results is complicated by the fact that Infor reported financials for the 11 months ended April 30 as it has changed its financial year, which previously concluded at the end of May. Infor had net income of $19.7 million for the 11 months on revenue of $2.44 billion. For fiscal 2013, it had earnings of $121.7 million on revenue of $2.76 billion. CEO Charles Phillips said revenue grew in all product lines and in most countries.

Sage has introduced a new product, SageOne CashBook, in the United Kingdom. But that's just the beginning, "We will be rolling out this product globally," Nick Goode, commercial director for the online package, said during the recent Capital Markets Day. That is expected next year. There was not much discussion about features, but it was noted as for sole traders and very small businesses. The website for the product describes it as an online cash management product.

Infor has named Jeffrey Laborde as CFO, the company said this week. He replaces Nicole Anasenes, who held the position from November 2013 through her last day on the job with this week's earnings conference call. The change was announced during the company's call reporting results for the 11-month-year ended April. CEO Charles Phillips said she would be moving into the world of entrepreneurial start ups. Laborde comes to the software giant from SumTotal Systems where he served as CFO starting in July 2012.