The top line at Epicor Software went sideways as the company's ERP business remains sluggish. At the same time, the company had a significant organization. On the money side, the company cut its loss to $3.5 million for the second quarter ended March 31, down from a loss $4.7 million a year earlier. But revenue of $241.8 million was virtually unchanged from $242.8 million in last year's corresponding period. ERP revenue fell to $145.7 million in the most recently ended period, a decrease of 2.8 percent from just under $150 million.

Exact Macola outlined important enhancements to version 10.2 and laid out a product road map this week at its Evolve user conference. All of this is a bit revolutionary—when Macola v. 10 debuted last year it was the first major release in 10 years, according to managing director Alison Forsythe. Suffice it to say that without a major release, no product road map was needed. Dan Griffin, director of product management, laid out the priorities in the new version, including Web Services. Griffin said Order Entry and accounts payable have been established as Web Services.

Unit4 has named Kara Walsh as EVP and the company's chief human capital officer. The company said hiring follows the launch of a new corporate identity that it says "reinforces its commitment to people-centric industries with the purpose statement 'In Business for People'." Boil down the language and this is the old human resources department with a fresh coat of paint, although the press release puts a higher emphasis on training than is usually seen in such announcements.

Intacct has introduced Subscription Billing, an application built on the Salesforce1 Platform. The new program is designed to automated billing and accounting processes around subscription lifecycle management. The system offers preset billing runs and automatically bills clients at the invoice due date while accounting for payments within Intacct. It also automatically captures new subscription details and marks the data under the appropriate recognition rules independent of billing and pricing terms. Users can set up triggers for renewal orders near the subscription end date.