Earlier this month, Sage named Antoine Henry as EVP of global product marketing. You may not have read it, even though it was posted on the corporate website, as the press release was published only in French. But the online translators I use—outside of producing the occasional odd phrase—seem to leave little doubt this is a global, not France-only job. I'd say I'm surprised the news was not translated but given how the French press office has handled X3 publicity, not really.

Aptean has retooled its best-known CRM application with Pivotal 6.5. The company says the latest edition "features a completely redesigned sales automation user experience that enables secure, mobile access from any laptop, desktop or tablet." The new Pivotal gives mobile users the ability to create emails, appoints and tasks, while also having access to calendars. Mapping functions enable users to determine a customer's location and routes there.

Nonprofit software vendor Abila has hired Jeff Cross as the company's first chief financial officer. Cross is in charge of the finance, accounting and legal departments for the Austin, Texas-based company and will primarily be responsible for revenue recognition, forecasting, and merger and acquisition activities. Cross was most recently a consultant with DigitalGlobe from September 2014 until taking the Abila job.

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