UXC Limited, parent to UXC Eclipse, has named Iona MacPherson as its new CFO and corporate secretary. Eclipse is the company that purchased Dynamics reseller, Tectura North America, almost a year ago. She will take over the positions in January. In her prior job, MacPherson had held the same titles at Boom Logistics since 2007.

Acumatica is planning to make itself much more visible during the next year. The company will roll out "Acumatica Across America" in 2015 and is increasing outbound telemarketing starting next week. "We are the Rodney Dangerfield of ERP," says Richard Duffy, ‎Acumatica's VP of partner strategy and enablement. "Not enough people know about us." Duffy says two telemarketers have been added, which triples the company's capability. That effort will focus on generating leads and "prospecting them through a nurturing cycle and then turning them over to partners." 

Xero has purchased start-up payroll company, Monchilla, for about $7.74 million. Australia-based Xero is paying roughly $4.1 million in cash and the rest in 238,490 Xero shares for the Seattle, Wash.-based payroll business. Monchilla charges $5 per company plus $5 per employee for its cloud-based system. In a prepared statement, Jamie Sutherland, president of Xero North America, "We like the Monchilla team's straightforward approach to filing and paying payroll taxes."

Exact's revenue from manufacturing products in the United States made a notable move up in the third quarter ended September 30. These packages, reported under the company's Specialized Solutions division, rose about $14.9 million for the most recently ended period, up 7.3 percent over the prior year. Specialized Solutions include Max, JobBoss and Macola. During the last year, the company divested two of the unit's products, Longview.