New Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella held his first press conference this week and, as expected, announced the availability of Office 365 on Apple's iPad. That was simply the major piece of evidence of Nadella's emphasis. His statements revolved around the theme of having products available across every platform and every device and that included every telephone, not just on Microsoft devices or PCs. "Today is just one aspect of overall strategy," Nadella said.

SugarCRM will have native integration of D&B business content starting in April, the companies announced this week. Users can choose from three levels of D&B data integration based with each level providing different types and quantities of company and contact information, as well as detailed industry and competitor data. The integrated product will be available through SugarCRM resellers while users can purchase D&B data subscriptions from SugarCRM VARs, which will provide local sales and support.

Sage has published the percentage increase for midmarket products this year. Prices on almost all midmarket applications go up by 3 percent on May 1 and on Business Care renewals on August 1. One exception is Sage HRMS which gets a 4-percent hike on both new licenses and renewals. The 3-percent increase affects the following: Sage 100 Contractor, 100 ERP, 300 Construction and Real Estate, 300 ERP, 500, Budgeting and Planning, BusinessVision Accounting, BusinessWorks and CRM.

One of the most important questions of our day is "Can science cure the common Kardashian?" And speaking of America's No. 1 family, there were recent pictures of the Kardashian half-sister, Kylie Jenner, in a bikini. The average reaction was less "What a hot babe" than "OMG, there's more of them." .... Somebody on Twitter named me as a "Cool Journalist" in a couple of categories two weeks ago. This week, he upped that to "Super Journalist."