Blackbaud has eased the terms of the non-compete clause in CEO Marc Chardon's employment contract. The Charleston, S.C.-based nonprofit software vendor reduced the period of any post-employment limits to one year from two years. It also limited the geographic scope of the contract to the United States, which means the rest of the world is immediately open to Chardon, should he choose to leave the company. The company said this is simply to be consistent with the employment agreements for other executives. Well, it is a slow news week.

When is Quicken not Quicken? It is when it is the newly named Reckon Accounts, marketed by the company which has been Intuit’s partner in Australia. In March, Reckon told Intuit it would not renew the agreement via which it has sold Quicken and QuickBooks products in that country. That agreement expires on Feb. 14, 2014 and the company expects to save about $6.2 million in annual royalty payments to Intuit.

Per G. Mikkelsen, the founder and former general manager of Alfapeople U.K., has moved into a new position for the company in the Seattle region. Since October, Mikkelsen has served as worldwide director of business development from his new location in the Pacific Northwest.

Cyma has begun shipping Cyma 13, the latest release of its accounting and fund accounting software. The company says the version expands its presence in payroll process for general business, nonprofits and the area of payroll for service bureaus, PEOs, PSOs, fiscal agents and CPAs.