Pronto Software, an Australia-based ERP vendor, has named Desmond Carroll as product manager-retail, with responsibility for development and the go-to-market strategy for Pronto’s application. Since an initial round of American resellers that were announced last year, Pronto has not published the names of any more dealers in this country. However, it has had a stream of new releases that show the company beefing up its managerial ranks to push the Pronto-Xi, its flagship product. Before joining Pronto, Carroll held several management positions at multi-site retail organizations, including Spotlight Australia and Priceline where his responsibilities included development, training, implementation and ongoing management of POS systems at store, state and national levels.

Sage North America has released two services for SalesLogix Cloud customers, Managing Cloud Servers and Staging Environments. Managed Cloud Servers enable customers to utilizes add-on, ISV and custom applications for the Internet-based products. Staging Environments lets companies test upgrades, customizations and new applications in a secure, parallel environment, and review and release functionality to user. Staging Environments is available through a SalesLogix Cloud subscription at $65 per named user per month at a rate of one day per month. Managed Cloud Servers are available at charges that vary with configurations.