SAP has extended its cash tender offer for the acquisition of Sybase at $65 per share. The offer was previously scheduled to expire on July 1, but the deadline was extended until 9 pm New York time, July 16. The original offer was conditioned on approval by the European Commission, which has until July 22 to review the deal. That's the expiration date of the 25-working-day review provided under European Union merger regulations.

Each time, I visit my hometown, Madison, Ind., I appreciate the openness of WiFi networks. It's the high-tech version of the farm community in which people don't lock their doors. Hopefully, nobody there reads this article. You can get on the public library's network simply by agreeing not to do the usual array of nasty things online. That's funny because the staff vigorously patrols the desktop units to keep nonmembers off those.

Blytheco, Sage's perennial award-winning reseller, has been named as Business Partner of the Year by Avalara. It is the second time Blytheco has won the top honor given by the Bainbridge Island, Wash.-based sales-and-use tax vendor. Avalara cited Blytheco as standing "head and shoulders above a list of superlative, high-performance resellers, ..."

Although Lawson Software's results fell for the year ended May 31, the software vendor ended fiscal 2010 with improved results for the fourth quarter. That period saw the company produce revenue of $197 million, up 6 percent from $186.2 million for the same period a year earlier. And organic revenue was up 8 percent for the compared periods. Earnings were cut by a $5.6 million increase in the income tax provision, that stemmed from a variety of reasons.