Sage has named Clifton J. "Johnny" Laurent Jr., as VP and general manager of the Sage Employer Solutions business unit, which handles the company's Abra HRMS software. He will report to Himanshu Palsule, EVP and general manager for Sage Business Solutions. Laurent will have direct responsibility for R&D, product management, product marketing and customer support. Laurent  joined Sage in 2005 and was most recently VP of customer support and services for the organization. Prior to that, he operated his own customer support consultancy.

Intuit has reiterated the guidance it gave Wall Street for its expectations about the company's financial performance for the year ending July 31, 2010 with its financial institutions business expected to show the most growth.

The deadline for entries for consideration for the first annual selection of BSI's VAR Stars is gone. But we know how people are—you’re busy or there are email problems or you thought you sent the form back to pmgb2b2.com and it’s stuck in the draft folder. Yes, there are all sorts of reasons that form hasn’t made it back. Yet, we have pity and there’s still time to be part of the first-annual selection which will be announced in early November. We’re holding a spot open for you. Remember: this selection isn’t made on how much revenue you have, it’s on how good you are and what you contribute to the industry as a leader, a participant or just somebody who stands out for doing more with less.

"No credit cards please" is reportedly the order Microsoft has delivered to its Dynamics channel. From November 1 on, the report goes, the Fargo, N.D. operations will accept checks and debited accounts, but not the plastic stuff. Read more...