Sage will be raising prices this year, after halting pricing action for the pandemic. The company did not discuss specific pricing changes in the recent first-quarter trading update given by CFO Jonathan Howell.

Acumatica is introducing certification for its industry editions with the new partner year that starts in April. The cloud software is retooling its requirements to support the move.

 Dynamics reseller Alithya has acquired Bala Cynwyd, Pa.-based Vitalyst for $49.2 million. Vitalyst markets on-demand, subscription-based Adaptive Learning to Fortune 1000 companies, offering services for the adoption of Microsoft cloud applications.

Is there a wave of IPOs (well, a small one) that’s likely to hit the mid-market in the next two years? There’s an indication that since companies are beyond the heavy-duty, start-up investment in the cloud, some move into—or back into—the public market.