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INTUIT SELLING DATA CENTER

Tayloe Stansbury, IntuitIntuit is selling its largest data center in Quincy, Wash. The company is selling the facility to H5 Data Centers, described as one of the largest privately-owned data center operators in the United States.

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XERO NAMES CFO-ELECT

Kirsty Godfrey-Billy, XeroXero CFO Sankar Narayan will leave the New Zealand-based company in December, the cloud software company said this week. Taking his place on October 1 will be chief accounting officer, Kirsty Godfrey-Billy

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EPICOR PICKS GLOBAL EXECS

Jason Taylor, EpicorEpicor has hired two global VPs and by my read, means they have replaced two others. Andy Coussins was named SVP and head of international sales while Jason Taylor was named SPV and head of global support.

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SYSPRO DEBUTS CHANNEL PROGRAM

Joey Benadretti, Syspro USASyspro has launched the PartnerUP Program, a new channel program in the United States. The company says the program is part of a global drive to grow its footprint.

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FORSYTHE LEAVES MACOLA

Alison Forsythe, HoneywellAlison Forsythe has joined Honeywell as GM of enterprise software solutions. She served as GM of Macola from 2013 and under her the company initiated a new channel program and the first new product released in years.

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SECOND INFOR PREZ LEAVES

Stephen Scholl, InforStephen Scholl, Infor's president of global field operations, has left the company as of July 11. That follows the May 4 departure of Duncan Angove, president of product and support. Angove and Scholl joined the company in December 2010, along with CEO Charles Phillips.

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INFOR OPERATING INCOME BOOMS

Charles Phillips, InforInfor reported a 190.1-percent increase in operating income for the year ended April 30. Of course, given how highly leveraged the company is, much of the $332 million in operating income was consumed by interest expense of $317.9 million for fiscal 2018.

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DELTEK INTROS COSTPOINT MODULE

Warren Linscott, DeltekDeltek has released Deltek Costpoint Contract Management for the government contractor market. The application is described as offering “complete contract lifecycle management in a central repository to access all contract-related information and documents.”

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MICROSOFT TESTS UNDERWATER DATACENTER

MicrosoftUnder the sea is taking on a new meaning with Microsoft’s announcement it is testing underwater datacenters. The software company is in the second phase of the program in which it is operating a prototype on the seafloor near Scotland’s Orkney Islands.

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HOLIDAY PUBLISHING SCHEDULE: BSI

The usual Friday email deliver of Bob Scott's Insights will be adjusted over the next three weeks because of the fourth of July holiday and a vacation to the Galapagos.  The next issue will ship on Tuesday, July 3. Regular publication will resume on Friday, July 20. News will continue to be posted as necessary depending on wi-fi in Ecuador and the Galapagos. Disfrute el tiempo.

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