The game of executive musical chairs at Sage is continuing with the departure of Marc Scheipe as president of Sage North America. Scheipe took over in October 2015 as interim president and got the permanent (?) job in February. Nancy Harris, who is stepping in as interim president for the continent. In an internal announcement, Harris said Scheipe has decided to pursue other opportunities. A lot of that going around Sage these days. Harris ran the software company's operations in Canada until becoming VP of Sage's North American partner and accountant business in August. I had been wondering how badly Sage needed a North American president after appointing Blair Crump, based in New York, as worldwide president.

Reseller Net@Work has acquired the Peoria, Ill.-based Sage Practice of accounting firm CliftonLarsonAllen. The deal involves clients of CLA's Sage 100, HRMS and BusinessWorks applications. CLA has been a member of Net@Work's Partner Alliance Program and the companies said the relationship is expanding with Net@Work providing technology services through CLA's offices.

New York-based reseller Net@Work has scaled back its plans for a national network of Sage resellers under its Partner Alliance Program. The company followed the recommendations of Tom Miller, who joined the firm in July after leading Sage's channel, to retool the existing program. Miller said Net@Work followed his advice to concentrate on the East Coast and upper Midwest even though it has offices in other regions and in Canada.