The purchase of Tableau in August and MuleSoft in May helped Salesforce.co, to a 33-percent increase in revenue for the third quarter ended November 30. But the company also hiked spending by 37 percent, including a 60.1-percent rise in spending for R&D, to end up with a loss for the most recently ended period.

Oracle is not seeking an executive to replace the late Mark Hurd, the company’s co-CEO who died on October 19, the company said this week. That leaves Safra Catz in place as the sole CEO, after sharing the position from Septembe 2014 until Hurd's death.

Infor has promoted Jarrod Kinchington to the position of managing director for Australia and New Zealand. Kinchington joined the software company as director of sales in February 2018.