On the heels of Institutional Shareholder Services supporting the purchase of Avalara by Vista Equity Partners, another proxy advisor said shareholders should vote against the $8.4-billion sale. In doing so, Glass Lewis sided in investor groups, Altair US, a pre-IPO angel investor in the sales and use tax company

Epicor has acquired eFlex Systems, which makes Manufacturing Execution Systems. Terms were not disclosed.

FinancialForce has named John “JT” Turner as chief revenue officer. He becomes the fourth person in that office in the last four years.