A sure measure of how conference registration is going is if a company sticks to the initial deadline for early-bird pricing. So until March 15, that rate for Sage Summit to be held May 9 through 11 in Atlanta, Ga., is $199.

HighJump has expanded its presence in the EDI market with the acquisition of Westborough, Mass.-based RedTail Solutions. RedTail becomes a part of HighJump's TrueCommerce operations with plans to eventually bring the acquired operations under the TrueCommerce name, but with no current change in strategy or focus.

Jodi Uecker-Rust has followed her old boss out of the financial software business into the North Dakota state government. The veteran of Great Plains/Microsoft and Sage has become COO of the state under new governor Doug Burgum. Uecker Rust held a variety of titles at Great Plains, ending as COO under Burgum, then the CEO.