Xero has named Herman Man as global VP of product. The fact that Man is headquartered in the San Francisco Bay area shows the cloud software company's continuing effort to have top management presence in the United States. There's been no announcement about the hiring, but Man's LinkedIn page shows he joined New Zealand-based Xero in August. He was co-founder of Chewsy in 2010.

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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.