Yes, cloud revenue grew by double digits for SAP's year ended December 31. But old-fashioned support revenue was up by 7 percent leading to a 4 percent overall rise over 2013 results, the company said as it reported preliminary results. Revenue for 2014 was about $6.29 billion. In prepared remarks, CEO Bill McDermott touted the success of the company's Hana in-memory database platform.

The usual Random Thoughts item is on a brief break because of the impact of the winter ailment season on the writer. It should return on Friday, January 16, as this week looks potentially funnier. How long is a hiatus, anyway? What's half a hiatus? My cousin once took a hiatus and got 30 days for it, but we don't talk about him at family gatherings. If I show you my hiatus, will you show me yours? If it hiatuses or hiati? Never mind, next week.

AccuFund has added a Travel Advance Management module to its accounting suite, which tracks employee travel and expense requests. It feeds a bill to accounts payable once travel advances are approved. When detail is entered during reconciliation, users can indicate if the bill was paid for by company credit card.