SAAS revenue led all categories of income for Infor for the first quarter ended July 31. That came as the software company reported an 8-percent increase in revenue over the prior year's corresponding period. However, Infor's bottom line fell prey to the increased value of the euro.

Aptos, which markets retail technology applications, has made some key executive hires this month. Most recently, it named Vicki Cantrell as its first retail transformation officer. She will serve on the executive team as will Steve Aulds, picked as development leader two days earlier.

Acumatica has released Acumatica Manufacturing Edition, one of a number of announcements, as the cloud software company rolled out Acumatica 2017 R2 this week. The new product, formerly known as JAMS, is being OEMed by JAAS Systems.

ECi Software Solutions has named David Collyer as VP of global customer experience. With Fort Worth, Texas-based ECi soon to be parent to JobBoss, Macola and Max, no one should be surprised the company is ramping up its management ranks.