Ninety percent of world's data has been created in the last year and I think I'm getting it via my email system. ... Someone asked me if I liked cat videos. I said, "No, and I don't think their little paws can handle the controls on the cameras." ... In response to the overreaction to gluten in food, I am preparing a cookbook that celebrates gluten-infused food. ... I was explaining the plot of Verdi's opera, "La Traviata", in which Alfredo is in love with Violetta, a courtesan.

The Sage 50 accounting software line and its X3 manufacturing application led revenue growth in North America for the year ended September 30, the Sage Group said this week. Overall, the company had its greatest rate of revenue growth in eight years, CEO Steve Kelly said during this week's earnings webcast. That included 4-percent organic revenue increases reported on this continent. Worldwide, Sage reported net profit of roughly $347.6 million, an increase of 32.6 percent from the prior year and worldwide revenue of about $2.15 billion, an increase of 6.1 percent from fiscal 2014.

The 2015 class of Bob Scott's Insights' VAR Stars will be unveiled on Friday, December 11, in time for Christmas. The 100 resellers selected are chosen based on quality, not revenue, so it represents a wide span of organizations, from those employing one person, to the largest resellers in the Top 100.